Nature of staffing
Define Staffing
Staffing is the Human Resource function of identifying, attracting, hiring, and retaining people with the necessary qualifications to fill the responsibilities of current and future jobs in the organization.
What is recruitment?
Recruitment – a set of activities designed to attract qualified applicants for job position vacancies in an organization
What is selection?
Selection – the process of choosing individuals who have the required qualifications to fill present and expected job openings
What is compensation/wages?
Compensation/wages – all forms of pay given by employers to their employees for the performance of their jobs
What are the two main components of staffing?
Recruitment and Selection
The difference between external and internal recruitment
Internal recruitment is when the business looks to fill the vacancy from within its existing workforce. External recruitment is when the business looks to fill the vacancy from any suitable applicant outside the business.
What are the types of job interviews?
Structured interview – the interviewer asks the applicant to answer a set of prepared questions—situational, job knowledge, job simulation, and worker requirement questions
Unstructured interview – the interviewer has no interview guide and may ask questions freely
One-on-one interview – one interviewer is assigned to interview the applicant
Panel interview – several interviewers or a panel interviewer may conduct the interview of applicants; three to five interviewers take turns in asking questions.
What are the types of compensation?
Direct compensation – includes workers’ salaries, incentive pays, bonuses, and commissions
Indirect compensation – includes benefits given by employers other than financial remunerations; for example: travel, educational and health benefits, and others
Nonfinancial compensation – includes recognition programs, being assigned to do rewarding jobs, or enjoying management support, ideal work environment, and convenient work hours
Give examples of external and internal forces (factors) that affect staffing.
External forces include economic, technological, social, political, and legal factors.
The firm’s goal and objectives, technology, the types of work, salary scales, and the kinds of people employed by the company are among the internal factors or forces that affect staffing.
Advantages and disadvantages of external recruitment
The advantages of external recruitment include a large pool of candidates, introducing diversity in the company, and increasing employee motivation due to a fresh outlook.
Disadvantages of External Recruitment Process: limited understanding of the company, Higher risk, time-consuming, high costs, internal disputes with existing employees
What is the limitation of the selection process?
In fact, there is no one ideal way to select the human resources of a firm. Predicting performance is difficult because there is a difference between what people can do now and what they will do in the future. This is due to the fact that the needs and desires of people are changing, as well as the climate and environment in the organization.
On what basis can employees receive compensation?(Types of bases for compensatin)
Piecework basis – when pay is computed according to the number of units produced
Hourly basis – when pay is computed according to the number of work hours rendered
Daily basis – when pay is computed according to the number of work days rendered
Weekly basis – when pay is computed according to the number of work weeks rendered
Monthly basis – when pay is computed according to the number of work months rendered
What steps include staffing?
1.) the identifying of job position vacancies, job requirements, as well as work force requirements; 2.) checking internal environment of the organization for human resources; 3.) external recruiting; 4.) selecting those with essential qualifications for the job opening; 5.) placing the selected applicant; 6.) promoting; 7.) evaluating performance; 8.) planning of employee’s career; 9.) training of human resources; and 10.) compensating human resources
Advantages and disadvantages of internal recruitment
Internal Recruitment Advantages: 1. Less expenses are required for internal recruitment advertising; 2. Training and orientation of newly promoted or transferred current employees are less expensive and do not take too much time 3. The process of recruitment and selection is faster
Internal Recruitment Disadvantages 1. The number of applicants to choose from is limited. 2. Favoritism may influence a manager 3. It may result in jealousy among other employees who were not considered for the position.
What are the steps of the selection process?
What is the relationship between the Pay Equity Theory and the employee’s motivation to perform well?
If an employee feels they're receiving fair payment for their efforts, they are more likely to stay motivated and find satisfaction in their position. This concept is called the equity theory, which you can use to help your team stay motivated.