UNIT – I Lesson 1 HRM – AN OVERVIEW Lesson Outline Nature of ...

7. The interviewers should also evince emotional maturity and a stable
personality during the interview session.
Reference checks
In the selection process, the next step is verifying information or obtaining
additional information through reference. The applicant is asked to give the names of one
or two referees who know him personally. Previous employers, University Professors,
neighbours and friends are usually referees. However, references are treated as a mere
formality and are hardly used to influence the selection decisions.
Physical examination
The last tool used in the selection process is physical examination. The main
purpose of conducting physical or medical examination is to have proper matching of job
requirement with the physical ability of the candidate. Among various objectives of
physical test, the major ones are, to detect if the individual is carrying any infectious
diseases, to identify health defects of an individual undertaking certain works determined
to his or her health and to protect companies from employees filing compensation claim
for injuries and accidents caused by pre-existing ailments.
Final selection
Final selection follows the above procedures outlined. Selected candidates would
be sent with appointment orders. Additional names than required vacancies may be kept in
the waiting list.
Placement
Placement involves assigning a specific job to each one of the selected candidates.
However, placement is not simple as it looks. It involves striking a fit between the
requirements of a job and the qualifications of a candidate. Pigors and Myers has defined
placement as, “the determination of the job to which an accepted candidate is to be
assigned, and his assignment to that job. It is a matching of what the supervisor has reason
to think he can do with the job demands and what he offers in the form of pay rolls,
companionship” with others, promotional possibilities etc. The importance of placement is
that it reduces employees turnover, absenteeism, accidents and dissatisfactions.
Induction
Induction is introducing the new employee to work surrounding and people already
working there. In other words, induction is the process of receiving and welcoming an
employee when he first joins a company, and giving him basic information he needs to