Staffing – Written by Avni Agarwal

Staffing as the name suggest, is the method or process of appointing officials in any organization based on their skills and qualifications. It is the process of acquiring, deploying and retaining the workforce of sufficient and appropriate quality and quantity to increase and improve company’s productivity and effectiveness. Staffing is to build an organization by recruiting, selecting and developing individuals as capable employees.

It helps one understand all the functions in an organization. It is all going side by side with the manpower planning so that right people are available at the right time. It also helps us increase the understanding about the issues related to job analysis and to overcome the problems that are faced in between. It is a method by which we can build an effective human resource which is made possible by the right recruitment, placement and planning. The corporate image of the organization is enhanced and the optimum use of resources takes place.

Staffing may seem easy in one go…. But it is not that easy in real streams. We live in a country where there is an ample supply of unskilled labours and workers and thus companies keep on changing their staffing policies quite often to suit their needs, which are not in the favour of the appointed officials. Country’s legal system also poses some restrictions on the staffing policies that should be followed but generally aren’t used due to some legalizations; like we see there are some reservations for the physically challenged people in some organizations..

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