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External Recruitment II

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External Recruitment II

Applicant Reaction

• Applicant reaction is important source of information in designing and implementation an effective recruitment system.

• Types of reaction:Reaction to recruitersReaction to the recruitment processReaction to diversity issues

Reaction to recruiters

• The recruiters does influence job applicant reaction, but he doesn’t have much influence on them as do actual characteristic of the job.

• Just having good recruiter is not enough to attract applicants to the organization.

Reaction to recruiters

• Tow behavior of the recruiters seem to have influence on applicant reactions:

1- the level of warmth that recruiter shows toward the job applicant. 2- being knowledgeable about the job.

Reaction to the recruitment process

• Applicant want the system that is fair.• Job applicant are more likely to have favorable

reactions to the recruitment process when the screening devices used to have narrow the applicant pool are seen as job related.

• Delay times in recruitment process do indeed have negative effect on applicants’ reaction

Reaction to diversity issues

• One of the most common methods for increasing the diversity of applicant pool is to advertise in publication targeted at women and minorities.

• Some organization aiming to increase the age diversity.

• Many traditional recruitment methods like campus recruiting and job fairs attract the younger workforce

Transition to selection

• Once the job seeker has been identified and attracted to the organization, the organization needs to prepare the person for the selection process.

• If the recruiting organization overlooks this transition step, it may lose qualified applicants who mistakenly think that delays between step in hiring process indicate that organization is not longer interested in them.