Management of People :

Question 1

Define recruitment

Answer 1

Recruitment is the process of gathering suitable people to apply for a job within an organisation.

Question 2

Define Application Form

Answer 2

Application forms collect relevant information from the candidate. Application form will be redesigned to suit the business requirements,

Question 3

Define Job Analysis

Answer 3

each time there is a job needed to be filled this gives the business an opportunity see what the job actually requires. This can include :
level of initiative needed
tasks need to be done 
knowledge and skilled required
technology required

Question 4

Define Job specification.

Answer 4

Once the job has been analysed a job specification will be prepared. This is a description of what the job is and what it involves. The job description has the tasks that has to be carried out. The job description should contain all the main details related to the job such as job tile, position in business and job responsibilities.

Question 5

Define Person Specification

Answer 5

Once a job specification has been made the business will identify the personal qualities of the person needed to do the job to the correct standard. The document detailing this is called a Person specification

Question 6

Internal Recruitment

Answer 6

This is when the job vacancy is filled in by someone who is already working for the company. The business may advertise the job on notice Boards or on Internal newsletters.
The advantages of internal recruitment is:
It gives existing staff an opportunity to expand their careers
Inexpensive way of recruitment
improves staff moral
Disadvantages:
Filling in one vacancy will create another one.
Limited number of applicants

Question 7

External Recruitment

Answer 7

The job will be advertised and filled in by someone outside of the company.The job may be advertised on locsl or national newspapers or in specialist publications.Such advertisng allows the business to target specific areas of the population.

Advantages:
New employees bring may bring fresh ideas to the business.
A larger number of people can apply for the job

Disadvantages:
It can be very expensive to hire recruitment agencies
new staff require more training.