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E-Recruitment & Selection Process

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E-Recruitment & Selection Process   The use of information and communication technologies has transformed many organizations’ e-recruitment and selection functions, particularly by transforming it into a time- and space-independent process of sourcing and evaluating candidates. Organizations use websites, social media, and job portals to source candidates, and computerized and online assessment tools are used to select the best-qualified candidates. Similarly, their communication with job seekers has moved to cyberspace and is frequently performed through applicant tracking systems, where hiring managers track and evaluate candidates using mobile technologies (Holm and Haahr, 2018) . Evolution of E-Recruitment E-recruitment has been a topic of discussion for the past ten years. The internet is regarded as the most recent tool for hiring. It is a global revolution that is rapidly spreading the world of job hunting and hiring. The terms online recruitment, e-recruitment, cyber cr...
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Recruitment Challenges and Constructive Solutions

   Recruitment Challenges and Constructive Solutions   Any organization's Human Resources (HR) department is critical. The HR department has a variety of objectives and roles to fulfil, including employee selection, employee training, role and regulation implementation, salary determination, and all benefit packages related to employees who work within the organization. One of the most vital decisions made by the Human Resources department is recruitment  (Malik, et al., May 2012) . Moreover, recruitment is the first and foremost issue to be considered in Human Resource Management (HRM), because its role is to create a positive impression about the employer in the job market by providing effective stimuli for job seekers ( Huda, et al., 2014) Need of a Successful Recruitment Program A successful recruitment program can have a positive impact on employee commitment, productivity, and work quality, including performance. The relationship between employee ret...
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Use of Douglas McGregor’s Motivation Theory in Management

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Use of Douglas McGregor’s Motivation Theory in Management   McGregor’s Theory The core assumptions of leadership proposed by Douglas McGregor (Theory X and Theory Y) help the leaders to analyze the underlying perceptions and assumptions about the people  (Dartey-Baah, 2009) . For organizational behavior analysis, organizational communication improvement, human resource management, and organizational development, Theory X and Theory Y have been used. They express diverse opinions on workforce motivation  (Hattangadi, 2015) . Theory X Theory X and Y models separate employees into two categories based on two assumptions. People are viewed negatively in Theory X assumptions: Some people may "inherent dislike for work and avoid it at all costs; as a result, they must be coerced, controlled, directed, and threatened with punishment to work." They prefer being directed, steer clear from responsibility, have low ambition, and seek security"  (Badubi, 2017) . Theory Y The a...
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Use of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory in Motivating Employees

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 Motivation is one of the most important factors in increasing productivity, boosting performance, gaining a sustainable competitive advantage, and achieving organizational goals at the lowest possible cost. It is a close factor relating to terms such as formal authority, charisma, rewards, and punishment: and indeed, a key factor in management that is frequently overlooked. As a matter of fact, motivation becomes an essential tool for increasing productivity with limited financial resources. Many theories have been proposed, and much research has been conducted on motivation for analysis purposes (Jonas, 2016). Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Maslow's Need Theory is said to be one of the foundational principles of psychology, and it has been applied to a variety of fields such as organizational behavior, organizational & behavioral economics, and management studies and beyond. It has been applied in the fields of organizational behavior, organizational economics, and mana...
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Challenges in Recruitment & Selection

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 One of the most significant truisms in human resource management is that the personnel process is a system. As a result, it is critical to approach human resource management as part of a much larger cultural and political setting that impact (or even dictate) personnel decisions (Lavigna and Hays, 2004). ·          Approaches for Identifying Challenges The Applicant Attribution-Reaction Theory (AART) is a framework that was used when it comes to identifying challenges in the recruitment & selection process ( Ployhart & Harold, 2004) . Ployhart and Harold's AART approach integrated attribution theory with applicant responses. The core concept of AART was that the employee selection process was governed by an attributional process in the form of the applicant's reply. This was primarily concerned with applicants' reactions to the four primary aspects of selection judgments, as Figure 1. Furthermore, since questions were presented to ...
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