Receuitment and Selection

Question 1

Advantages of internal recruitment?

Answer 1

Shorter training period
Candidates already known capability
Motivating as employees feel valued
Employee familiar with company procedures
Vacancies filled quicker
Reduction in cost of advertising recruiting and selecting

Question 2

Disadvantages of internal recruitment?

Answer 2

Existing staff may not have required skills
Another vacancy is made
No fresh ideas

Question 3

Advantages of internal recruitment

Answer 3

Larger pool of applicants
Good skills and new ideas brought in
Avoid conflict between existing employees

Question 4

Disadvantage of external recruitment?

Answer 4

Poor morale of existing staff
More expensive to organise
Candidates unknown to the businesss

Question 5

Phone interview

Answer 5

Saves travel and accommodation costs and you can hear tons of voice
But..
May be bad line/signal

Question 6

One to one or panel interviews

Answer 6

Further questions can be asked
May be more objective if it’s panel
Candidates can be compared in a pressure situation
But..
May be nervous and not perform well
Unfair judgements can be made on appearance

Question 7

Group interviews

Answer 7

Shows how candidates react with others, get involved
More objective
Candidates compared in a pressure situation
But..
May be nervous and not perform well
Some may be too domineering which stops other candidates from shining

Question 8

Testing

Answer 8

See how candidate cops with timed conditions
Compare quantitative data from scores
Verified claims made on cvs
But..
Results will be unreliable if tests aren’t done right applicants can be affected by nerves

Question 9

Assessment centres

Answer 9

Candidates perform in a variety of tasks
Tasks can be tailored to the business 
Lots of candidates assessed at the one time
Reduces in house bias from interviewers
Tests are carried out by qualified and experienced staff 
But..
Expensive to carry out 
Time consuming