Job analysis identifies the duties and human requirements for each of the company’s jobs.

Background Information

Job analysis identifies the duties and human requirements for each of the company’s jobs. The next step is to decide how many of these jobs you need to fill, and to recruit and select employees for them. The best way to envision recruitment and selection is a series of hurdles.

Decide what positions to fill, through job analysis, personnel planning and forecasting.

Build a pool of candidates, by recruiting internal or external candidates.

Have candidates complete application forms and perhaps undergo initial screening interviews.

Use selection tools like tests, interviews, background investigations, and physical exams to identify viable candidates.

Decide to whom to make an offer.

Orient, train, and develop employees to provide them with the competences they need to do their jobs.

Appraise employees to assess how they’re doing.

Reward and compensate employees.

This assignment gives you the opportunity to walk through several of these steps so you may better comprehend the actual recruitment and selection process. All the while, you are aiming to select the best candidate for the job.