Recruitment and selection

Question 1

What is recruitment and selection

Answer 1

Recruitment and selection of staff is about finding and choosing the best possible employees to work for an organisation.

Question 2

Types of advertising for recruitment?

Answer 2

Possible places to advertise include:
internal notice board, external notice board, job centre, local radio, local newspaper and national newspapers.

Question 3

Where is best to advertise for budget and type of job?

Answer 3

Advertisement costs a lot of money so certain advertisement (e.g. national press) wouldn’t be an option and if the job doesn’t require much skills, employers would be wasting resources.

Question 4

What will businesses ask interested candidates to fill out?

Answer 4

Most businesses will ask candidates to write a letter of application and/or fill in an application form giving details of their age, qualifications and experience. They will also ask for references. Some businesses will ask for a CV.

Question 5

What is a CV?

Answer 5

A CV is a curriculum vitae which gives an account of your life to date.

Question 6

What will happen after the list of applications has been sorted through?

Answer 6

a business will produce a shortlist of candidates to interview. The shortlist will usually contain less than ten candidates.

Question 7

What happens during an interview?

Answer 7

At the interview the candidates will be asked a number of questions about their skills, interests and other experience they have. They may possibly be given some tests such as mental arithmetic, IT or an aptitude test to see if they would be able to do the job.

Question 8

What happens after the interview?

Answer 8

References will then be taken up so that past employers can give an accurate picture of how the candidates performed in the workplace. School leavers will need a reference from the head teacher of the school.

Question 9

What is given once appointed into a business and what does this include?

Answer 9

Once appointed, employees are given a contract of employment. This will include:
■ job title and starting date
■ payment method
■ hours of work and holiday/sickness benefits
■ period of notice required on leaving the job
■ pension arrangements.