Recruitment Strategy

Question 1

Define recruitment

Answer 1

Recruitment is the process of actively finding and hiring candidates for a specific position or job

Question 2

What are some recruitment aims (1)

Answer 2

1) Recruitment aims to attract a high-quality pool of suitable candidates

Question 3

What are some recruitment aims (2)

Answer 3

2) Recruitment aims to contribute to organisational goals, whilst conducting activities efficiently and cost-effectively

Question 4

What are some recruitment aims (3)

Answer 4

3) whilst it has always been the role of recruitment to sell the organisation to potential applicants. Recent years have lead organisations to focus on branding themselves as the ‘employer of choice’ in order to differentiate themselves from competitors (Taylor, 2005)

Question 5

What are the links between recruitment and selection ?

Answer 5

While recruitment involves actively seeking applications from potential employees.
Selection techniques are used to decide which of the applicants is best suited to fill the vacancies (Taylor, 2005)

Question 6

Outline the key stages of recruitment (1)

Answer 6

1) identify the need - why recruit

Question 9

Outline the key stages of recruitment (2)

Answer 9

Job analysis - what do you need for the job, what does the job entail

Question 10

Outline the key stages of recruitment (3)

Answer 10

Identify the recruitment methods - how will we attract candidates

Question 11

Outline the key stages of recruitment (4)

Answer 11

Decide on the recruitment process - how will candidates apply

Question 12

Outline the key stages of recruitment (5)

Answer 12

Advertise - how will we draw in applicants

Question 13

Outline the key stages of recruitment (6)

Answer 13

Review the effectiveness of the recruitment process