4.2 - recruitment and selection of employees Flashcards
recruitment
process of finding and appointing new employees
selection
choosing the right employees from those who have applied for the job
internal recruitment
job vacancy is filled from within the company
external recruitment
filling a job vacancy from any suitable person not already in the business
benefits of internal recruitment -3
- having experience in the business
- motivate staff
- don’t need to spend money on advertisement
drawback of internal recruitment -2
- pay to train staff who may not have skills needed
- limited choice of people
benefits of external recruitment -2
- managers will have a wider choice of skills
- bring new ideas to the business
drawback of external recruitment -2
- bigger number of candidates may be expensive
- doesnt know much about person = may not be good for the work place
recruitment process steps -5
- match cvs against job
- shortlist candidates (8-10)
- invite candidates to selection process
- selection process
- choose best applicant
job analysis
collection and interpretation of information about the job
job description
information about the duties and tasks of the job
person specification
qualifications and skills required by employee to fill a job
selection process -3
- interview
- psychometric test
- assessment centre
psycometric test
multiple choice test to see if candidate fits job
assessment centre
complete activities such as practicale tasks
full time benefits for employer
- better communication
- more skilled and experienced
- improve preformance
part time benefits for employer
- helps businesses to cope with busy times
- specialist skills that are only needed sometimes
full time benefits for employee-3
- paid for more hours
- gain promotion
- more experience
part time benefits for employee
- older employees may want to only do some hours
- some people have school
- more free time
job sharing
2 or more people combined to fill a single job role
zero hour contract
not guaranteed set of hours of work
benefits of effective recruitment -3
- high levels of productivity
- higher quality products
- better customer service
employee retention
organization’s ability to prevent employee turnover, or the number of people who leave their job in a certain period, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
contract of employment
legal document stating the hours of work,rate of pay,duties and other conditions
