4.2 Recruitment

Question 1

What is internal recruitment?

Answer 1

Internal recruitment takes place when a job vacancy is filled from within the existing workforce

Question 2

What is external recruitment?

Answer 2

External recruitment is filling a job vacancy from any suitable person not already employed by the business

Question 3

What are the benefits of internal recruitment?

Answer 3

• Candidates will have experience of the business and will be familiar with its methods of working
• Candidates will know many of the people with whom they will be working
• Internal recruitment provides employees with the chance of promotion, which may help to motivate them
• Internal recruitment is cheaper as it avoids the need for expensive external advertising

Question 4

What are the drawbacks of internal recruitment?

Answer 4

• Usually a small pool of applicants
• Applicants may not be experienced in the role
• A lack of fresh ideas in the business

Question 5

What are the advantages of external recruitment?

Answer 5

• May bring new ideas into the business
• Fresh enthusiasm and skills
• Larger pool of potential applicants

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of external recruitment?

Answer 6

• May take the new employee time to settle into the business
• Expensive to recruit new employees not previously known to the business
• Can take more time than internal recruitment

Question 7

Who has usually has the responsibility of recruitment and selection of a business?

Answer 7

The human resource (HR) department and its human resource managers

Question 8

Outline the stages of the recuitment process

Answer 8

1) - Business needs new employees (due to growth,entering new markets or employees leaving)
2) Job descriptions and person specifications drawn up (from data from job analysis)
3) Job positions are advertised internally or externally (internal adverts within business e.g on intranet and external adverts on newspapers and the internet)
4) Applications are recieved and kept until the closing date

Question 9

What are the benefits of having an effective recruitment and selection process for a business?

Answer 9

• High productivity
• High quality output or customer service
• Staff retention

Question 10

What is a part time contract?

Answer 10

Part time refers to an employee working for only part of the working week, or anything less than ful time. Often, a part time employee may work for two, three or four days a week. Part-time employees work in all industries but are commonly found in the retail industry, where a shift role may only be required on certain days or times.

Question 11

What is a full time contract

Answer 11

Full time usually refers to an employee working more than 35 hours per week, often spread over five days each week Full-time employees work in all job roles, Examples of job roles that include full-time employees are teachers, office workers, pilots, police officers, doctors and nurses

Question 12

What is a zero hour contract?

Answer 12

Same businesses have begun offering flexible hours in the form of zero-hours contracts. In a zero-hours contract, an employee has no specified number of hours per week. Instead, they are given work when the business requires them This is beneficial to the business as it fills business shortages. It also provides employees with a lot af flexibility, but it can lead to uncertainty about whether they will get any work, and they may not receice a regular income

Question 13

What are the benefits of a business having full time employees?

Answer 13

• Available for a number of hours
• Will become experienced, can help the business

Question 14

What are the benefits of a business having part time employees?

Answer 14

• Help during busy periods
• Less expensive for employer (Lower pay than full-time employee)