4.2 Recruitment and Selection of Employees Flashcards
What is meant by the term “recruitment”?
The process of finding and appointing new employees.
What is meant by the term “external recruitment”?
Filling a job vacancy with a suitable person who is not already employed by the business.
What is meant by the term “internal recruitment”?
Filing a job vacancy from within the existing workforce.
What are the advantages of internal recruitment?
> offering employees with the chance of promotion can motivate and improve their performance.
less risky and cheaper.
hired individuals will already have knowledge of the business and may need less to no training.
What are the disadvantages of internal recruitment?
> limited choice of people to recruit which could lead to less talented people being hired.
pay to train employees who don’t have the skills required.
staff not selected may be demotivated.
What are the advantages of external recruitment?
> new ideas and positivity into the organisation.
wider choice of candidates and chance of hiring the best people.
may not need training as they may already have the skills required.
better candidates may be outside of the business.
What are the disadvantages of external recruitment?
> more expensive to advertise and select workers.
less familiar to business.
existing staff may be demotivated.
What is meant by the term “selection”?
Choosing the right employees from among those who have applied for a job.
What is meant by the term “curriculum vitae (CV)”?
Document that provides information about a candidate such as their qualifications, employment history and interests.
What is meant by the term “job analysis”?
The collection and interpretation of information about a job.
What is meant by the term “job description”?
States information about the duties and tasks that make up a particular job.
What is meant by the term “person specification”?
Sets out qualifications and skills required by an employee to fill a particular job.
What is meant by the term “productivity”?
The quantity of goods or services produced by an employee over a period of time, such as one year.
What is meant by the term “retention”?
The proportion of a business’ workforce who remain with the business over a period of time, usually one year.
What are the advantages of an efffective recruitment and selection process?
> higher levels of productivity.
high quality output or high standards of customer service.
staff retention.
What is meant by the term “contract of employment”?
A legal document stating the hours of work, rate of pay, duties and other conditions under which a person is employed.
What is meant by the term “full-time employment”?
When someone works a number of hours equal to the normal working week, usually between 35 and 40 hours.
What is meant by the term “part-time employment”?
When an employee works for fewer than the normal number of hours per week.
What is meant by the term “job share”?
When two or more employees agree to share the responsibilities of a single job.
What is meant by the term “zero hours contract”?
When employees are not hired with specific times allowing employers to hire staff without any guaranteed hours of work.
What are the ways a business can recruit externally?
> newspaper. > websites. > emails. > social media. > recruitment agencies.
What are the ways a business can recruit internally?
> email.
meetings.
posters.
What are the 9 Steps of the recruitment and selection process?
❶ job analysis. ❷ job description. ❸ person specification. ❹ job advertisement. ❺ job application. ❻ interviews/testing. ❼ selection and references. ❽ offer letter/rejection letters. ❾ contract of employment.
What are the advantages of job share?
> employee will work less hours for the same pay as a full-time employee.
employers benefit from experience and skills of two people rather than one.
business is able to cover any unplanned absences or holidays easily.
