HR Management/ Recruitment, Retention & Training

There are a number of challenges to modern human resources management, including managing diversity, minimizing sexual harassment, proper hiring and firing just to name a few. However three factors that are most challenging because they can minimize or reduce factors like these are recruitment, retention, and training. In an era of increased competition, cost-cutting and the need for talented human resources to retain competitive advantage, more and more organizations are recognizing the importance of sound recruiting and hiring. Such competition among firms for recruiting the best and brightest job candidates means new methods of recruiting must be employed to have an advantage over other firms. Because of this, more organizations are relying on technology to help recruit employees. The use of electronic technologies such as Craigslist, Careerbuildrs, Monster, SHRM, and many other sites are no longer cost prohibitive. Such methods save recruiters from wading through paperwork, while saving the company money as compared to print advertisement in newspaper publications and other conventional methods of recruiting. Such methods also enable a firm to reach out to passive candidates as well as those actively seeking employment. However, recruiting through such technologies requires staff development to train recruiters to take advantage of electronic technologies and software to find new candidates. These types of methods are expected to increase in use in the future, and those firms that rely on traditional more costly and limited means of recruiting may not be able to remain competitive in attracting and retaining the most qualified candidates.