EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCES RECRUITMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF NIGER STATE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, MINNA

Abstract

Human resource is the most crucial asset to any organization hence, the growth and
development of any organization is anchored on the calibre of employees recruited to
pilot the affairs of such organization. This study therefore, investigates the effect of
recruitment of human resource on the performance of an organization with major with
major focus on Niger State Internal Revenue Service, Minna. Its major objectives were to
examine the nature of recruitment and selection policy or practice, analyze the
effectiveness of recruitment and selection practices and assess the impact of recruitment
and selection processes on organizational performance. The study obtained information
from One Hundred and Twenty (132) respondents from a staff population of 200. The
sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination table. A
survey design was used to collect data from the respondents through a fifteen (15) items
structured questionnaire. Findings from the study revealed that, employee referrals,
advertisement and the use of employment representatives are the major modes of
recruiting potential employees into the organization and that these methods are very
effective and have helped in improving the performance of the organization, though with
some varying challenges ranging from favoritism, job mismatch, poor motivation and
inequitable compensation. The recommendations therein are that, potential employees
should all be recruited based on competence, placed on jobs based on capacity, well
motivated post-recruitment and equitably compensated for task completion.