work force planning and recruitment Flashcards
What is workforce planning?
Ensuring the right number of workers, with the right skills, doing the right jobs, at the right time and in the right place.
What are the main factors that influence workforce planning?
- business objectives
- labour market change
How do business objectives influence workforce planning?
Expanding output or opening new branches will likely require more employees.
How do labour market changes influence workforce planning?
Labour market trends affect recruitment and retention (e.g., shortage of engineers).
How does workforce planning help businesses?
- how many employees are/will be needed
- ensures appropriate training
- reduces employee turnover
- manages staff performances
Why is it important to establish sufficient employee numbers?
to make sure all tasks can be carried out
Why is it important to cost future employee needs?
To determine the number of employees and whether they should be part-time or full-time.
Why is it important to know when employees will be needed?
To put recruitment plans in place for the future.
Why is it important to know where employees will be needed?
- for businesses with multiple locations
- or international businesses
Why is it important to identify training needs and redeployment options?
- to improve performance
- reduce risk of error
- fill gaps
Why is workforce planning important for rationalization?
- manage waste
- reduce redundancy
Why is workforce planning important for establishing contract types?
to determine appropriate contract types (part-time, permanent, zero-hour, etc.).
What are the key features of a Human Resource Plan?
- forecast employee demands
- analysing current employee skills
- matching employees to business needs/gaps
What is a person specification?
the profile of the employee a business is looking for
What is included in a person specification?
- skills
- qualifications
- work history
- personality
What are the drawbacks of internal recruitment?
- limited applicants
- creates another vacancy
- lack of fresh perspective
What are the advantages of internal recruitment
- shorter induction
- more well known
- quicker
- less expensive
what are common forms of selection techniques
- CV
- interviews
- assessment centres
what is job analysis
The process that identifies and determines the duties and requirements of a job including skills, knowledge and personality
What is a job description?
Used in job ads to show what the job entails and what the employee will be expected to do
What is included in a job description?
- job title
- pay
- nature of work
- days/hours worked
