recruitment Flashcards
Recruitment
Process of hiring and finding new employees
Internal Recruitment
Already employed in the workforce
🙂- Cheap, Candidates are familiar to the business, Motivating
☹- Limited candidates, no new ideas, loss of staff in previous role
External Recruitment
Finding suitable candidates outside the current workforce
🙂- Larger target audience- more talent- new ideas- improve productivity.
☹- More expensive, Negative effect on employee motivation & performance.
Job Analysis
Collection and interpretation of information about a job.
Job Description
Used in the recruitment process- describes what the job involves
Person Specification
Used in the recruitment process- describes the type of people for the job.
Job advert
informs people the job is available
Shortlisting
Selecting the most suitable candidates who apply
Selection
Choosing the right employees
Interviews
(Carries out by a specialist personnel manager + manager form the department) candidates explain their suitability for the job
Telephone Interviews
*held over the phone
*given to candidates who have passed the online application
*large corporate business
🙂- cost effective, tests communication skills, tests commitment
Work Trials
*a way of trying out an employee before employing them
*can last up to 30 days
*employee introduced to key tasks
*unskilled work
Personality Tests
A way of testing a persons personality type
*helps employers learn about their candidates
*can decide whether employees have enthusiasm/ motivation
*test help recruit the right people
Aptitude and Ability Tests
*designed to test the ability of the candidates to complete the core tasks of the job
*completing a sample of work
*accounting jobs- test numerical ability
