Recruitment

Recruitment

1. Internal Recruitment

   • When a business employs someone from within the business
   • Benefits:
     • Less expensive
     • You know the workers = less RISK
     • Short induction period = reducing training costs
     • Motivates the previous workers
   • Problems
     • You have to fill in another vacancy
     • They will bring the same skills and ideas

2. External Recruitment

   • When a business employs someone from outside the business
   • Benefits
     • They will bring in more fresh skills and ideas = increase sales revenue
     • Not creating conflict.
     • May bring ideas from other industries
   • Problems
     • It is very time consuming as you have to do the whole recruitment and selection process
     • You have to give a lot of training = costs money
     • You dont know the worker well

3. Recruitment and Selection Process

   • 1) Identify vacancy
   • 2) Write job description
   • 3) Write person specification
   • 4) Advertise the jobs
   • 5) Send application forms
   • 6) Receive applications
   • 7) Short candidates
   • 8) Interviews
   • 9) Select best cadidates
   • 10) Make job offer

4. Job description

   • This outlines the key tasks of the jobs
     • It includes: Job title, who employee is responsible for/to, description of role and main duties/ responsibilities, and pay/ condition

5. Person specification:

   • Explains what personal skills/ experiences a person needs to do the job
     • It includes: Personal achievements, qualifications, experiences, and competence

6. Job centre

   • Adv:
     • Inexpensive/ free
       • Extensive online facilities
         • Jobs are categorised in a simple way
   • Dis:
     • Only advertised to unemployed people
       • Good candidates may miss the advert
         • Staff are not actively trying to recruit for you

7. Local newspaper

   • Dis:
     • Very expensive
       • Short shell life
         • Only attracts local people
   • Adv:
     • Covers a wide range of people both employed and unemployed

8. Internet site/ online

   • Dis:
     • Hard to find adverts
   • Adv:
     • Reaches a wide range of people
       • Cheap/ free

9. Recruitment agency

   • Dis
     • Expensive
       • Hard to pay for the fee for their services
   • Adv:
     • Agencies are specialists for recruiting the right people

10. Employment Rights:

    • Written contact of employment
      • Discipline procedure
    • EU lawlimits working week to 48 hours
      • National minimum Wage
    • Unfair dismissal
      • Employment tribunal
        • Redundancy
          • Notice period

11. Anti- discrimination Laws

    • Equal opportunities for all
    • Against the law to discriminate against people because of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability
    • Equal pay for the same job

12. Health and Safety Legislation

    • All employers have a duty to keep employees safe.
      • E.G.
        • Health and safety equipment should be provided
          • staff should receive appropriate training
            • Adequate breaks

13. Financial Reward

    • Wage: Set amount of pay per hour of work
      • Salary: A fixed amount per year which is broken down into monthly payments
        • Piece rate: Paid per unit of production. Normally used as a bonus system
          • Commission: Earns a percentage of the value of sales they have made
            • Bonuses: An extra amount of pay on top of normal earnings
              • Pension: Pays a contribution to the pension as well as an emplyee
    • Main financial rewards
      • Other financial rewards

14. Non- Financial incentives

    • More challenge/ responsibility
      • Better working conditions
        • Training
          • Wider range of tasks
            • Fringe Benefits
              • When the company gives you things