Recruitment And Selection

Question 0

Methods of recruiting Internal

Answer 0

Job posting via printed bulletin boards memo’s, company newsletters,company intranet,cafeteria bulletin boards and email

Skills inventory (skills bank) contains data on all employees including qualifications, skills, knowledge, ability, education and experience.

Supervisor and Manager recommendations.

Job referrals - employees recommending good applicants and businesses pay substantial incentives. Usually high-quality employees not likely to refer poor applicants for jobs. One of the most valuable methods of recruiting.

Question 1

What are advantages/disadvantages of internal recruitment?

Answer 1

Advantages

• Cost less
• Employees already acclimated to the organisation
• Improves morale
• Keeps knowledge within the company
• Potential for better success rate as Track Record of employee is known

Disadvantages

• Creates a ripple effect as more job openings occur as employees are moved about
• Lowers morale of the employees not selected for the position
• Stagnation since no new outlooks and ways of doing things are bought into the firm
• Creates negative internal competition for the position

Question 2

What are the advantages/ disadvantages of external recruitment?

Answer 2

Advantages

• New blood and ideas bought into organisation producing a revitalising effect
• Opportunity to acquire new skills not found in organisation
• Enables firms to hire people who have knowledge of competitors secrets

Disadvantages

• Applicant doesn’t fit the organisational culture
• It costs more than internal recruitment
• Positions filled externally may adversely impact employees commitment levels
• New employees take longer to acclimate to the organisations culture

Question 3

Methods of external recruitment

Answer 3

• College, universities good sources for management talent
• Advertising drawbacks are large number of unqualified and marginally qualified applicants applying and must be screened out
• Recruitment agencies will perform the initial screening
• Headhunters
• Unsolicited resumes and applicants. Walk ins not applying for a specific position when no openings available.
• Job fairs
• Open house if several jobs available invite local applicants to attend
• Organisations are cautioned to use a healthy mix of both methods of internal and external recruitment

Question 4

Writing an effective job ad

Answer 4

• Must communicate the necessary qualifications so that unqualified applicants screen themselves out.
• It should include the following:- job title, general job responsibilities, company name and business, required education and experience contact information

Online recruiting enables firm to reach broad range of applicants quickly. Draw, back large number of unqualified applicants need to be screened out.

Question 5

Questions not to ask in an interview

Answer 5

• Age
• Gender
• Marital status
• Number of children
• Religion

Question 6

What is direct discrimination

Answer 6

Example: woman based on the basis that they may have children treated differently being female

Question 7

What is indirect discrimination

Answer 7

Example: only want fluent English but basic English only required indirectly discriminating against non English speakers.