So the question sometimes comes in our mind that Can we use the word recruitment instead of placement? Before we begin lets take a look at their meanings :
What is Recruitment?
Recruitment is the process in which people are offered selection in an organization. It is when prospective employees are searched for and are then encouraged to apply for jobs within the organization.
This is just one step in the process of employment however it is a long process that involves a series of tasks, starting with an analysis of the job requirements and ending with the appointment of the employee. Specific tasks involved in the process of recruitment include:
- Analyzing job requirements
- Advertising the vacancy
- Attracting candidates to apply for the job
- Managing response
- Scrutinizing applications
- Shortlisting candidates
Recruitment activities are typically performed by Human Resource practitioners, either internally or externally. Internal recruitment sources are promotion, transfers, retrenched employees, contact or references, ex-employees, retired employees, etc. External recruitment sources are recruitment through advertisement, campus recruitment, recruitment by employee exchanges, recruitment by third parties, internet recruitment, unsolicited applicants, etc.
What Is A Placement?
In general recruitment terminology, the term placement is often used to refer to the successful allocation of a person to a job.
A placement can also refer to the temporary posting of a worker at a workplace that is not typically their own.
Placements occur for a set, finite period of time that is agreed upon between the workplace and the worker. Unlike temporary work, the purpose of a placement of this nature is usually to give the worker an opportunity to learn something from a new work environment or for them to contribute something to that environment for a set period of time.
After a placement has been completed, a worker will usually return to their usual place of work, ideally with insight to bring to their role or business.
Conclusion:
Recruitment means the process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or of recruits for the armed forces and the Placement means the act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
Although both words seems somewhat same but are different, we can't use the word recruitment instead of placement.
