Hiring process term 4 Flashcards
Hiring steps in order
- Job analysis
- Job description and Person Specification
- Job advertising
- Screening and Shortlisting
- Interview and Testing
- Offer and Induction
Hiring Process
Explains the way that a business will hire employees, there are a number of steps that are involved
Job analysis
A Job Analysis is completed to identify the need for a new role. The business evaluates their activities and a decision is made about what the new position will be and the types of skills and responsibilities that are required for it.
What is needed to hire new people
- figuring out if a new person is needed and what that role will look like
- Business evaluates their activities and responsibilities
- A decision is made about what that new role will be and the types of skills and responsibilities that are required.
- Why the position is needed
- What the staff member would be doing in the new role.
- How, will the employee do the job.
- What, if any, new resources are required for this job.
2 parts to conducting a job analysis
position - whether it is needed and what the responsibilities will be.
employee - the types of skills and qualifications you will need them to have.
Job Description & Person Specification
A Job Description and Person Specification are written documents that outlines the specific job requirements by a business to give applicants an idea of the tasks and skills expected from the job.
Job Advertising
Job Advertising refers to the ways that the business will inform potential applicants that they have a job available. A business can use various methods to recruit new staff and the choice of methods will depend on, the skills required, and how much the organisation is prepared to pay.
Screening and Shortlisting
Screening and Shortlisting involves reducing the pool of applicants you have received from advertising to limit the number of applicants who are interviewed. Given the cost involved in interviewing, this step is crucial in reducing the cost of recruitment and reducing wasted time.
Things that affect the way that a job analysis is conducted
The size of the organization, The amount of time that employees have available, The number of people already doing the job, The need for a swift or slow recruitment process.
Job specification
the requirements and experience required for a job
Job description
the qualities required and what the position is
Most common hiring site
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Advantage of internal and external recruitment
May help retain staff members who might otherwise leave
Disadvantage of internal recruitment
Creates another position that needs to be filled
Disadvantage of external recruitment
More expensive as there are advertising costs and the cost to the time needed for interviewing.
