STAFFING
Ø A management function that determines human resources needs, recruits, selects, trains, and develops human resources for jobs created by an organization.
Ø It is undertaken to match people with jobs so that the realization of the organization's objective will be facilitated.
STAFFING PROCEDURE
1. Human resource planning
2. Recruitment
3. Selection
4. Induction and orientation
5. Training and development
6. Performance appraisal
7. Employment decisions
8. Separation
Human Resource Planning
Ø The planned output of any organization will require a systematic deployment of human resources at various level. To be able to do it, the manager will have to involve himself with human resource planning.
Ø Activities:
o Forecasting
§ Is an assessment of future human resources needs of the organization in relation to its current capabilities.
o Programming
§ Means translating the forecasted human resource needs to personnel objectives and goals.
o Evaluation and control
§ Refers to monitoring resource action plans and evaluating their success.
Recruitment
Ø Refers to attracting qualified persons to apply for vacant positions in the company so that those who are best suited to serve the company may be selected.
Ø Sources of applicants
o Organizations current employees
o Newspaper advertising
o Schools
o Referrals from employees
o Competitors
Selection
Ø Refers to the act of choosing from those that are available the individuals most likely to succeed on the job.
Ø Its purpose is to evaluate each candidate and pick the most suited for the position available.
Ø Ways of determining the qualification of job candidates.
o Application blanks
§ Provides information about the people's characteristics such as age, marital status, address, educational background, experience and special interest
o References
§ Those written by previous employers, co-workers, teachers, club officers about a person, that might help to learn the character of the applicant
o Interviews
§ Asking series of relevant questions to the job candidates
o Testing
§ This includes an evaluation of the future behavior or performance of an individual.
Types of test
Ø Psychological test
o Is an objective, standard, measure of sample behavior of the individual
