Recruitment & Selection Flashcards
Recruitment
Selecting and attracting workers
Roles of HR
- recruitment and selection
- health and safety : make sure business follow all employee laws of health and safety
- wages and salaries : must be enough motivate workers
- industrial relations : must be effective communication between departments
- redundancy and dismissal : must over laws of firing workers
Job analysis
Identify tasks and responsibilities of job
Job description
Outline responsibilities to be called out
Job specification
Qualification and requirements for a job
Internal recruitment
Vacancy filled by existing worker
Adv of internal recruitment
- quicker, cheaper
- reliability of prison alr known
- person knows how org. works
- motivate other workers
Disadv of internal recruitment
- no new experience
- jealousy towards promoted worker
- quality of internal ppl might be low
External recruitment
Hiring non existing worker
Ways of advertising jobs
Local newspaper : low level skill job
National newspaper : senior position
Specialist magazine : specialist technical worker
Recruitment agency : easier to find workers
Gov job center : unskilled or semi skilled
Skill test
Show ability to perform tasks
Aptitude test
Show potential of gaining additional skills
Personality test
If job requires specific type of person
Group situation test
How candidate tackle tasks
Work as member of group
Adv of part time
- easier to work at busy times
- flexible
- fits with looking after children, accept power pay
- easy to make redundant
Disadv of part time
- less likely to seek training
- less likely to be promoted
- less committed
Adv of induction training
- new worker settle into job quickly
- worker less likely to make mistakes
Disadv of induction training
- wages are paid but no output
- delay start of job
- time consuming
Adv of on the job training
- ensure some production from worker
- costs less than off job training
- train for specific needs of business
Disadv of on the job training
- bad habits of experienced worker pass to new worker
- trainer not as productive as usual
Adv of off the job training
- cheaper for business
- often use expert trainer
- many skills taught
Disadv of off the job training
- high costs
- additional qualifications : easier for worker to leave
Contract of employment
Legal agreement between employer and employee
Industrial tribunal
Type of court that makes judgement between disagreement of worker and org.
