Human Resource Management Part 2: Recruitment and Selection Methods

Recruitment funnels and selection validity: the method menu with evidence.

Recruitment sources

• Internal: promotions, transfers, employee referrals, job posting — morale and speed advantages.
• External: campus, portals, agencies, walk-ins, e-recruitment; poaching and labour contractors for lateral needs.

Selection process

• Screening → tests → interview → reference-check → medical → decision → placement sequence.
• Test families: ability, personality, situational judgement; assessment centres for managerial roles.

Validity-reliability

• Validity: test measures what it claims; reliability: consistency across time-raters.
• Interview biases: hallo effect, stereotyping, similar-to-me — structured interviews reduce them.
• Realistic job previews improve retention; person-organisation fit over person-job alone.

Revise in 30 seconds

• Internal vs external source trade-offs.
• Structured interviews beat unstructured.
• Halo and similar-to-me biases.
• RJPs reduce early attrition.