1.4.2 Recruitment Selection and Training Flashcards
The growth of part time and flexible working
Advantages
- cheaper, entitled to less benefits
- more flexible
- wide range of potential recruits
`Disadvantages
- may feel less loyal therefore less motivated
- harder for managers to control and co-ordinate workforce
Reasons to recruit employees
Business expansion
Existing employee leaves
Business needs new skills
Relocation
Costs to business
- lost output from replacing an employee
- logical cost of running a recruitment and selection process
Internal recruitment
Job given to employee already employed
Advantages
+ Cheaper and quicker
+ People already familiar with how businesses operates - won’t need recruitment training
+ Provides opportunities of promotion
Drawbacks
- limits number of potential applicants
- no new ideas
- may cause resentment among candidates not appointed
- creates another vacancy that needs to be filled
External recruitment
Advantages
- outside people bring in new ideas
- larger pool of worker from which to find the best candidates
- people have wider range of experience
Disadvantages
- longer process
- more expensive (advertisements and interviews)
- selection process may not be effective
External recruitment
Advantages
- outside people bring in new ideas
- larger pool of worker from which to find the best candidates
- people have wider range of experience
Disadvantages
- longer process
- more expensive (advertisements and interviews)
- selection process may not be effective
Reasons to train employees
Supporting are employee improve productivity Increase marketing effectiveness Customer service Introduction of new technologies Support employee progression and promotion
If training is effective
Better productivity Higher quality More flexibilityy Less supervision required Improved motivation Easier to implement change
Effective training links to a better motivated workforce
Employees feel loyal to firm
Shows bonuses takes interest in workers
Provides employees with greater promotional activities
Enables employees to achieve more work
Why neglect training
Fear of employees being poached (competitors benefit from training)
A desire to minimise short term costs
Cannot make a justifiable investment cost
Training takes time to have the desired effect
Benefits are sometimes intangible
On the job training
Training remains in workplace:
Demonstration (showing trainee how to do job)
Coaching (close working relationship between employee and trainee)
Job rotation (trainer given several jobs = gain experience)
Projects (employees join a project team)
Advantages Generally most cost effective Employers are productive Opportunity to learn whilst doing Training alongside real employees
Disadvantages
Quality depends on trainer ability and time available
Bad habits may be passed on
Learning environment may not be conductive
Potential disruption to production
Off the job training
Day or part time attendance at college
Professional devlepment conferences
Online training
Advantages
Wider range of skills and qualifications
Can learn from outside specialists
Employees more confident when starts job
Disadvantages
More expensive
Lost working time and potential output
New employee need induction training still
Employees now have more skills = may leave
