4.2 Recruitment And Selection Flashcards
Why may a business need to employ more employees
They want to start producing more
They want to start producing different things (diversification)
An employee may have left/been fired
Why is it important to hire the right people?
Staff retention will be higher. This means that you won’t need to spend money on recruiting someone else. Also an new employee will start of being less productive because they are getting used to there job
Motivation will be higher which leads to more productive employees and therefore a lower unit cost which might lead to more profit
Products may have a higher quality/better customer service. This effects the brand image and may lead to positive word of mount advertising
What is internal and external recruitment
Internal recruitment is when you promote someone who already works for you to fill a position
External recruitment is when you recruit someone who doesn’t work for you to fill a position
Why might you use internal recruitment
You know hat there person can do
Won’t need much induction training
Will already know and have relations with co workers
How might you recruit someone?
Internally - referral, advertisements on business notice board
Externally - news letter, job centres
What are the benefits of external recruitment?
They bring new skills and ideas into the business
You have a wider range of options so you can find the best employee
What are the 4 steps of recruitment?
1) business needs a new employee
2) Job description and person specification are made
3) Job is advertised
4) Applications are received
What is a job description?
Made up from the job analysis. This document states information about the job.
What is a person specification?
A document that states what skills and qualifications are needed by an employee.
What might an employee send in to give information about themself?
A CV (curriculum Vitae)
How might you select the right person to work from you once you have all of the applications?
CV
Then choose the CV’s that match the Job specification and person specification
Interviews, Psychometric tests, assessment centres
What are assessment center?
Why might a business use this?
When you get a candidate to do activity’s.
You may be:
Given a simulation of the job
Psychometric tests
A number of interviews
A role play of the job
Potential employees may find this stressful therefore a business can see how participants react under stress.
How do you calculate employee retention?
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What are the disadvantages of having a bad recruitment system?
Higher costs (on average it takes up to £30,000 to replace an employee)
Reduction in quality/customer service
Reduction in your rates of production leading to a higher unit cost which may lead to less profit
What is a contract of employment?
A legal agreement between an employee and a business which must be agreed upon the first 2 months of employment
What might a contract of employment include?
Normal working hours Rate of pay Holidays Duties at work Where you work
What is full time employment?
When someone works the amount of hours equal to the normal working work normally between 35-40
What is part time employment?
When an employee works normal hours but below the normall working week.
What is job sharing?
When 2 or more people do one job. They can work on alternate times
What is a zero hour contract?
You are u ser the employment of a business but you don’t have any guaranteed hours of work and you are only payed when you are given work.
What are the benefits for full time employment?
Employees are more motivated as they have a steady sorce of income
Employees may improve faster and become better at there job if they do it often
What are the disadvantages of full time employment?
Employees will be doing nothing if there is no work to be done (if there is a business downturn) but you are still paying them
Advantages of part time employment?
Employees may help whilst it is the busiest and will not being payed when it is not busy and when they are not needed
Some businesses may need a specialist to do a few jobs. If they have a part time contract then they won’t be doing nothing after that have done there tasks eg an accountant is only needed for 1 or 2 days of work a week
Employees motivation may increase because they have time to fit in other activity’s such as looking after parents and they have more free time
Employees may be more motivated because they have a steady Sorce of income
Disadvantages of part time employment?
Employees may not be that committed to the business this may lead to a reduced staff retention rate and therefore production will decrease leading to a higher unit cost which may lead to less profit
Employees may work more than one job (no loyalty)
Advantages of job share?
Work is done faster
Different people with different views will solve problems more creatively/better
Employees may be motivated because it is really flexible.
May lead to increased productivity
Disadvantages of job share?
You need to spend money on training multiple people to do one job
Low business loyalty
Advantages of a zero hour contract?
No maternity leave
No holiday leave
Don’t need to pay employees if there is no work to be done
Disadvantages of zero hour contracts
Employees may not be motivated because they have no steady Sorce of income and they may have a low quality of life. This may lead to lower productivity…
Employees could decide that they don’t want to work when the business needs them
It is unreliable.
There is no loyalty
If you are writing an article what might you include?
Title of the job Info about the business Tasks of the job Hours expected Pay rate Closing an opening dates for applications
What is divercivication?
When a business expands to create new products
What may be in a person specification?
Educational qualifications
Vocational or professional qualifications
Ability to work as part of a team
Job experience
What is normally in a job description?
The title of the job
The hours and place of work
The main tasks that the job will do
The employees who the person will be responsible for
