Examine the Methods of Recruitment

Executive Summary:

The purpose of this report is to examine the methods of Recruitment as well as

performance appraisal at Google Inc. Research for this report includes a review of

current literature and articles available online and written by experienced scholars in

Human Resource management.

The major findings indicate that while Google is quite innovative in its recruitment and

performance appraisal, yet there are some areas which will need extra attention. Google

will need to update its recruitment function further and concentrate on areas like

personalized recruitment, job prioritization etc. Apart from this Google will need to ay

attention to the development of targeted hiring programs as well on the use of real time

matrices for decision making during recruitment. Moreover, there is also a need to

improve its performance management system which seems to be a little outdated as

compared to its other HR practices. The performance appraisal system Google has in

place cannot be said to be absolutely proper for the company and there is a need to adjust

it in direction of facilitating decision making.

While it is well known that Google is the front runner in the industry in terms of HR

practices, this report sheds light on some of the loopholes that exist in the recruitment and

talent management processes. It should try to fill these loopholes if it wishes to remain at

the fore in the industry continuously. The two processes require some alignment with the

organizations strategic objectives as well as further innovated to make decision making

easier.

Introduction:

The modern business environment is fast paced and in this scenario effective human

resource management becomes crucial to being successful. While the whole Human

resource management process is very important, yet recruitment and selection as well as

performance appraisal process are especially significant. They have to be successfully

managed to have the right people in the organization and to make the HR strategically

impactful.