Recruitment and Employment Contracts Flashcards
What is recruitment?
Recruitment is the process that businesses use to find new people to join their business and to fill specific job vacancies.
What is internal recruitment?
When a job position is advertised to people who already work at a business.
What are the benefits of internal recruitment?
It can be beneficial to a firm because employee that already work for them may need less training. This is because the employee will already know a lot about the firm.
The role is advertised internally so the costs if attracting and training people are lower.
What is a disadvantage of recruiting internally?
It may create another vacancy in the business.
What is external recruitment?
When a business looks for new people outside of the organisation to fill a specific position.
What is a considerable disadvantage of recruiting externally?
It is usually more expensive because jobs are advertised and hires need more training. But it will reach more people.
What are the advantages of external recruitment?
New people from another business may bring in new ideas.
It does not create another vacancy in the business.
What are the 4 main stages to the recruitment process?
- Job analysis
- Job description
- Person specification
- Selection methods
Describe what a ‘job analysis’ involves:
Job analysis involves a business analysing what the exact function of the job will be and what sort of person they are looking for.
Describe what a ‘job description’ involves:
- Job description involves the business advertising the job.
- A job description simply describes what the job is, what the person will be doing day to day, and gives some background on the firm itself.
Describe what a ‘person specification’ involves:
- In the advertisement, the business will state the requirements for what qualifications , training, language and education that a person applying needs to have.
- The business will also state what skills are preferred and essential for the job.
Describe what ‘selection methods’ are used and what they involve:
- After the advertisement, the business receives applications for the job. These selection methods are used to choose a candidate:
- -> CVs - candidates will send a document that contains information about their education, qualifications and previous experience.
- -> Online testing - businesses usually give candidates a maths and/pr verbal reasoning test to get a better idea of their skills.
- -> Interviews - most companies will have some form of interview process to get an idea if the candidate is a good fit for the job.
What are the benefits of having an effective recruitment process?
Having an effective recruitment process means that the firm is more likely to attract and select the best possible people for the job. This can have several positive effects:
High productivity, high quality output, good customer service and staff retention.
What is a contract of employment?
A contract of employment is a legal agreement between a business and an employee. It contains information on the pay of employee, their roles, the start and end date of their employment and the hours they will work. It also gives information on sick leave, holiday pay and maternity or paternity leave.
Describe what a part-time contract involves:
- A part time contract is a form of employment where people work less hours per week than people with a full-time job.
- These employees usually work in shifts and usually work under 30 hours per week.
