Recruitment Flashcards
Define HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human resource management is the process of acquiring, training, appraising and compensating employees, as well as the process of attending to their labour relations, health safety and fairness concerns. It helps to utilise individuals in order to achieve organisational objectives.
Define RECRUITMENT
Recruitment is the process of attracting individuals on a timely basis, in sufficient numbers, with appropriate qualifications, and encouraging them to apply for jobs.
What is the recruitment process?
Human resource management –> alternatives to recruitment –> employee requisition.
Then may be internal or external sources and methods. This then leads to recruited individuals.
What are some alternatives to recruitment?
- Promotion from within - positions are filled with current employees
- Onshoring/offshoring - involves moving jobs not to other countries but to lower cost cities. The government may need onshore handling of particular data, such as financial, health and defense data.
- Overtime - used to meet short term fluctuations in work volume. Avoids the costs of recruitment, selection and training and allows existing employees to benefit from increased income
Define RECRUITMENT SOURCES
Recruitment sources are places where qualified individuals are found.
What are some examples of recruitment sources?
- Internal recruitment
- Employee referrals
- External recruitment
- Online recruitment
Define INTERNAL RECRUITMENT
Internal recruitment involves recruiting from the inside of the company - it may be through promotion of existing employees, going through human resource databases or the internal intranet within the company.
What are some advantages of internal recruitment?
- vacancies are organised within the organisation
- keeps recruitment costs down
- existing staff already have knowledge of the business, its activities and how it operates
- employees are already within the organisation and can therefore be trusted
- provides motivation for staff (to get promotions)
- places value on current staff (over external candidates)
What are some disadvantages of internal recruitment?
- can restrict the candidate pool
- can create unequal opportunities
- difficult to manage employee expectations
- external candidates should be considered alongside
What are some methods of external recruitment?
Vocational schools/colleges/universities, looking at competitor employees, approaching former employees, military personnel, self employed people in the same field.
What is online recruitment?
The process of recruiting a person based on their online presence - may be through a virtual job fair, corporate career websites, job boards, social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or even Instagram).
What are some advantages of online recruitment?
- jobs are advertised inexpensively to a potentially massive audience
- speed of response is high
- high speed of shortlisting using CV matching software
What are some disadvantages of online recruitment?
- high volume of applications to process
- possible problems with shortlisting software
- unreliability of online tests
- fears about security and confidentiality
Define RECRUITMENT METHODS
Recruitment methods are means by which potential employees can be attracted to a firm
Why are recruitment agencies often used?
- they provide expert advice on how adverts should be written and where they should be placed
- all recruitment is often subcontracted out to an agency
- often inexpensive
