Answer» Recruitment refers to the process of finding possible candidates for a job or a function. It has defined as ‘the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in an organization. Basis | Recruitment | Selection | Meaning/concept | It refers to the process of finding possible candidates for a job or a function. It has defined as ‘the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in an organization. | It is the process of identifying and choosing the best person out of a number of prospective candidates for job. | Objectives | Its objectives are to provide a sufficiently large group of qualified candidates. | Its objective is to eliminate the unsuitable or less suitable candidates and find out the suitable candidates. | Process | Its process is simple and candidates are not required to cross several hurdles. | Its process is complex and candidates are required to cross several hurdles created by management deliberately. | Nature of activity | It is positive activity because it encourages people to apply. | It is a negative activity because it rejects a good proportion of applicants. | Stage | It precedes selection process. | It starts after recruitment. |
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