Job Design and Development
To know exactly what the company needs and identify
what the new employee will
do and what qualifications
and experience is necessary
to complete the work tasks.
Identifying and Seeking Candidates
Once the recruiter knows what type of employee the
company needs, he figures
out what segments of the
population might be able to
do the job and where to
recruit.
Receiving and Tracking Applicants
The recruiter keeps track of the applications that come in
through spreadsheets and
databases. He tries to org-
anize the information so that
the candidates who appear
most qualified are easy to
find and contact.
Reference and Background Checks
Recruiters do this by
contacting the references the
candidates list on their appli-
cations. They also do a basic
background check to see if
the candidate has any crimi-
nal history that might indicate
the employee would not be
able to perform the job prop-
erly or would pose a risk.
Testing and Interview
These tests are additional tools the company uses to determine if the applicant
has the knowledge and
competence necessary to
do the job. The test may be
hands-on or oral, but more
often it is written.When a
company has a pool of
applicants that are quali-
fied, experienced and
who score well on aptitude
tests, managers set up
interviews.
Evaluation and Hiring
The final functions of recruit-
ment are the evaluation of all
the information gathered
about the candidates mana-
gers still are considering.
Based on this data, the mana-
gers think critically about
what they have learned about
the applicants and what the
company needs. They make a
final hiring decision and con-
tact the person they want to
have the job.