7.employment And Retention

Question 1

Selection

Answer 1

Process of choosing between applicants for a job

Question 2

Personnel or human resources department

Answer 2

Department in a business that deals with the recruitment and selection of workers, with pay and other employment matters

Question 3

Needs analysis

Answer 3

How an organisation decides how many and what type of workers it should employ

Question 4

Person specification

Answer 4

This lists the qualities, qualifications and knowledge that a person should have to do a particular job

Question 5

Job description

Answer 5

Lists the main duties or tasks or responsibilities of a worker

Question 6

Internal recruitment

Answer 6

When a job vacancy is filled by employing someone who is already an employee of the business

Question 7

External recruitment

Answer 7

When a job vacancy is filled by employing someone from outside the business

Question 8

Recruitment agency

Answer 8

Specialist agency that carries out all the tasks involved in recruitment and selection of workers on behalf of an organisation

Question 9

Employment agency

Answer 9

An agency that has workers readily available for business hire, usually for a short time period of time