CH 2 (P 19)Meeting HR Requirements: Placement

Placement:

• Placement is the determination of the job to which an accepted candidate is to be assigned.
• It is important aspect of selection process of placing right man on the right job.
• Placement is the actual posting of an employee to a specific job it involves assigning a specific rank and responsibility to an employee.
• The placement decisions are taken by the line manager after matching the requirements of job with the qualifications of a candidate. (selection process feedback)
• Most organizations put new recruits on probation for a given period of time after which their services are confirmed.
• During this period, the performance of the probation is closely monitored.
• A worker should be place in a position where there is full used of strengths, and weaknesses become meaningless.

Classification Placement 

• Its objective is to bring match between individual and jobs. 
• It is used when jobs are sequential and pooled.
• Assessment classification model and employee placement is used to match characteristics of individual with those of job subgroups.
• Selected employees are place in a specific sub groups after there is a match between the characteristic of the individual with those of the subgroups.

Differential placement

•  If the new recruit fails to adjust himself to the job and turns out poor performance the organization may consider his name for placement elsewhere. Such second placement is called differential placement 
• Usually the employees’ supervisor in consultation with the higher levels of line management takes decisions regarding the future placement of each employee.

Placement is an important human resource activity. If neglected it may create employees adjustment problems leading to absenteeism, turnover accidents poor performance etc. He/ She may quit the organization in frustration complaining bitterly about everything.