Question

Match the following

List I	List II
(a) Manpower planning	(1) Assigning specific jobs to the selected candidates
(b) Recruitment	(2) Choice of right type of people from the available candidate
(c) Selection	(3) Locating acceptable candidates
(d) Placement	(4) Process of determining current and future manpower needs

• A. a-2; b-4; c-1; d-3
• B. a-1; b-2; c-3; d-4
• C. a-3; b-4; c-1; d-2
• D. a-4; b-3; c-2; d-1

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

a-4; b-3; c-2; d-1

These are the steps involved in staffing process.

• It starts with the estimation of manpower requirements by the organisation in near future.
  
• Recruitment may be defined as the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation.
  
• Selection is the process of choosing from among the pool of the prospective job candidates developed at the stage of recruitment.
  
• Placement refers to the employee occupying the position or post for which the person has been selected.