Various sources of manpower supply
in an organization
Recruitment is of 2 types
Internal Recruitment – is a recruitment which takes place
within the concern or organization.
Internal sources of recruitment are readily available to an organization.
Internal sources are primarily three – Transfers, promotions and Re-employment
of ex-employees. Re-employment of ex-employees is one of the internal sources
of recruitment in which employees can be invited and appointed to fill
vacancies in the concern. There are situations when ex-employees provide
unsolicited applications also.
Internal
recruitment may lead to increase in employee’s productivity as their motivation
level increases. It also saves time, money and efforts. But a drawback of
internal recruitment is that it refrains the organization from new blood. Also,
not all the manpower requirements can be met through internal recruitment.
Hiring from outside has to be done.
Internal sources are primarily
3
a. Transfers
Promotions (through Internal Job
Postings) and
Re-employment of ex-employees - Re-employment of ex-employees is one of the internal sources of
recruitment in which employees can be invited and appointed to fill vacancies
in the concern. There are situations when ex-employees provide unsolicited
applications also.
External Recruitment – External sources of recruitment have
to be solicited from outside the
organization. External sources are external to a concern. But it involves lot
of time and money .The external sources of recruitment include – Employment at
factory gate, advertisements, employment exchanges, employment agencies,
educational institutes, labour contractors, recommendations etc.
Employment at Factory Level – This a source of external
recruitment in which the
applications for vacancies are presented on bulletin boards outside the Factory
or at the Gate. This kind of recruitment is applicable generally where factory
workers are to be appointed. There are people who keep on soliciting jobs from
one place to another. These applicants are called as unsolicited applicants.
These types of workers apply on their own for their job. For this kind of
recruitment workers have a tendency to shift from one factory to another and
therefore they are called as “badli” workers.
Advertisement – It is an external source which has
got an important place in
recruitment procedure. The biggest advantage of advertisement is that it covers
a wide area of market and scattered applicants can get information from
advertisements. Medium used is Newspapers and Television.
Employment Exchanges – There are certain Employment
exchanges which are run by
government. Most of the government undertakings and concerns employ people
through such exchanges. Now-a-days recruitment in government agencies has
become compulsory through employment exchange.
Employment Agencies – There are certain professional
organizations which look towards
recruitment and employment of people, i.e. these private agencies run by
private individuals supply required manpower to needy concerns.
Educational Institutions – There are certain professional
Institutions which serves as an
external source for recruiting fresh graduates from these institutes. This kind
of recruitment done through such educational institutions, is called as Campus
Recruitment. They have special recruitment cells which helps in providing jobs
to fresh candidates.
Recommendations – There are certain people who have
experience in a particular area.
They enjoy goodwill and a stand in the company. There are certain vacancies
which are filled by recommendations of such people. The biggest drawback of
this source is that the company has to rely totally on such people which can
later on prove to be inefficient.
Labour Contractors – These are the specialist people who
supply manpower to the Factory or
Manufacturing plants. Through these contractors, workers are appointed on
contract basis, i.e. for a particular time period. Under conditions when these
contractors leave the organization, such people who are appointed have to also
leave the concern.
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