Staffing - Understanding Recruitment
(Questions and Answers)
CBSE Class 12 - Business Studies
Q1: Define recruitment.
Answer: Recruitment refers to the process of finding possible candidates for a job or function. It has been defined as ‘the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in an organisation.’ It involves inducing or attracting more and more candidates to apply for vacant job positions in the organisation.
Q2: What are the various activities involved with the recruitment process?
Answer: The various activities involved with the process of recruitment includes:
(a) identification of the different sources of labour supply,
(b) assessment of their validity,
(c) choosing the most suitable source or sources, and
(d) inviting applications from the prospective candidates, for the vacancies