TALENT ACQUISITION

(ELECTIVE —I)

MBA: III Semester Course Code: C1029

Lpc
3-3

UNIT -I
INTRODUCTION: Concepts of Human resource planning - objectives and factors affecting
human resource planning, significance of human resource planning, and Macro level scenario of
human resource planning — process of human resource planning and benefits, problems and
limitations of HRP, Planning job requirements and descriptions — Job Information, Job
description, Job evaluation, Skills Analysis.
UNIT —II
MANPOWERPLANNING: Anticipating Man power needs — Man power Inventory, Expected
Loss and Extra needs, Existing post or new post to be created, demand and supply forecasting,
career planning and succession planning, wastage analysis, retention, redeployment and exit
strategies.
RECRUITMENT: Introduction to recruitment, nature and need of recruitment, how to make
recruitment efforts succeed, workers expectations, proactive recruitment and reactive
recruitment, electronic recruitment, innovative recruitment sources - electronic resumes, career
websites, international electronic recruitment, electronic web sources.
UNIT —III
SELECTION PROCESS: Job analysis to man specification — Selecting sources of recruitment
— Internal & External recruitment sources, interviewing, job descriptions — Review in the
applications and resumes Planning basic questions, competency based questions, key
competency category, competency based lead-ins, generic competence questions, additional
types of questions, probing questions, questioning techniques to avoid. HIRING METHODS:
Nature of hiring, Methods of hiring - External Hiring — meaning
and definition of external recruitment, sources of external hiring. Recruitment — various
sources. UNIT - IV
PRE EMPLOYMENT TESTING: Testing advantages and disadvantages, test validation, testing
categories, Computer based testing, background check policy, reference check, guidelines for
releasing and obtaining Information Performance Tests - Mental ability, Group discussion,
mechanical ability test, personality Measurement test, role plays, Personality assessment,
assessment centers, personal interview, integrity testing, Drug testing, graphology.
UNIT -V
REFERENCE CHECKING AND APPOINTMENT ORDERS: Meaning, definition and purpose;
Verification of character, criminal antecedents, previous work behavior and educational
qualifications. Verification of community certificates in public sector companies. Statutory
requirements (under the shops and commercial establishments act), Contents of appointment
letter, hardcopy (or softcopy), method of delivery and retrieving the acknowledgement copy,
medical examination & acceptance of offer for joining. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
PRACTICES IN INDIA AND ABROAD: Case studies.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1.Diane Arthur (2012), Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting& Orienting New Employees, Ed. 5
Amacorr
2.R S Davar (2013), Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Vikas Publications Pvt. ltd.
3.Gareth Roberts (1997), Recruitment and selection: a competency approach Developing
practice,CIPD Publishing, London.
4Dominic Cooper, Ivan T. Robertson, Gordon Tinline (2003), Recruitment and selection.. a
framework for success Psychology at work, 3rd edition, Cengage Learning EMEA, UK.
5. Philips: Strategic staffing, Pearson, 2009
6.Gatewood, Field , Barrick : Human Resource Selection, Cengage, 2008.