An adequate personnel recruitment programme requires that the organization should anticipate vacancies as fast as possible in advance. Recruitment includes all prospective applicants for job position in the organization. A good recruitment programme is one that is properly planned and well operated. Poor recruitment efforts could led to poor selection of applicants because positions are to be filled quickly.
If a satisfactory recruitment effort is not made, a company may be forced to lower standards to accept marginal applicant. In some countries where certain high-level manpower such as engineers, accountants, doctors, lawyers, architects, e.t.c are in great demand, a proper recruitment effort must be made if these type of positions must be filled by qualified personnel.