Recruitment and Selection Syllabus

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RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION-18MBAHR301

Unit 1: (5 Hours) Job Analysis: Meaning, definition and purpose. Methods of job analysis: job
analysis interviews, job analysis questionnaire, task analysis inventory, position analysis
questionnaire, subject expert workshops, critical incident technique.

Unit 2: (7 Hours) Hiring Process & Hiring decision: Nature of hiring: regular, temporary, full
time, part time, apprentice, contractual, and outsourcing, Existing post or new post to be created,
Need analysis, cost analysis and job analysis.

Unit 3: (5 Hours) Hiring internally: Meaning and definition of internal recruitment, Advantages
and disadvantages in terms of cost, time, quality and suitability. Sources of internal recruitment:
- circulars, intranet advertisements, employee referrals, Appointment or promotion, Policy
guidelines and union settlements.

Unit 4: (7Hours) External Hiring: Meaning and definition of external recruitment. Sources of
recruitment:- advertisement, in newspaper, TV/Radio, Internet, search on the internet, wanted
signboards, consultants, employment exchange, campus recruitment, employee referrals and
unsolicited applications. Advantages and disadvantages of the above sources in terms of cost,
time, convenience, reach of the targeted population, and quality of applicant pool.

Unit 5: (6 Hours) Screening the candidates: Application Forms: bio-data / resume / curriculum
vitae and Weighted application blanks: meaning definition, purpose, advantages and
disadvantages – taking a Behavioral approach to recruitment: spotting personality patterns,
making basic assumptions, Predicting the future, strategy Vs. Technique, Pinning down what is
needed: targeted interviewing, focusing on behavior, assessing how person performs, assuming
they have been hired. – Identifying the ingredients of success: the winning candidate’s profile,
challenges in the Interview, the starting point, day to day execution, dealing with people.

Unit 6: (9 Hours)
Testing, Reference checking & Appointment orders: Meaning, definition, purpose, advantages
and disadvantages, Ability tests clerical ability test, mechanical ability test, mental ability test,
physical ability test, personality assessment test, typing test, shorthand test, computer proficiency
test Reference checking: meaning, definition and purpose. Verification of character, criminal
antecedents, previous work behavior and education qualifications.
Appointment orders Meaning, definition, and purpose. Contents of appointment letter, hard copy
(or soft copy)

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