Recruitment and Selection: Gatewood and his colleagues (2008) defined HR selection as "…
the process of collecting and evaluating information about an individual in order to extend an
offer of employment" (p. 3). They added that this process "is performed under legal and
environmental constraints and addresses the future interest of the organization and of the
individual" (p. 3). Mathis and Jackson (2010) summarized this and commented that the
selection process is concerned with choosing qualified persons to fill those jobs.
The aim of recruitment is to provide a satisfactory pool of qualified individuals to fill jobs in
a firm (DeCenzo and Robbins, 2010). Employees, job design, and job analysis set the
foundation for recruitment by identifying what various people do in their jobs and how they
are affected by them. Through HR planning, managers anticipate the current and future
demand of employees and the nature of workers issues, including the retention of employees.
These factors are used when recruiting applicants for job opening.