The mini-lecture provides a claim that recruitment and selection are a company’s most important functions. While recruitment and selection are important functions it may not be entirely the most important. Organizations may decide to put their money elsewhere, other than employee recruitment and selection, to benefit the company in several ways. Organizations may decide to allocate more resources toward marketing or product design, rather than using those same resources to do a really good job in employee recruitment and selection can assist the companies by helping them form a unique and stand-out product design. This can also help the company reach its marketing goals by allocating funds to invest in quality, effective, and efficient product designs. This can help the company compete and get ahead of its competitors. Companies can be recgonized by their unique and quality products or design. This can help the company now but also in the future.
Some potential strengths of an organization’s decision not to prioritize recruitment and selection in favor of a focus on other aspects of the business are financial gain and growth. The company’s financial growth and gains can lead to many others recognizing their company or products. The financial gain can assist the company to improve in more areas or branches of their company. While the financial gain may be more desirable it can have its drawbacks as it can be temporary and not long-term. A weakness of an organization’s decision not to prioritize recruitment and selection in favor of a focus on other aspects of business is having inadequate employees, low engagement, and low growth among employees. This can lead to a series of serious problems within the company which can affect the company’s growth and its progress to reach the organizational goals.
2 replies on “Week 1 – The Case for Recruitment & Selection”
I really enjoyed your perspective on this topic. I always thought companies should allocate more of their financial resources to things that are more ‘revenue-generating,’ like marketing, until I worked as a recruiter. That experience shifted my perspective, as I realized recruitment and selection is at the heart of a successful company. It’s the first interaction potential talent has with the company, shaping their perception. Moreover, recruitment lays the foundation for success, as even the best marketing strategies depend on having a strong, talented team. A good recruitment process ensures that the company has great talent to drive innovation and growth. You made some excellent points overall!
Hi Haly,
I love what you said about recruiting being an essential function, and how it can drive innovations in the workplace. I think many people operate under the assumption that companies look to hire people who are cheap, and ones that will work and do a job for the lowest pay possible based on the skills and relative market. However, to your point in driving innovations through strategic onboarding and hiring, companies now search and are ready to pay top dollar for top talent – a change in the past decade I think!
Thanks for sharing