THE IMPACT OF RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS IN AN ORGANIZATION

Abstract

Recruitment and Selection is a theoretical construct which refers to an organization's hiring processes which involves recruitment of applicants and selection from viable candidates for jobs within an organization. Recruitment and Selection aims at providing the required number of skilled employees to the organization to keep the going concern of the business. Recruitment is the process of finding candidates for the vacant position and encouraging them to apply for it while on the other hand; Selection is the act of choosing the best candidate from the pool of applicants and offering them the job. Recruitment is looking for prospective applicants whose qualifications might be suitable for the job openings in place, while selection is a process of matching organization's requirements with the skills and the qualifications of individuals so it is a process of identifying and hiring the best able and capable applicants that will fill the vacancies in an organization. The purpose of this research work is to identify, examine and investigate the Impact of Recruitment and Selection in an organization. In the course of carrying out this research work, questionnaire method of research was employed and collected data’s were tabulated, then simple percentage method was used. The study is a self-conducted research using both primary and secondary data’s on how Recruitment and Selection process can impact an organization performance. The study focused on when to recruit and select people and it’s important in an organization. Employees of Lawal Aliyu Academy were selected at random and interviewed with self-administrated questionnaire in order to obtain primary data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis methods like Tables and simple percentage method to ascertain Recruitment and Selection impact in an organization. Thus, the results obtained indicated that recruitment and selection process has a positive impact in an organization.