recruitment

Question 1

what is the role of recruitment

Answer 1

build a supply of potential new hires that the organisation can draw on if need arises

Question 2

what is recruiting

Answer 2

any activity carried on by the organisation with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.

Question 3

what are the 3 aspects of recruiting

Answer 3

1. personnel policies
2. recruiter traits and behaviours
3. recruitment sources

Question 4

what are the 3 personnel policies relevant to recruitment

Answer 4

1. lead-the-market pay strategies
2. image advertising
3. internal vs external recruiting

Question 5

internal vs external recruiting*

Answer 5

internal recruiting
policies to “promote from within”
try to fill vacancies by recruiting candidates internally
opportunities for advancement make a job more attractive to applicants and employees. before opening up to potential external candidates. e.g email to employees

external recruiting
refers to "hiring from outside"
influenced by:
1.government regulations
e.g advertisement criteria in singapore,foreign worker quota
2.labour market conditions
full employment or high employment
3.composition of labour force
e.g highly skilled or unskilled workers

Question 6

what is lead-the-market pay strategies

Answer 6

pay is an important job characteristics for almost all applicants.
pay more than the current market wages for a job.
higher pay make up for job’s less desirable features such as working on night shift or in dangerous conditions.
to make it as market leader to get “the best of the best” employees.

Question 7

what is image advertising

employer of choice^^

Answer 7

organisations advertise themselves as a good place to work in general.
refers to advertising designed to create a generally favourable impression of the organisation
known as employer branding
important in a highly competitive labour markets
influences the degree on a person’s feel attracted to the organisation

employer of choice: depict an employer whose practices,policies and benefits and general work conditions have enabled it to successfully attract and retain talent because employees choose to work there.
when employees feel valued, it increase company’s ability to draw and maintain skilled employees.

Question 8

what is recruitment sources?*

Answer 8

method and audiences the organisation chooses for communicating its labour needs will determine the size and nature of the labour market the organisation taps to fill vacant position.

Question 9

what are the 2 recruitment sources

examples?

Answer 9

1.internal sources e.g job posting-communicating information about a job vacancy through employee publications
2.external sources*
direct applicants,referrals,advertisements on newpapers and magazines,electronic recruiting,public employment agencies,private employment agencies and colleges and universities.

Question 10

advantages of internal recruiting

Answer 10

1. faster and cheaper than looking outside
2. attract well-known employees to the organisation
3. these applicants are knowledgeable about the organisation’s vacancies which minimises the possibility of unrealistic job expectations.

Question 11

what is direct applicants

Answer 11

apply a vacancy without prompting from the organisation

applicants know what they want. usually good branding of the organisation/image advertising

Question 12

what is referrals

Answer 12

apply because someone in the organisation prompted them to do so

Question 13

electronic recruiting

concern

Answer 13

posting of career info at company websites to address people who are interested in particular company
e.g social media

costs and services offered
time and resource commitments
effectiveness of the site

Question 14

concerns advertisements in newspapers and magazines

Answer 14

costs and what kind of job ad in what kind of magazine

Question 15

public and private employment agencies

Answer 15

public
government-run employment agencies to assist in job searching and matching
huge database with potential candidates for us to reach out
private
primarily serve the white-collar labour market,known as headhunters

Question 16

colleges and universities

Answer 16

known as campus recruiting
usually for entry-level jobs
usually they have placement services that seek to help their graduates obtain employment

Question 17

alternatives to recruitment

Answer 17

1. intern students
2. outsourcing
3. current workers work overtime

Question 18

realistic job preview(RJP)

Answer 18

prevention against disappointment for job applicant by providing pertinent and relevant job information without distortion or exaggeration(both positive and negative).