TOPIC 1 :  HR  RECRUITING  and  STAFFING.

The recruitment and staffing process must be done carefully to ensure the organization employed the qualified worker with high knowledge, skills and attitudes. From my understanding, it’s including:

ü  Recruitment

ü  Staffing

ü  E-recruitment

According to Aminah Aminuddin (2008), recruitment is the process of attracting suitable people to apply for the job vacancies. Meanwhile, staffing is about process of selecting and train the most suitable candidate to fill the available vacancy with the accurate qualifications. Lastly, e-recruitment is the process of recruiting the qualified employee, by using the electronic resource such as internet system. 

In order to get the qualified and competent employees, organizations also expand their search for applicants in domestic border, using the e-recruitment. By using e-recruitment, employer can advertise the job vacancy at their organization in the organization website and job seekers can fill-in the online application and submit resume via internet.

Based on Breaugh and Starke model (2000), the objectives of recruitment are:

•          Cost – by using the e-recruitment, it can reduce organization cost from advertise the job vacancy by using traditional methods such as newspaper. But organization need to consider overall cost related to process of recruitment system before implementing it.    
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•          Speed of filling the vacancy – decrease cycle time by approve the right applicants and increase the efficiency process of gathering and sorting data.
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•    ·   Psychological contract fulfillment – employee satisfaction and belief. Failed to fulfill,  increase employee turnover. 
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•      Quality and quantity of applicants and variety of applicants – number of qualified participants and the diversity background of applicants.

Tracking software is an example of HRIS, that automates the recruiting process by organize the applicant’s information and availability into HR database. It is commonly used by the organization nowadays; because of its advantages such as reduce cost and fast to get the qualified applicants. It is beneficial to both side, employee or applicants can get information consist of job vacancy, job description, resume and get to know company culture and management. While for organization, they can access the applicant’s information, make an analysis and staffing the right staff. 

The system is a brilliant invention of human, so it also has the disadvantages such as expensive to maintenance the system, need an expert to monitor, and must make sure that they know the function and how to use the system effectively.

 As conclusion, different organization might need different type of recruitment system to enhance their productivity.

400 words.

Ref:

·         Maimunah Aminuddin, Human Resource Management - Principle and Practices, 2008,  Selangor, Oxford Fajar Sdn Bhd.

·         Michael J. Kavanagh, Mohan Thite and Richard D. Johnson, Human Resource Information Systems- Basic, Application and Future Directions, Los Angeles, Sage.

·         Douglas H. Reynolds, John A. Weiner, Online Recruiting and Selection Innovations In Talent Acquisition, Google Books.