Recruitment Selection And Training

Question 1

Stages in the recruitment and selection process

Answer 1

-Identify the type and number of staff needed
- Prepare jobdescription and person specification
-Advertise the job using appropriate media
-Evaluate applicants and select a shortlist for interview
-Carry out interviews
-Evaluate interviews and make appointments)
-Provide feedback for unsuccessful candidates

Question 2

Internal and external recruitment

Answer 2

-Internal recruitment is recruitment from within the business.
Cheaper, no adverts placed.
employee doesn’t need to adapt.
can motivate staff because their job is improved.

-External recruitment: is when someone is appointed
from outside the business.
New employees bring new ideas.
Employer has more options to chose.
-Word of mouth
-Direct application
-Advertising
-private employment agencies.

Question 3

Costs of recruitment, selection

Answer 3

-The Human Resources department will generate costs when identifying the number and type of staff required.
-Some administratives costs will be generated when updating.
-Advertising, generates cost in external recruitment.
-New person hired may negotiate a higher contract.

Question 4

Training costs

Answer 4

-Off the job training, business has to pay teachers s and the academy.
-Loss of output: if workers are trained off the job they’re not producing output.
-Waste of resources, as workers are inexperienced materials are wasted because of mistakes.

Question 5

Type of training

Answer 5

-Mentoring: A more experienced worker advices and helps the new employee.
-Job rotation: when the new worker spends a period of time doing a work then another one, etc. Eventually, they gain sufficient work experience.
-Graduate training: training programes outside the business.

Question 6

Induction training

Answer 6

Training to introduce new employee in its new job.
Adv: helps employee to settle quickly into the business

Question 7

On the job training

Answer 7

is training given in the workplace.

Adv:
-output is being produced
-Trainees learn by actually doing the job
-Cheaper

Disadv:
-Waste material if mistake done.
-Employees may get frustrated, and unmotivated.
-Could be dangerous

Question 8

Off the job training

Answer 8

is training which takes place away
from the immediate workplace.

Adv:
• Output is not affected if mistakes done.
-no bad habits passed

Disadv:
No output
-Expensive