P.Robbins, B.Millet, R.Cacioppe, T.Waters-Marsh, p.658).
2. Personal Placing and Recruiting .
Recruiting is a process of seeking, attracting, and identifying a pool of qualified candidates in sufficient numbers to fill current and future workforce needs. According to a survey conducted by Fortune Magazine, Richard Markham, head of worldwide marketing of Merck (the pharmaceutical company) says that "we look at recruiting with the same kind of intensity as we do discovering new modules in the lab. The Merck recruiting process is fully integrated with their team building program (Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach by D.Harvey & R. B.Bowin, p.90-91). Modern organizations have become globally aware and so they hire people across the globe. For example Gillette international has an international graduate training program aimed at identifying and developing foreign nationals. Gillette subsidiaries overseas hire outstanding business students from top local universities. These foreign nationals are trained for six months ion their home countries. Some are selected to be trained for 18 months at firm's Boston headquarters in areas such as marketing and finance. Those who pass these exams are offered entry-level management positions at Gillette facilities in their home countries. HR professionals recognize today that with business increasingly being multinational, every employee needs to have a certain level of global awareness. (Human Resource Management, 8th Ed by G.Dessler, p.159).
3. Testing and Selection.
Testing is a technique that provides efficient standardized procedures for screening large number of applicants for employment and promotions (Personal/Human Resource Management, 5th Ed by G.Dessler, p.173) whereas selection is a process of choosing from a pool of applicants, the individual or individuals who best fit the selection criteria for a given position. It has been estimated that it cost around $50,000 to select a new professional -level employee or about 40% of an executives annual salary in advertising, testing and evaluating(Human Resource Management : An Experiential Approach by D.
