Learning objectives
After reading this chapter you will be able to:
■ Understand the strategic importance of recruitment, selection,
and placement to an organization and arguments in support of
judicious hiring
■ Understand the links between recruitment and selection and
other human resource management (HRM) activities
■ Describe different sources and methods for generating a pool
of job applicants
■ Describe the current trends in recruitment
■ Understand a variety of selection techniques and the advantages
and disadvantages of each
■ Understand the sources of bias in selection decision making