The objective of hiring is to staff each job with a person who can succeed in the position. In today's exceptionally tight labor market, hiring is one of the most difficult human resource activities. The position must be described carefully and creatively to potential applicants. From among the pool of applicants, people must be carefully chosen if they and the employer are to have a successful relationship. The next activity after hiring is orientation and training.
Orientation socializes new people to the business.
It introduces them to the firm's mission, its history and its culture. It gives them the information essential for getting off to a good start. Training and experience brought to the job give the employees the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to succeed in the position. Performance appraisal is the continuous assessment, in cooperation with the employee, of how she or he is doing relative to the standards and expectations laid out in the job description and follow up training. Compensation includes the monetary and nonmonetary rewards received by employees.