CHALLENGES OF RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS

 
Source: (Krell, 2015)


Recruitment and Selection is a complex process which will determine the productivity of an organization because getting a talented candidates attention is important inorder to et the job completed or proceed with the best possible way, de to this, the recruitment and selection process has many challenges and these needs to be surpassed in order to fill a vacancy with the best candidate.

According to a research done by (Nikoletta, 2022) there are 8 common recruitment and selection challenges. The article states that attracting the right candidate is a challenge where the right candidate at a specific time is not preferred whereas the candidate who is best ft for the job is preferred. Another challenge is to engage qualified candidates where the recruitment team needs to stand out because candidates with high and rare skills are always in demand and will receive many offers. Another challenge is the duration taken to hire a candidate, where the hiring team needs to recruit as fast as possible cause a delay in recruitment is a delay in operations and vacant positions cost money.

 Data collecting and processing can be another challenge to recruitment and selection as they require manual work and are prone to human error. A better employer brand needs to be built in order to attract and engage better candidates and doing that is a challenge as it requires investment and is a collective effort. Ensuring a good candidate experience during the recruitment stages is vital cause it portrays how the candidates will be treated afterwards. Another challenge is to recruit fairly which a very hard with the interference of stereotypes and nepotism and also considering diversity effect. Coordinating an efficient recruitment and selection process itself is a challenge where the hiring teams need to communicate fast and evaluate candidates easily making sure the whole process t=runs smoothly consuming less time and cost while ensuring good candidate experience.

(Zinyemba, 2014) states that there are several other challenges which plays a part in recruitment and selection, one of which is the cost for advertising. Advertising is done in order to obtain a greater and a more diverse pool off applicants. The greater the advertisement, the greater the chances of the best fit for the job vacancy being found. The challenge is to ensure that the advertisement reaches the target destination and to make the advertisement an effective one the cost spent on advertisement will be greater. Another challenge is the misrepresentation of qualification where the applicant can get the job only to realize that the applicant is not capable to carry out the job. Challenges rise through nepotism and favoritism where jobs ae given to members of the family when there is a position of power. There is a recruitment and selection challenge depending on the geographical location of the company where if the company is located very far away or in a remote area the pool of employees can be limited.

                                                         Source: (Rozario et al., 2019)

(Nagarajan & Fathima, 2014) explains a few other challenges in the recruitment and selection process some of which are that that the HR  professionals are expected to be in tune with eh changing times which is also known as the adaptability to globalization. Another challenge is the lack of motivation where the HR department is not thanked or appreciated for recruiting the right employees even though there is a improvement in the organization

Clarity, planning, legal considerations, accuracy, fairness, honesty, and support of the HR department are the most important principles that should be implemented in the recruitment and selection of employees, to ensure that the most suitable candidates are chosen and to, as a consequence, ensure the optimal operation of the organization, however ensuring that these principles are implemented in the right manner will be challenge in the whole process(Baron et al., 2018).

 

REFERENCES

 

Baron, I.S., Mushthafa and Agustina, H. (2018) The Challenges of Recruitment and Selection Systems in Indonesia, 3(4), pp. 185–192.

Krell, E. (2015) Weighing Internal vs. External Hires [Preprint].

Nagarajan, G. and Fathima, K.N. (2014) Challenges in recruitment and selection of employees [Preprint].

Nikoletta, B. (2022) The most common recruiting challenges and how to overcome them [Preprint].

Rozario, S.D., Venkatraman, S. and Abbas, A. (2019) Challenges in Recruitment and Selection Process: An Empirical Study, pp. 1–22.

Zinyemba, A.Z. (2014) The Challenges of Recruitment and Selection of Employees in Zimbabwean Companies, 3(1), pp. 1–5. 





Comments

  1. sarasi BotejueDecember 4, 2022 at 9:49 PM

    Agreed. Furthermore, the recruitment and selection process is an active, multifaceted and an important part of human resource management in organisations. But it has several challenges such as cost of advertising, Geographical location of organization, bias and favoritism, bribery, political intervention and dishonesty (Kakate, et al., 2022).

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  2. Hemantraj Joel RanushanDecember 9, 2022 at 10:34 PM

    Thank you for your comment and i would like to add that there are many other recruitment challenges as well such as the determination of the recruitment strategy, shortage of top recruiters, adaptability of globalization and lack of motivation (Chaudhary & Nirala, 2014)

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  3. Manodya PereraDecember 10, 2022 at 4:37 AM

    Well defined Joel. Furthermore, A study in 2008 in USA involving more than two hundred hiring professionals reported that 3:1 hiring managers supported and followed subjective hiring decisions, as they believed that it allowed them to get more information from the applicant enabling them to read in-between the lines of the applicant's response to the interview questions (Highhouse 2008).

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  4. Shamalka MadushanDecember 18, 2022 at 10:20 AM

    Agreed the content which you described. Further more In organizations, the recruiting and selection process is a dynamic, intricate, and crucial aspect of human resource management ( Rozario et al., 2019).

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