Recruitment and Selection at Google and Hul

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Recruitment at Google and HUL Sunday, January 30, 2011 Recruitment and selection process Recruitment and selection is one of the most important aspects in the Human resource management context. In the modern economy, human resource is considered to be the most valuable asset for any organization. Acquisition of exceptional talent pool proves the sustainability of every business. Looking at these aspects it can be easily assumed that the processes involved in the recruitment and selection have to undergo tremendous change to ensure quality of talent acquisition. However the processes involved in the recruitment and selection is misunderstood by the people who find it difficult to derive the technical difference between ‘Recruitment’ and ‘Selection’. Recruitment is the process of attracting individuals or groups on a timely basis, in a sufficient number, with appropriate qualifications to apply for a job in an organization. Whereas Selection is a set of processes to scrutinize the recruitment process and filter the most appropriate profile for the vacancy. Organizational image Vs Recruitment and selection: Organization’s image plays a vital role in the recruitment and selection process. There is a greater involvement in decision making for recruitment and selection process as the recruitment and selection procedures are directly associated with the brand image and brand equity of an organization. A good image of an organization reflects the organizational culture and work processes with attracts the candidates to join. An insight of recruitment and selection at Google: Google being a monopoly in the web based search engine market follows a very rigorous and quality assured process for its internal vacancies. Unlike other IT companies, Google tries to fulfill its resource requirements by developing the skills of its existing employees. As soon as there is a
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