Recruitment, Selection, Placement Flashcards

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  • the collection of data is vital to recruitment, selection and placement. This is when job descriptions are made.
  • the process of gathering all the needed information which is important in a particular job.
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Job Analysis

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– written summaries of various jobs consisting of duties, responsibilities and qualifications
– once job analysis is done, the information gathered will help in designing jobs

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Job Description

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the process of allocating qualified applicants who apply for various positions in a particular organization

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Recruitment

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a process that is rather tedious. It requires a gene and analytical mind to make such selection decisions

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Selection and Placement

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refers to the different ways by which the organization together with new employees adapt to the work environment. This includes the organizational structure with the inclusion of new employees

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Adjustment

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The acquisition of information related to the jobs in the organization is done in job analysis.

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Acquisition

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the procedure of determining the duties and skill requirements of a job and the kind of person who should be hired for it.

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Job Analysis

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list the duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships, and the job specifications for each job

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Job Description

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refers to the minimum qualifications required by a particular job such as educational background, experience, skills, and abilities.

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Job Specification

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review is necessary to assess which of the jobs are available, which jobs should be combined and how many jobs may be needed in the future.

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HR planning

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Job specification is needed by the HR department to update the educational background of each employee and align it to the requirements of his or her work. A good job analysis can validate and ensure good decision making and recruitment and selection

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Recruitment and selection

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indicates how much money an employee is paid for doing a certain job based on the tasks and responsibilities attached to it.

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Compensation

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Information obtained from the job analysis can help in the employees development. The HR department can identify the skills the employee should have to improve on a job.

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Training and development

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Performance standards are set during job analysis. This assessment can help supervisors set up better performance measures.

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Performance appraisal

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The information obtained from employees evaluation of working conditions can help the HR department eliminate health hazards to ensure work safety.

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Safety and health

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Job analysis helps in determining whether certain aspects of a job can be covered by union agreement. It helps in avoiding future conflicts between the management and the union regarding the coverage of jobs negotiated for the employees.

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Labor Relations

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This method is very useful for repetitive job

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Observation

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It provides an opportunity for the job analyst to clarify vague points and creates a venue for a pleasant interaction between the employee and the job analyst

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Interview

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It usually includes the duties and responsibilities, working conditions, equipment used, and requirements of the job. The questionnaire is usually structured and, therefore, very convenient to answer.

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Questionnaire

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a good source of data regarding employee duties- how frequently they have to be done and when they are scheduled to be finished.

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Logbook

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written summary of the particular job.

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Job description

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a part of a job description. It is found in the lower part of the job description and contains the educational qualifications, skills, experience, and traits that a job holder should have in order to become effective in the job.

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Job Specification

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This describes the exact job title or designation like HR Manager or HR Assistant, and Production Manager, among others.

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Job Title or position

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This includes the job title for the position’s immediate supervisor.

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Reporting relationships

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Classification provides the rank or position of the job in the hierarchy of the various jobs in the company.

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Job Classifications

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This portion provides a summary of the job and gives an overview of its duties and responsibilities.
Specific duties and responsibilities

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General description of the job

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These include and clarify the functions of the job in detail. Usually, the specific functions start with a verb to show an element of action.

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Specific duties and responsiblities

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it lists the minimum requirements of the job.

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Job specification

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is usually formulated after a job analysis.

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Job design

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the vertical approach of job design

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Job enrichment

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The horizontal approach to job design is job enlargement.

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job enlargement

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The company should attempt to provide employees with a variety of tasks

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Task variety

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Using a number of their skills makes employees happy.

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Skill variety

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The employees should be informed if they have already reached their required targets

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Feedback

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Each group of tasks should be clearly defined, visible, meaningful, and separated from one another.

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Task Identity

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Employees should have some form of control over their work. They should be empowered to decide on some aspects of the job.

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Task autonomy

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is used in recruitment, selection, and placement.

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Allocation

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is the process of attracting applicants qualified to occupy vacant positions in the company. It consists of various activities that entice and influence qualified applicants to fill these vacancies.

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Recruitment

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used to be the most popular medium for recruiting applicants

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Newspaper

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the most popular source of applicants. J

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Internet

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Companies which need temporary workers use the service of a manpower agency

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Manpower Agency

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employed by companies to look for applicants for managerial and executive positions. Ideally, executive search firms are paid a certain percentage, say 21%, as a professional fee, based on the annual gross compensation per position.

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Executive Search

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Applicants who hop from one company to another submit their résumés anytime. Usually, fresh graduates are walk- ins and companies with strict admission policies usually let them leave their résumés with company guards

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Walk-ins

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are referred by people who know employees in the companies that have vacancies.

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Referral

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Companies can conduct preliminary interviews, further interviews, and psychological tests at the site. There are also many applicants to choose from.

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Job fairs

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Companies which participate in college fairs usually need fresh graduates willing to accept minimum or a little above-the-minimum wage as starting salaries.

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Campus recruitment

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Companies that are highly technical in nature usually hire project-based employees

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Project basis

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involves the selection and placement of qualified candidates for a vacant position

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Adjustment

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After screening and sorting out the résumés of the applicants, these steps in the selection process follow:

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Selection

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There are companies that start their preliminary screening with the psychological tests. Those who pass the psychological tests are qualified for preliminary interview.

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Psychological testing

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a test of general knowledge. It consists of general questions on linguistic and numerical abilities and abstract reasoning. Linguistic ability includes grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and sentence construction

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Mental ability test or IQ

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a measure of specific abilities and a test of the applicant’s inclination to succeed in a particular field

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Aptitude Test

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measure of patterns of behavior such as cooperation, initiative, dependability, responsibility, and sociability. These tests are not time-pressured unlike the mental ability and aptitude tests.

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Personality Test

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means that the test measures what it intends to measure.

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Validity

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means that there is consistency in the test

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Reliabilit

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A candidate faces several interviewers who take turns asking questions.

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Panel job interview

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done to clarify incidents in the applicant’s past such as former jobs or life experiences relevant to the job he/she is applying for.

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Behavioral or experience-based interview

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relies on a pre-established questionnaire, usually based on job descriptions and specifications. The responses are rated against the pre-establishes answers.

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Structured interview

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Interviewer prepares guide questions and allows the applicant to be as spontaneous as he/she
wants to be in answering the questions.

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Unstructured interview

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offers the job to the chosen candidate

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Job offer

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putting the candidate in the position he/she is applying for.

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PLacement

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The HR department prepares the pre-employment requirements

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Post-selection considerations

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After the job offer and the submission of pre-employment requirements and medical results, the
chosen candidate is hired and given a particular date to report for work.

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Hiring

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contains the position title, date employed, conditions of employment,
starting salary, and a summary of the job responsibilities.

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Employment contract

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a non-written utterance of expectations of the newly-hired employee as well as the employer’s expectations of the employee

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Psychological contract

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