Chapitre 4 Flashcards
What is staffing?
It is the process of filling a vacant position.
What are the components of staffing?
- Personnel planning
- Recruitment
- Selection
- Orientation
What is personnel planning?
It is the process of determining the number of positions and people needed, as well as their competency profiles.
What is recruitment?
It is the activities undertaken to attract qualified candidates.
What is selection?
It is the activities undertaken to choose the one person among all the candidates who best fit the competency profile.
What is orientation?
It is the activities undertaken to make sure the new employee quickly becomes efficient in his/her job.
What are personnel needs?
It is the number of full-time positions and competency profiles required to successfully carry out the organization’s activities.
What are the 2 types of planning?
- Quantitative planning (have enough people at the right time).
- Qualitative planning (have the right people with the necessary competencies to do their jobs).
What are the personnel needs factors?
- Expected changes in activity (increase in activities, growth in sales, etc.)
- Structural changes (expansion project, merge with another department, etc.)
- Constraints or opportunities (diversification of employees, presence of competitors, etc.)
What are the types of staff movement?
- Resignation
- Retirement
- On leave
- Promotion
- Demotion
- Dismissal
- Permanent layoff
- Layoff
How do you determine the list of available personnel?
List of employed personnel - departure + arrivals
What is a job analysis?
It is to gather information on tasks and responsibilities involved in a position, as well as the work context.
What is a job description?
It is the synthesis of the information collected during the job analysis.
What is the first step in qualitative personnel planning?
It is to describe the tasks performed by the person who holds the position.
What is a competency profile?
It is a list of characteristics that will result in work well done.
What are the competency categories?
- Knowledge (learning)
- Skills (ability)
- Attitudes (behavior)
- Other job requirements
What is a selection criterion?
It is a competency used to screen candidates during the selection process.
What are 3 questions that should be asked to establish the selection criterion?
- Is competency critical?
- Is the competency necessary at the beginning of the job?
- Does the competency allow us to evaluate applications?
What is a competency indicator?
A parameter used to assess whether a person possesses a given competency—for example, a specific degree or diploma.
What are the types of websites that you can make recruitment on?
- Private recruitment websites.
- The organization’s website.
- Government websites.
How can you recruit candidates?
- Internal recruiting (inside your organization)
- Websites
- Social media
- Print medias
- Private recruitment agencies
- Public agencies and bureaus
- Job fairs
- Educational institutions
- Professional associations and unions
- Networking
- Writing a job posting
What criteria need to be considered when job posting in print media?
- Candidate profile
- Job location
- Recruitment budget
- Lead time
- Type of advertisement
Give examples of private recruitment agencies.
- Employment agencies (they will give you a bank of applicants that fits your criteria).
- Temporary employment agencies ( (they help fill temporary vacant jobs).
- Executive search firms (Head-hunter, recruiting specific personnel with specialized expertise)
What are the 4 main types of job fairs?
- Campus job fairs (adequate to recruit students).
- Open job fairs (target no particular skills).
- Specialized job fairs (target specific groups of people).
- Virtual lounges (online recruitment fairs).
