Selection Process:

Selection process Involves screening of candidates by which best suitable person is chosen for a vacant post from a pool of candidates. And rejecting the other who are not found eligible as per their qualifications and suitability for job. The main objective of the selection process is to choose the right person for the right job. The selection process typically consists of eight steps: 1. Preliminary interview: The first step in the selection process involves screening of candidates by initial interview and short-listing the list of candidates. 2. Completion of Application Form: Application form is the specific employment form used to get specific information which the organization wants. In this step applicants are asked to complete the organizations application form. 3. Employment tests Performance simulation test (job behavior), In order to test the aptitude of candidates. Work sampling (In order to check their skills for the prescribed job) Assessment centers (In order to evaluate candidates individual and group performance) 4. Comprehensive interview: Interviews involve a face-to-face meeting with the candidate to investigate the areas which is not addressed by the application form or tests. 5. Background investigation: Verification and investigation from the application form about the backgrounds like: Former employers Previous job performance Education Legal status to work Criminal records 6. Conditional job offer: Job is offered on probationer bases for certain period of time. After fulfillment of certain conditions and successful performance in that period the tentative job may becomes permanent. 7. Medical/physical exam: An examination to determine an applicant physical fitness for essential job performance. 8. Final selection: Individuals who perform successfully in preceding steps are now considered eligible to receive the employment offer.

Recruitment and Selection Process in Bank Alfalah:

Bank Alfalah makes recruitment of three kind of employees for the fulfillment of their need of expansion and growth i.e. o Top Management o Trainee Officers o Contractual Employees This recruitment is made on the basis of the requirement e.g. top managerial post is fulfilled either from internal or external sources with good experience and qualification. Trainee officers are fresh candidates usually recruited from external sources, who are having the prescribed qualification for the post. Internal recruitment is also made by upgradation of the lower employees with the same qualification or better performances at the lower post in the same organization. 9 Some time contractual employment is made till the availability of permanent employees for the post. Such type of employment is usually made on emergency bases. Following sources are used to invite applications from suitable candidates for internal and external recruitment: Newspapers: Bank Alfalah advertises the vacancies in popular newspapers, which can either be in English or Urdu language according to the need of job and situation. Website: Bank Alfalah has also adopted online recruitment process like ROZEE.PK and other online job offering websites, where they advertise the vacancies. Bank Alfalah also has its own website, where they advertise the vacancies. Direct Applicants: Fresh graduates keep on submitting their CVs to the HR Department from time to time. HR Department selects the effective persons for interview and tests whenever a job is vacant.

Selection Procedure:
After the recruitment, the selection of most reliable and capable applicants is made at Bank Alfalah under the supervision of HR personals. First of all Bank Alfalah advertises in the media (newspaper, magazine, website etc) that situation is vacant for the following post, for which their criteria are: o Candidate must be a citizen of Pakistan. o They must be qualified in the relevant field having graduate or post-graduate degree.

o Should have attained the age of 18 years but not be exceeding the age of 35 years. Applications are invited from candidates on prescribed forms against the vacant posts advertised in the newspapers, after advertisement different people apply for the job. In the preliminary CV, irrelevant applications are screened out and relevant applications are called for written test. This test is examined by IBP (Institute of Bankers Pakistan). The test pattern is of GMAT format in which they judge the person job behaviour and skills of doing individual and group simulation tasks. Then there is an initial interview in which one topic is given to each candidate and asked to debate on that. Further screening is made from the group discussion which is examined by 10 HR executives of Bank Alfalah. In this way they judge their personality traits and leadership qualities. Now final interview is conducted by the president of Bank Alfalah at the regional office. Then job is offered to deserving candidates who are sent for training to the head quarter, which is based at Karachi where they undergo intensive training in various fields. After completion of training they are sent to different branches.

Recruitment & Selection Process in Faysal Bank:

Faysal Bank Limited recruits both from internal as well as external sources but they give more preference to the internal recruitment by keeping in view their previous good record and to encourage and motivate their employees. This is also less expensive as compared to getting employees from outside by offering higher salaries. According to the recruitment policy of Faysal Bank Limited, following internal and external recruitment sources are used: Newspapers: Faysal Bank advertises the vacancies in the newspapers, magazines etc. 10 Website: Faysal Bank has also adopted online recruitment process like Bank Alfalah. They advertise the vacancy on rozee.pk and other online job offering websites. Upgrading of present employees according to their performance. Retired persons are also reemployed in case of shortage of qualified personnel or increase in load of work.

Selection Procedure:
The employee selection procedure in FAYSAL Bank is similar like the other banks and

organizations. They select the employees by the following way: First of all Faysal Bank advertises in the media (newspaper, magazine etc) that situation is vacant for the following post, for which their criteria are: Candidate must be a citizen of Pakistan. They must be a business graduate. Should have attained the age of 18 years but not exceeded the age of 35 years. Applications are invited from candidates on prescribed forms against the vacant posts advertised in the newspapers, after advertisement different people apply for the job. Scrutiny of application Short listing Issuance of call letter Test Listing on the basis of test Call letters for interviews Interviews-Panel Interviews Final short listing Offer letter Joining Training Posting