4.2 Recruitment process

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Year 10 Business Studies Mind Map on 4.2 Recruitment process, created by Gabriella Diana on 11/09/2018.
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4.2 Recruitment process
  1. Vacency
    1. it may occur as a result of: retirement, promotion, resignation and business expansion
    2. Process
      1. Human resources, needs/job analysis, job description, person specification, advertise (internally and/or externally) short list and the interview
        1. Needs/job analysis A study of what the job entails, A description of the tasks, skills, qualities and training required to do the job.
          1. Job description A written description of the job tittle, the position within the organisation, a list of duties
            1. Person specification list Qualifications, experience, skills, personal qualities of the IDEAL candidate
              1. Advertising-Internally- notice boards, circulars, magazines. Externally- local or national papers, recruitment agencies, careers service
                1. Recruitment-Internal is cheaper, quicker, the subject already knows the company, company already knows them and is good for staff morale
                  1. Recruitment-External if nobody currently in the company can do the job, brings in new ideas, could avoid awkwardness with colleagues, if more employees are needed
                    1. Short listing, human resources manager will compare the documents submitted, select those who closely match the person specification and invite short listed candidates to attend an interview
                      1. Interviews are for: good answers to all questions attitude and dress and body language, the most suitable candidate is selected, references are followed up and if satisfactory job offer is made a contract is drawn up
                    2. Benefits of effective recruitment
                      1. High levels of productivity, costs of producing a single unit of output will be lower resulting in increased sales and increase profits. higher quality products, best person for a job will give good quality. Better customer service employee will have social skills/qualified skills
                        1. Employee retention measures the proportion of employees with a given length of service expressed as a percentage of overall workforce numbers.
                        2. Dissadvantages
                          1. external recruitment
                            1. External recruitment is more expensive, especially if recruitment agencies are used. - The employe will be less familiar to the business, creating a greater chance of appointing the 'wrong' person
                            2. Internal recruitment
                              1. The business will have a limited choice of people from whom to recruit. They may appoint a less talented person as a result. - The business may have to pay to train employees who do not have the skills required
                            3. Advantages
                              1. External
                                1. Businesses can benefit if external recruits bring new ideas and positivity into the organisation - Provides businesses with a wider choice of candidates and the chance to appoint the very best people - May not be necessary to train external recruits as they should have the skills requires
                                2. Internal
                                  1. Offering employees the chance of promotion can motivate and improve their their performance - Less risky and cheaper form of recruitment because the business will know the people appointed and it avoids expensive advertising costs or the use of employment agencies - Those appointed will have some knowledge of the businesses and may need less (or no) training
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