RECRUITMENT

RECRUITMENT

1. KEY TERMS

   • Applicant- The name given tot the person who is applying for a job
   • Internal Recruitment- Recruitment someone who already works for the business to do a different job
     • Internal Recruitment- Morale improves because staff realise there are promotion opportunities, although the morale of colleagues who did not get the job may fall.
   • External Recruitment- Recruiting from outside the business
     • External Recruitment- Although more costly, there will be a wider range of applicants from which to choose. Recruiting externally brings in new blood and new ideas.
   • Permanent- Until that person decides to leave or the job ceases to exist

2. REASONS TO RECRUIT

   • Employee leaving
   • High turnover
   • Sickness
   • Maternity Leaving
   • Maternity Cover
   • Extra Work
   • Different Work

3. REASONS FOR A VACANCY

   • The most common reason is that someone may be leaving, going to work for another organization, and their position needs to be filled
   • The person being recruited for the vacancy may be needed to work on a temporary or a permanent basis.
   • A person may be recruited to cover another employee when they go on to a maternity leave or if they are ill for a long time and their work needs to be done

4. LAWS WHEN RECRUITING

   • Equality Act (2010)- Discrimination is the one act of prejudicial or unfair treatment against a category of people because they are have a characteristic
   • Health and Safety Act (1974)- Protect workers form dangers in the wash place, they must provide ( washing facilities, breaks and toilets)
   • Sex Discrimination (2010)- Women and men must be treated the same and have same payment and job opportunity
   • Disability Act (2010)- If your Disabled you are under the Disability Act 2010 If you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities

5. THE FIST STAGE OF RECRUITMENT

   • The first stage to recruitment is an applicant. This is after the organization has placed the advertisement and you have applied for it, but a lot of work happens before this stage. Part of recruitment planning involves the organization working out if they need to recruit anyone at all. The organization will then need to consider whether to undertake internal recruitment or external recruitment, and how that process is going to take place. You will need to be aware of the different possible methods and influences on which choices an organization makes.