recruitment and selection Flashcards
What is recruitment
The process of finding and hiring the best qualified candidates From within and outside of the business
When would recruitment be necessary
Replacing employees Retired Pregnant Sacked Sick To fill in the skills gap e.g iT technician Business start up and growth
Who carries out recruitment
Owners in a small business
In large businesses it will be the human resources team
Step 1 of recruitment
Needs analysis…. e.g number and type of staff needed as well as time ⌚ e.g the days they will work
Step 2 of recruitment
Advertising the position
Appropriate places are chosen depending on the location of the business and the budget for advertising
Step 3 of advertising
Selecting the applicants
Choosing the best person for the job
Job description
Duties and responsibilities the worker 👷 are expected to perform
Job title pay hours wages etc.
Person specification
States the knowledge qualifications previous experience and skills the person will need to do the job
Allows the candidate today see whether they are skilled for the job
Why is the person and job specification important
The business can easy compare candidates
Candidates will know what is expected from the job and whether they are worthy for the job
Internal recruitment
Job is filled in by someone who works at organisation Methods include Emailing Social media Internal website Companies magazine Word of mouth 👄 Noticeboard
Advantages of internal recruitment
Cheaper than external
Quicker to recruit person will known the business no need for induction training
More confident that the person is suited for job
Good morale for offering promotion
Disadvantages of internal recruitment
Promotion leads to jealousy
Backfilling will still require recruitment
Limited choice there may not be enough people applying
Existing staff may not bring new ideas to help the business .improve the business
External recruitment
Recruitment outside the business
Advantages of external recruitment
When a business sets up
Skills gap
Brings someone with new ideas
It will cause problems if someone is promoted
Higher 👆 level jobs
Require to choose from the best pool 🎱 of candidates
Disadvantages of external recruitment
Takes longer than internal
Costs more money 💵
Manager may not find someone suitable
Designing a job advertisement
Adverts must encourage people with appropriate skills and tell them how to apply Musts have Duties Experience Closing date Contact address
Advertising….. website
It could be on the companies or specialist job sites
Applicants may get a message on jobs that they are intrigued by e.g indeed.co.uk
Assessable to the national
Social media
Provides information about job and applicant
Local newspaper 📰
Not too expensive and can be online
Good for small business that know that there are people in the neighbourhood that are available for the job
National newspaper 📰
It’s expensive and may have a website
Declined due to social media
Good for skilled workers
Specialist magazine
Available online usually for skilled specific work
Job centre
Let’s people use computers to search for jobs
Good for those with no Internet access
They also give advice
Words of mouth 👄
Business let’s existing employees know that there is a job available and hope that someone will tell someone who is interested
Very cheap
