Recruiting Flashcards
What is recruitment?
The process involved in finding new recruits for a place of work.
Where are places to find work?
- job centre
- notice boards
- internal
- websites
- articles
- word of mouth
What are some of the things people being recruited are tested for?
- tests to measure skills
- measuring people against certain personalities
- grammar and handwriting tests
- take unofficial references not from workers or friends
What is commission?
Getting paid by how much of something you sell
What are 4 reasons why a business needs to recruit new staff?
- business expansion - increasing sales of products, developing new products, entering a new market
- existing employees leave
- business needs employees with new skills
- business is relocating - not all of the existing workforce want to move
What are advantages of external recruitment?
- agencies will go through the recruitment process for the business
- more likely to get someone with specific skills and experience
- brings new ideas
- larger pool of workers to chose from
What are the disadvantages of external recruitment?
- more expensive - agencies charge high fees
- it is riskier
- the process is longer/slower
- may not be effective enough to reveal the best candidate
What are the advantages of internal recruitment?
- less risk to the business
- trusted person
- knows their skills
- faster decision
- already know the culture of the business
- promotional
- motivation
- cheaper
What are the disadvantages of internal recruitment?
- needs new skills
- jealously - lack of motivation
- already knows the persons strengths and weaknesses
- no new blood
- limits numbers of potential applicants
- creates another vacancy which needs to be filled
What is internal recruitment?
When a business fills a vacancy that may be available with someone who is already an employee.
What is external recruitment?
When a business recruits someone to fill a vacancy from those outside of the organisation.
What are the 3 general stages of recruitment?
stage 1 - define requirements
stage 2 - attract potential applicants
stage 3 - pick the best applicant
What are the 9 stages of recruitment?
1 - vacancy identified 2 - job description 3 - person specification 4 - advertise vacancy 5 - long list 6 - short list 7 - interview 8 - appoint successful candidates 9 - induction training
What is a job description?
A description of the job that is being recruited for.
What is a job specification?
A description of the sort of person who would be the ideal candidate for the job.
