Staffing

About this unit

Staffing is the function of filling and keeping filled the positions in the organisation structure. It ensures that the right people are placed in the right jobs. This unit covers the meaning and importance of staffing and its link with human resource management, the steps in the staffing process, recruitment and its sources, the steps in selection, and the methods of training and development.

Key ideas

• Staffing is a part of human resource management and is performed by every manager.
• The process includes estimating manpower needs, recruitment, selection, placement, orientation, training, appraisal, promotion and compensation.
• Recruitment is a positive process; selection is a negative process.
• Internal sources include transfers and promotions; external sources include advertisements, campus recruitment and employment exchanges.
• Training improves skills for a particular job; development aims at overall growth.
• Training methods are on-the-job or off-the-job.

How to prepare

• Memorise the steps of staffing and selection in order.
• Prepare merits and limitations of internal and external sources of recruitment.
• Learn examples of on-the-job and off-the-job training methods, as classification questions are common.