Over the coming year this column will focus on the employment cycle and the stages that make up the employer/employee relationship. Recruitment is the first stage of the employment cycle.
Recruitment is where the employer seeks to ‘tell as many people as possible’ that it has a vacant position to fill. Imagine a person fishing at the side of the lake; they hope that the lake is well stocked with fish. An employer’s job is to design a job that attracts applications. To do that the employer needs to consider what can be done to make the job attractive to applicants.
You don’t want it to be the other way around! Employers have been caught out by designing jobs that someone wants to do, but that the organisation doesn’t need. This is a fast way to lead to wasted money, employer resentment, and redundant positions.
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