Abstract
Recruitment is an important part of an organization’s human resource planning and their competitive strength. Competent human resources at the right positions in the organisation are a vital resource and can be a core competency or a strategic advantage for it. Hence recruitment has proved to be inseparable part of HR. Recruitment acts as a link between the employers and the job seekers and ensures the placement of right candidate at the right place at the right time. Selection is the process of picking individuals who have relevant qualifications to fill jobs in an organization. The basic purpose is to choose the individual who can most successfully perform the job from the pool of qualified candidates. This project is entitled as “A study on Recruitment and Selection at M/S Lucas- TVS Ltd, Puducherry”. Recruitment is the process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to apply for jobs. Selection is the process of picking individual who have relevant qualification to fill jobs in the organisation. This project focuses on finding the effectiveness of present recruitment and selection process and the various factors involved in recruitment and selection process of Lucas- TVS Ltd. A well-structured, non-disguised questionnaire was used to collect the data regarding recruitment and selection from the employees of the organisation. The statistical tools like cross tabulation and correlation are used for analysis. It is found that the present method is effective. Accessing candidate behavior for the job fit, using internet and using advertisement in newspaper as a source of recruitment might help in more effective recruitment & selection at Lucas – TVS Ltd.
Keywords: Recruitment and Selection, Strategic advantage, Accessing candidate