Understanding high level recruitment process

You cannot be the recruitment specialist, when you do not understand the essentials of the recruitment and selection process.  The high level overview of the recruitment process is not difficult.

The recruitment process consists of 4 main process steps:

1. Job position opening
2. Selecting recruitment source
3. Selecting job candidate
4. Making an offer

The recruitment process is not difficult in general; the devil is in details of the whole process. The recruitment specialist needs to be able to describe the high level process to the hiring manager and to use the small details in the daily job.

The high level overview of the recruitment process steps:

1. Job Position Opening – the most important process step for the successful recruitment and selection of the good candidate. The manager and the recruitment specialist define the profile of the position and the profile of the suitable candidate. The recruitment specialist has to be prepared for detailed discussions to have a good definition of the ideal job candidate.
2. Selecting recruitment source – the recruitment specialist has to decide about the correct recruitment channels to be used and the amount of job resumes, which can be expected to select from. This part of the recruitment process decides about the speed of the whole process.
3. Selecting job candidate – the process when the recruitment specialist and the manager select the best candidates to make the offer to them. This part is usually the process step with the biggest risk of the delay in the recruitment process.
4. Making an offer – the nicest part of the recruitment and selection process. The recruitment specialist summarizes the requests of the manager and the wish told by the job candidate and tries to convert the job candidate into a new hire for the organization.

Next – Job Position Opening in Detail