Essentials of Employee Recruitment: Individual and Organizational Perspectives

This book provides an insightful and comprehensive summary of the field of employee recruitment. Written from a scientific evidence-based perspective, and with contributions from global experts, it reviews the relevant research in the various areas of recruitment, considers the most pressing current issues in studying recruitment topics, and designs future research agendas for the field. Organized into four sections, the text begins by presenting an overview of the study of recruitment, before moving on to demonstrate effective ways of attracting talent, covering methodology, practices, and organizational characteristics. The third section focuses on recruiting specific populations, including women, ethnic and racial minorities, college students, and employed job seekers. This book concludes by providing practical perspectives, with chapters describing how the applicant population is changing, how applicants interact with people and technology during recruitment, the interaction of applicant and organizational political ideology, and offering insights on how to design recruitment programs today and in the future. A foundational resource on employee recruitment, this is the ideal text for scholars and graduate students in industrial and organizational psychology and human resource management. It will also interest practitioners working in the area, along with executive and line managers tasked with responsibility for talent management.

Table of Contents:
1. Essentials of Employee Recruitment: Individual and Organizational Perspectives—An Introductory Chapter Jerel E. Slaughter and David G. Allen Section 1. The Study of Recruitment 2. A History of Recruitment Research James A. Breaugh 3. Designing and Conducting Recruitment Research Using the Recruitment Research Design Model Alan M. Saks 4. A Strategic Recruiting System Model for Integrating Human Capital Resources to Solve Strategic Organizational Challenges Anthony J. Nyberg, Greg Reilly, and Ormonde R. Cragun Section 2. Attracting Talent 5. Employer Branding in Employee Recruitment: Marketing the Job and Organization to Potential Talent Kang Yang Trevor Yu, Clara Wen Lin Soo, and Sitong Yu 6. Recruiting through Employee Referrals Jenna R. Pieper, Jessica M. Greenwald, and Steven D. Schlachter 7. Applicant Reactions to Organizational Recruitment Processes Talya N. Bauer, Donald M. Truxillo, Julie M. McCarthy, and Berrin Erdogan Section 3. Recruiting Specific Populations 8. Navigating Job Search as a College Student: What We Know and Where Scholars, Job Seekers, and Recruiters Need to Go Allison S. Gabriel, Nitya Chawla, and Kelly P. Gabriel 9. Recruiting Employed Job Candidates Wendy R. Boswell, Stephanie C. Payne, and Claire E. Bowman-Callaway 10. Recruiting Women in the Workplace: A Review of Empirical Research Connie R. Wanberg, Youjeong Song, and Sophia Miri Yoo 11. Targeted Recruitment of Racial-Ethnic Minorities: A Research Review Patrick F. McKay 12. All Around the World: Understanding International Recruiting Across Countries and Cultures Haley M. Woznyj, Alexandra M. Dunn, Luke Scherer, and Noah Adcock-Howeth 13. Candidate Experiences with Technology and People Lynn A. McFarland, Melanie M. Ward, and William J. Shepherd Section 4. Practical Perspectives 14. Recruitment in the Modern Context Jazmin Argueta-Rivera, Yaojia Rebecca Chen, Tisnue Jean-Baptiste M.S., Chase Siner, and Mikki Hebl 15. Recruiting in a Politically Divided Age Jerel Slaughter, Zixu Zhang, and Philip L. Roth 16. Designing Recruitment Programs for Impact Wayne F. Cascio and Kyle Ehrhardt 17. The Future of Recruitment and the Role of Technology Peter Cappelli and Shun Yiu 18. Key Trends and Future Research Directions in Recruitment Research, According to AI (Sort of) David G. Allen and Jerel E. Slaughter