Difference between Recruitment and Selection

Recruitment and Selection are two of the most important terms used in the hiring process. Recruitment is the process of searching for appropriate employees and encouraging them to apply for jobs whereas the process of identifying and choosing the best person out of a number of prospective candidates is called selection.

What is Recruitment?

The process of searching for appropriate employees and encouraging them to apply for jobs is known as Recruitment. The main objective of recruitment is to attract personnel with the required qualifications for the jobs. It is a positive process as it attracts people to apply for jobs. It proceeds with the selection process and creates a pool of candidates so that organisations can select the most suitable candidate. Organisations communicate the vacancy in an organisation by various sources of recruitment. It aims to serve two functions: i) To discover various sources of manpower; ii) To create a pool of applicants. Internal and External are the two sources of recruitment.

What is Selection?

The process of identifying and choosing the best person out of a number of prospective candidates for a job is known as Selection. Here, various steps are performed to eliminate the unsuitable candidates and to select the most suitable candidate out of the pool created by the recruitment process. Selection includes various steps, and at every step, candidates are eliminated until the right candidate is found. It is called a negative process because more candidates are eliminated than employed. 

Difference between Recruitment and Selection:

Basis	Recruitment	Selection
Meaning	The process of searching for appropriate employees and encouraging them to apply for jobs is known as Recruitment.	The process of identifying and choosing the best person out of a number of prospective candidates for a job is known as Selection.
Nature	It is a positive process as it stimulates people to apply for a job.	It is a negative process as it eliminates more people than selecting them.
Purpose	It aims to create a pool of applicants.	It aims to ensure that competent candidate is selected for a job.
Process	It is a simple process as there are not many steps or hurdles.	It is a complex process as there are many steps or hurdles.
Stage	It starts before the selection process.	It starts after the recruitment process.
Step	It is the first step towards the hiring process.	It is the second step towards the hiring process and comes after recruitment.
Economical/ Expensive	It is an economical process.	It is an expensive process.

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