Recruitment and Selection Process During Pandemic (Covid-19). Case Company: Ahmed Bag Industry Private Trader

Abstract

Author(s): A K M FARDOUS UDDIN Title of the Publication: Recruitment and Selection Process During Pandemic (Covid- 19). Degree Title: Master’s Degree in Global Business Management Keywords: Recruitment, Selection, COVID-19 pandemic, etc. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected most businesses. Human resource management is based on successfully maintaining the needs of human resources. Organizations must maintain their human resource management well to achieve their organizational goals. The pandemic forced the company to shift its work to remote working. This also leads to changes in the recruitment and selection process. The pandemic has created a lot of difficulties for employers to get new talent and hire them into their organization. In this master’s thesis, the main focus was on the various categories of recruitment and selection processes, and changes in the way of working in the organization. In this, the Qualitative method was used to find the solutions to the research questions. There were three research questions, the impact of COVID-19 on organization performance, work from home impact on the organization and the recommendation for the commissioner company to adopt a new recruiting policy. The content was structured through the use of Gioia’s methodology in which four themes were derived Role improvisation, stress, isolation, and self-personalized creativity. These four themes predict the clear details of organizational work culture and employees’ behavior during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic had adversely impacted the industry. They are reviving back but they are shortages of skilled workers in the market. There is a need to change n human resource management practices in the organization in order to gain the high profit and to achieve organizational goals. Human Resources are assets for the organization and there is a need to properly nurture the employees and enhance their skills. This will help them to increase their output and efficiency.