People and Organisation

The recruitment process is constantly evolving, hugely impacted due to changes in PESTEL (Political Economic, Social, Technological and Legal) factors. Better technology has allowed HR managers to identify and recruit top tier candidates and to make better hiring decisions. However, there are certain issues with respect to this. Complexity in Recruitment Process Even though many new technologies are being introduced to the business world in order to provide a competitive advantage to businesses, for example tools like PowerBI that provide analytical features in order to pool out the ideal recruitment candidates, there is a question in terms of overall efficiency of the hiring process. Tools such as PowerBI provide HR personnel with variables that were not accessed before, and when these factors are pondered upon during new recruitment the process can be a lot complex than before. Inefficient techniques can deter hiring techniques, and it’s said that 60% of prospecti...

Human Resource refers to managing of human resource and is an important process in the value chain. Due to changes in PESTEL factors acquiring and retention of skilled or talented personnel  is becoming complex than before. The following details the reason for the increase in complexity in managing the human resource at present. Global Issues in Recruitment In the recent, more and more employees prefer white collar jobs compared to blue collar jobs, also preferring services industry than manufacturing and labor intensive industries which are the backbone of the society. Therefore, there is an uncertainty in gathering the required skilled personnel for the job regardless of the geographic location (Dessler, 2008) . Also with the implementation of new technology such as industrialization 4.0 there is concerns of downsizing the labor and keeping only the best fit for the job. Also even after recruitment there is concerns of sustaining the acquired talent due to wid...