Recruitment Flashcards
What is Recruitment?
Attracting a suitable number of people to apply for the post.
What are the 5 stages of the Recruitment Process?
Identify the vacancy
Carry out a job analysis
Prepare a job description
Prepare a person specification
Advertise the vacancy (internally or externally)
What is Identify the vacancy (Recruitment)?
When a position becomes available in the organisation.
This could be cause by a member of staff leaving for another organisation, earning a promotion, retirement, maternity leave, illness etc.
What is Carry out a job analysis (Recruitment)?
A detailed study of what the job actually involves-tasks, responsibilities, workload etc.
This stage will determine whether or not the recruitment process needs to continue. It may become apparent that the workload of the departing member of staff could be shared among existing staff members.
It will also help inform the next stage of the process-preparing the job description.
What is Prepare a job description (Recruitment)?
A written document containing the main details of the job - tasks, responsibilities, job title, department etc.
What is Prepare a person specification Recruitment)?
A written document outlining the ideal person required for the job - skills, qualities, experience, and qualifications.
The person specification will divide this information into essential and desirable criteria:
Qualifications
Knowledge and skills
Personal attributes
What are the purposes of job descriptions and person specification (Recruitment)?
It may be posted along with the job advert to inform prospective candidates about the details of the role.
Let prospective candidates know whether applying for the job is worthwhile or not - this could help the business only receive suitable applications.
It will be compared against job applications to see if candidates meet the criteria (Selection Process).
Can be used to help devise questions for the interview (Selection Process).
What is Advertise the vacancy (Recruitment)?
Posting information about the vacancy to allow internal and external candidates to apply.
What are the two methods of Recruitment/Advertising?
Internal and External
What is Internal?
Applicants from within the organisation.
What is External?
Applicants from outside the organisation.
What is Internal Recruitment?
Inviting applicants from current members of staff can be achieved in many ways:
Office bulletin boards
Internal email
Staff newsletter
What is External Recruitment?
Posting the job vacancy externally can be achieved in the following ways:
Recruitment agency
Job websites
Newspaper
Social media
