EMPLOYEE SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT IN SRI LANKAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Employee turnover is a major challenge for the organizations in all industries. Wilton (2010), in his book of “An introduction to Human Resource Management” stated that employee turnover considers as a problematic situation in various measurements of levels and its measures the organization’s future capability. Every time employee turnover creates a fanatical cost for the organization (Wilton 2010). According to Gimhan, Zainudeen and Pandithawatta (2019), there are several threats face by Sri Lankan construction industry and major threats can be list out into; 1.      Lack of productive labor force 2.      Lack of expertise professionals and Skilled labors tend in migrate 3.      Lack of professionalism The problems that occurred due to the high employee turnover in construction industry are increasing workload and work stress to the existing employees, cost of recruiting, training and developme...

Recruitment and selection process in the past Communication technology was not developed in the past and the recruitment process was critical and not as easy as present time. Communication systems within a short period of time such as sending CVs through email were not in the past (NCVM, 2016). It had to be printed and posted from the post office and hoping it would arrive at the organisation next day (NCVM, 2016). During the time period of the 1980’s, many organizations were stuck for staff and had a more recruitment requirement. Acikgoz, (2018) has implied that some adjustment in recruitment is tactical due to most organizations hiring candidates and providing skills that they need within the organization. In 1980’s, organizations mainly focus on two way communication which means communication between high management and employee (Collins and ↠, 2018). After the establishment of the World Wide Web in 1990’s, jobs and vacancies were advertised in global media rather tha...

National economy and industrial development of a country integrated with construction activities and its output (Odiorne, G. S. 1984). Thus, the recruitment and selection process of employees has become more important in construction industries (Hornberger, F,1998). Huselid, Mark A. (1995)   has identified a relationship between the recruiting, validity of selection test and the use of formal selection process and profits in a firm. Most studies implied that effectiveness of staff recruitment and selection process is positively impact on performance of an organization. Survival of a company and achieving success is critical in a competitive business environment (Huselid, Mark A, 1995). Competitive environment has become in every industry even in the construction industry due to a large number of construction contractors and companies. Huselid, Mark A, (1995) has stated that success of a construction company depends on qualified employees, quality workmanship and financial managem...

The construction industry has a direct or indirect impact on any economic growth and their development. As a need of this era of globalization, every construction organization has to compete with the global economy for their success and survival. The performances of workers are directly influenced on the success of a business or an organization. Thus, recruitment and selection of employees has become one of the significant factors that employers should be concerned about. Every organization or a business has their own requirements when selecting employees. Selection process is conducted by managers or any other and uses specific tools to choose a person or persons who like to succeed in the job. Recruitment and selection of employees is a main activity of human resource management. Within the organization, there are designated specialists or human resource managers to select, acquire the workers, develop and reward them. Storey, (1995) has implied that human resources provide the compe...

Recruitment defined as the process of attracting future employees and encouraging them to apply for a particular position in an organization.  Armstrong & Taylor   has cited that recruitment is about understanding every activity in relation to the position and directed the potential employees.  This process conducts through the legal and regulatory framework. Methods of recruitment should be legal and activities must contribute to achieve goals, reflect organizational brand and values whilst also being efficient and cost effective (Foot & Hook, 2008).   Recruitment is important to create a talent pool of potential candidates at minimum cost. It helps to increase the effectiveness of the selection process by decreasing the non-qualified applicants. Also it contributes to increasing individual effectiveness of various recruiting techniques and for all the types of job applicants in organization. The methods of recruitment have been categorized into two headings...