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Unit 5: Recruiting HR

2. The unemployed—with a wide range of skills and abilities. Notes
3. Retired experienced persons such as mechanics, machinists, welders, accountants.
4. Others not in the labour force, such as married women and persons from minority groups.
Other source include:
1. Campus Recruitment

2. Private Employment Agencies/Consultant
3. Public Employment Exchanges
4. Professional Associations
5. Data Banks
6. Casual Applicants

7. Similar Organisations
8. Trade Unions

Merits

1. External sources provide the requite type of personnel for an organization, having skill,
training and education up to the required standard.
2. Since persons are recruited from a large market, the best selection can be made without.

Task If you were responsible for hiring someone for your job, which recruitment sources
would you use? Why? Which recruitment sources would you avoid? Why?

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Case Study Which is More Important – Recruiting or Retaining?

ptron Electronics Limited, is a pioneering and internationally reputed firm in the
Electronics industry. It is one of the largest firms in the country. It attracted
Uemployees from internationally reputed institutes and industries by offering
high salaries, perks, etc. It has advertised for the position of an Electronics Engineer
recently. Nearly 150 candidates applied for the job. Mr. Sashidhar, an Electronics
Engineering Graduate from Indian Institute of Technology with 5 years working experience
in a medium-sized electronics firm, was selected from among the 130 candidates who took
tests and interview. The interview board recommended an enhancement in his salary by
5,000 more than his present salary at his request. Mr Sashidhar was very happy to
achieve this and he was congratulated by a number of people including his previous
employer for his brilliant interview performance, and wished him good luck.
Mr Sashidhar joined Uptron Electronics Ltd., on 21st January, 2002, with great enthusiasm.
He also found his job to be quite comfortable and a challenging one and he felt it was
highly prestigious to work with this company during the formative years of his career. He
found his superiors as well as subordinates to be friendly and cooperative. But this climate
did not live long. After one year of his service, he slowly learnt about a number of
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