Impact of Recruitment and Selection Strategy on Employees Performance: A Study of Three Selected Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria

Employee performance is vital to all business enterprises in both developed and developing economies. The increase in the rate of business failure, closure and employees poor performance in terms of productivity in Nigeria is alarming. For organization to be sustained, employees have crucial roles to play in order to ensure that organizations attain competitive advantage over the competitors across the globe. The study examined the recruitment and selection strategy on the employee performance in the real sector using descriptive survey research design. The inferential statistics used is the one sample T-test to find the level of relationship between recruitment/selection strategy and employee performance. The study revealed that the use of recruitment agency and internal employee recommendation in the recruitment/selection process enables organization to recruit committed and productive employees while the recruitment through the influence of host community leads to organizational inefficiency. The study therefore, recommends that Organizations can make use of employment agencies in the act of recruitment and selection but should be open to disclose the job description and responsibility to them. Acceptance of referred candidates from committed and active employees for employment was also recommended as it enhances mentoring, monitoring, obedience and coaching among employees. It was also advised that recruitment/selection should be based on the capability of the candidates to perform the job responsibilities than consideration based on host community influences.