HR Flashcards
what’s the role of HR
Work that must be done by human resources, usually broken down to a number of different jobs it takes care of employees
Why is verbal communication good?
The person giving the message can emphasise points through tone and can explain
Why do businesses have a vacancy?
An employee has found another job maternity and maternity to leave it retires
What’s the job description?
A document that describes the duties that a worker is required to carry out
What’s the person specific?
A document that lists the qualification skills and experience that worker needs to be able to carry out the particular job
What’s an application?
provide information in an answer to questions
Good things about application forms
Employee can compare information easily more likely to be up-to-date
What’s the letter of application?
letter written by the applicant explaining why they believe the suitable for the job 
What are some methods of selection
Group activities, presentation, and tests references 
What are some financial methods of motivation?
regular, pay and fringe, benefits and bonuses 
what is a fringe benefit?
extra benefit given in addition to an employees pay, for example, company car 
Definition of training
The short-term process of increasing the knowledge and skills perform their jobs effectively
definition of development
Long-term process, help the worker realise the potential
What induction training?
Aimed at introducing new employees to a business and its procedures
What’s on the job training?
Employees receive training while in the workplace, they are showing what to do through demonstration or shadowing
advantages of on the job training
Trainee is given individual training,
Cheaper than off the job training
Trained to do the job in the way the firm wants it done
disadvantages of on the job training
trainer may not be able to complete their own work
Quality of work may not be good if the trainee does it
not suitable for groups.
off the job training definition
Employees are taken away from the usual place of work to be trained
Benefits of off the job training
they enjoy the changing environ
They learn from experts
Workers feel valued
disadvantages of off the job training
working time is lost,
travel and courses can be expensive
What’s an apprenticeship?
Training for employees new to a trade or profession, combines on the job training with study working
Advantages to the apprentice
They earn an income while learning and can gain a qualification
disadvantage is to the apprentice
The page, usually quite low the qualifications are specific
advantages to the business for apprenticeships
It’s cheaper to train an apprentice than a skilled worker. The retention rate will be high.
disadvantages of apprenticeships to the business
It’s long-term training that will cost a lot and takes a long time to train
What’s the vocational qualification?
Acquire hands-on applied skills such as carpentry and hairdressing
What’s an academic qualification?
Studying theory, including degrees and A-levels
