HIRING PROCESS
RECRUITMENT – Placing the RIGHT PERSON in RIGHT PLACE at RIGHT
TIME.
Vacancy is known in two situations (generally):
✔ An employee leaves and there is a vacancy created
✔ Business Growth
The vacancy is intimated to the HR department by the concerned
department.
Ensure that judgment of abilities, experience and qualifications is made
against the requirements of the position in question.
1) Defining the Requirement - Decide what vacancy we have. If we need
to fill a new role quickly we might find it helpful to adapt one of the models
provided here:
• Task analysis - Draw up a detailed list of tasks that the person will
have to do.
This helps in determining the qualities and qualifications genuinely
required for the job.
• Job description - Produce an outline of the broad responsibilities (rather
than detailed tasks) involved in the job.
• Person specification - Decide what skills, experience, qualifications and
attributes someone will need to do the job as defined in the task
analysis and job description.
2) Selection - Select the candidate being objective and unbiased. Choose
the person who best fits in the specification.
• Short listing: Review applications on the basis of the person
specification. Ensure that we select for interview those who match the
specifications, regardless of age, sex, race etc, and that the
specifications are not themselves discriminatory.
• Interviews: Interview short-listed candidates remembering that the job
is not only to assess the best candidate for the job, but also to create a
great impression of the organization.
3) Candidate (Technical) assessments - The interview will provide us with
some information but check it out before offering a job.
• Ask the candidate to show us examples of previous work, do a
presentation, a case study, some tests or full assessment. Tests can
be done before the interview or after the interview. It depends on the
number of candidates being interviewed and the type of job.
• We must have the specific permission of the applicant to do so,
particularly if we wish to contact their current employer. If we need
them quickly, try phoning.
4) Making a Job Offer - If we think we have found the right candidate, it’s
time to make the job-offer.
5) Induction - Help new recruit to settle in quickly and become productive
as soon as possible.
Now, Let us see a little more in detail how this process can be divided into
stages and how best to execute the process:
The Recruitment Process:
The main stages are identified in the below flow chart –
Identify Vacancy
Prepare Job Description and person
Specification
Advertise
Managing the Response
Short-listing
References
Arrange Interviews
Filling Application Form
Decision Making
Convey The Decision
II
III
Appointment Action
# During Interview
• Conducting tests [Technical Test etc.]
• Technical interview
• HR interview
• Initial final list of candidates.
• Reference check (if required)
POST-INTERVIEW
# Email or Telephone call to unsuccessful candidates
# Technical Manager Approval for a startup date.
# Email or Telephone call to successful candidates
# HRM prepares a letter of appointment
Recruitment Cycle Time:
To bring in more effectiveness in the recruitment process, HR would follow a
specific project deadline of 38 days (from the day it had received the
approved Manpower Requisition) to hire a new employee.
Phas Time
Activities
e frame
Role Identification, Job Description, CV Sourcing & Initial
5 days
HR short-listing
Organizing the Written Tests 5 days
Organizing the First Technical Interviews 5 days
Organizing the Final Interviews 4 days
Sessions to take the final decisions 3 days
Preparing the Salary Proposal, Negotiate with the
6 days
selected candidates & offer closure
The process specific schedule break-up is mentioned below
Examples of OPEN Questions for Candidates:
Q. Please tell us about the problems we have handled as a Programmer /
Supervisor?
Q. Please tell us how do we work well within a team?
Q. Please give us an example of how we have dealt with conflict within wer
team?
Examples of CLOSED Questions for Candidates:
Q. Have we handled problems as a Programmer / Supervisor?
Q. Do we work well within a team?
Q. Are able to deal with conflict?
