staffing

What is Staffing?

Staffing refers to filling and keeping filled the positions in the organizational structure. It is concerned with obtaining, utilizing, and retaining competent and contented personnel to achieve organizational goals. It is often considered the human resource function.

Why is Staffing important for an organization?

1. Obtaining Competent Personnel: Helps discover and obtain capable workers for various jobs.
2. Higher Performance: Ensures the right person is in the right job, leading to better overall performance.
3. Continuous Growth: Ensures the survival and growth of the enterprise through the development of employees.
4. Optimum Utilization of Human Resources: Prevents overstaffing and understaffing, ensuring efficient use of personnel.
5. Improves Job Satisfaction: Through proper appraisal and rewarding of employees' contributions, enhancing morale and motivation.

Outline the main steps in the Staffing Process.

The main steps in the Staffing Process are:

1. Estimating Manpower Requirements
2. Recruitment
3. Selection
4. Placement and Orientation
5. Training and Development
6. Performance Appraisal
7. Promotion and Career Planning
8. Compensation

What is Recruitment, and what are its main sources?

Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization. Its main sources are:

1. Internal Sources: Promotion, Transfer.
2. External Sources: Direct Recruitment, Casual Callers, Advertisement, Employment Exchange, Campus Recruitment, Web Publishing, Labour Contractors, Recommendations of Employees.