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Why is selection process important in HRM?
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Selection means to choose the person from among the prospective candidates to fill in the vacant posts in the organisation. The success of the organisation depends upon the quality of personnel selected for the job. Thus selection of personnel is the most important function of the personnel management. The importance of selection may be judged from the following facts.
(1) Procurement of Qualified and Skilled Workers—Scientific selection facilitates the procurement of well qualified and skilled workers in the organisation. It is in the interest of the organisation in order to maintain the supremacy over the other competitive firms. Selection of skilled personnel reduces the labour cost and increases the production. Selection of skilled personnel also facilitate the expansion in the size of the business.
(2) Reduced Cost of Training and Development—Proper selection of candidates reduces the cost of training because qualified personnel have better grasping power. They can understand the technique of the work better and in no time. Further, the organisation can develop different training programmes for different persons on the basis of their individual differences, thus reducing the lime and cost of training considerably.
(3) Absence of Personnel Problems—Proper selection of personnel reduces personnel problems in the organisation. Many problems like labour turnover, absenteeism and monotony shall not be experienced in their severity in the organisation. Labour relations will be better because workers will be fully satisfied by the work. Skilled workers help the management to expand the business and to earn more profits and management inturn compensate the workers with high wages, benefits etc.
