EMPLOYEE SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT IN SRI LANKAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, selecting, and hiring the best employee based on skill, experience, and organization fit. It takes extensive time and cost effectiveness is essential for its success (Marchington & Wilkinson, 2012; Orlitzky, 2008;). Marchington & Wilkinson (2012) implies that the right employee at the lowest cost possible contributes toward an effective and efficient workforce and a strong competitive advantage. Independent from size, all companies worldwide use recruitment strategies, either formal or informal, in order to find and attract applicants and strengthen their human capital (Marchington & Wilkinson, 2012; Orlitzky, 2008). With the development of the World Wide Web most of the jobs and vacancies were advertised globally and it allows to job seekers to apply online for particular jobs. (Opus Recruitment Solutions, 2018). There are many researches implies the important of online recruitment which makes recruitment proces...

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...