Activity 1.2 | Managing and Leading in the ECE sector: Recruiting and Hiring Qualified Staff

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Recruiting and Hiring Qualified Staff

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As an ECE manager, you will need to hire and retain qualified staff. You might need to utilize recruitment strategies to accomplish this goal.

Cameron (2022) identified various general recruitment strategies, including relying on professional organizations and associations, using social media, encouraging referrals, and other methods. Furthermore, the author provided a practical comparison of each method's advantages and disadvantages.

As you read through the descriptions of each strategy and the respective advantages and disadvantages, consider:

How well does each strategy align with your organizational culture and goals?
How might each strategy impact the diversity and inclusion of the workforce?
What strategies might you choose? Why?

Figure 1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Recruiting Strategies

Recruitment Strategy	Advantages	Disadvantages
Outside recruiters, executive search firms, and temporary employment agencies	Can be time saving Reduce demands on internal resources	Expensive Less control over final candidates to be interviewed
Campus recruiting/educational institutions	Can hire people to grow with the organization Plentiful source of talent	Time consuming Only appropriate for certain types of experience levels
Professional organizations and associations	Industry specific Networking	May be a fee to place an ad May be time-consuming to network
Websites/Internet recruiting	Diversity friendly Low cost Quick	Could be too broad Be prepared to deal with hundreds of resumes
Social media	Inexpensive	Time consuming Overwhelming response
Events	Access to specific target markets of candidates	Can be expensive May get too many non-committed candidates
Referrals	Higher quality people Potential for longer retention	Concern for lack of diversity Nepotism
Unsolicited resumes and applications	Inexpensive, especially with time-saving resume keyword search software	Undefined targets or objectives.
Internet and/or traditional advertisements	Can target a specific audience	Can be expensive

Note. found in Cameron (2022). Human Resources Management. 2nd Ed Ontario. RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES.

Reference

Cameron, E. (2022) Human Resource Management. eCampus Ontario, 2nd Ed. CC-BY 4.0. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/humanresourcesmanagementcandianed/front-matter/preface/