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Job Analysis in Human Resource Management

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  Job analysis is the process of analyzing a job in order to provide a basic description of each of its aspects. It is a thorough and organized examination and presentation of data pertaining to the performance of a certain job, including skills, knowledge, abilities, and responsibilities. This information distinguishes one job from another and determines whether a worker is successful in carrying out his or her tasks (Udoh, 2018). The job analysis might suggest a best practice work organization strategy. It enhances inefficient processes (redesigns work), arranges training for introducing new hires into current workforces or current employees into new workforces. On the other hand, it creates criteria for evaluating the employment effect, provides adequate and fair compensation, and plans forward for employees' future (Stoilkovska and Serafimovic, 2017). Job analysis is crucial because it offers the data required to decide what kinds of assessment techniques are most suitable for ...

An Overview of Face-to-Face Interviews

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  Face-to-face interviews are characterized by synchronous communication in both time and place. Because of this synchronous communication face-to-Face interviews can take advantage of social cues. Social cues such as the interviewee's voice, intonation, and body language can provide the interviewer with a range of additional information that can be supplemented to the interviewee's verbal response to a question (Opdenakker, 2006). The interaction between the interviewer and the interviewee in face-to-face interviews is always direct and absent of technical obstacles. The interviewer can see body language, facial expressions, and other nonverbal social signs. The physical meeting can enhance the chances of generating a safe and comfortable environment. Face-to-face interviews can be time-consuming and costly, as they require expensive travel. In some circumstances, there is also a risk if the interviewer or interviewee must travel through or to places where personal safety is a...

Effectiveness of Psychometric Testing in Recruitment Process

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  Psychometric exams are commonly used by organizations to assess the satisfaction of a job vacancy and a strong candidate. This assists the firm in determining an applicant's eligibility by examining factors such as their abilities, talents, and motivation. The knowledge gained from these assessments assists decision-makers in selecting the best candidate for the job by essentially aligning the work criteria to the prospect's intellectual and emotional capacity (Saha,2020). A psychometric test contains a set of uniform questions or stimuli that are given under predetermined circumstances which exhibit personality traits relevant to the job-required skills. The appropriate tests must be chosen in order to minimize the chance of discrimination throughout the selection process. In order to provide consistent procedures in the hiring of employees and to ensure a fair procedure for all candidates, the selection tests need to be modified. Every result should only be used for employm...

E – Recruitment

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  E-recruitment is a new technological method for choosing one of a company's most critical resources which is employees. This technical advancement enhances the method of finding knowledge sources online. By using E-recruitment process businesses can cut costs, update job offers and status at any time, speed up the hiring process, find and choose the people with the best knowledge potential from a larger pool of applicants, and it gives the company a chance to raise its profile and improve its image (Okolie and Irabor, 2017). E-recruitment is the process of finding, attracting, evaluating, interviewing, and hiring new personnel utilizing online resources. E-recruitment serves the dual purpose of increasing productivity and lowering costs in the operations. Online hiring can increase the number of candidates and streamline the hiring process (Hada & Gairola, 2015). The recruiter must make sure the candidates fit the company's aims and characteristics when using the online...

Emerging Trends in Recruitment and Selection

Organizational capital, human capital and physical capital resources are the three main categories of resources that provide a corporation with a sustained competitive advantage. Any business or firm that lose above resources could suffer significant consequences. One of the key elements in the successful and profitable operation of any firm is the efficient use of human resources. Modern human resource management is constantly evolving and changing. Emerging new trends, methodologies, principles, and concepts have a significant impact on its position and role (Bejtkovsky,2017). Companies now have conceptually sound framework such as person job-fit and a cost-effective, speedy, and convenient system such as online testing to meet their personnel selection needs in a highly competitive environment (Piotrowski, 2006). Technologies based on the internet and other software and information systems have given rise to previously unheard-of capabilities. Businesses are increasingly adopting an...