People - Recruitment

Question 1

• Define the Recruitment process
• List the 4 roles of the HR department

Answer 1

• Encouraging potential candidates to apply for a vacancy
  1. Recruiting and selecting employees
  2. Ensuring employees are paid correctly
  3. Motivating and retaining employees
  4. Promoting good working relationships

Question 2

Name and describe the 5 stages of Recruitment

Answer 2

1. IDENTIFY JOB VACANCY
* Retirement, career breaks
maternity leave.
2. CARRY OUT JOB ANALYSIS
* Tasks and duties that successful candidate would carry out
3. CREATE JOB DESC. AND PERSON SPEC.
* Job Description - Info about what the job involves (tasks, duties pay, etc.)
* Person Specification - info about the type of person fit for the job (skills qualities, qualifications etc.)
4. ADVERTISE THE JOB
* Business makes people aware of the vacancy (internally or externally)
5. SEND OUT APPLICATION FORMS
* Potential candidates are asked to apply by filling out an application or sending in a CV.

Question 3

• Define Internal Recruitment and External Recruitment
• Give 3 methods of each

Answer 3

INTERNAL - Business looks for a candidate that already works for the business to fill a vacancy
Methods
* Sending an Email
* Company intranet
* Staff noticeboard

EXTERNAL - Business looks for a candidate outside the business to fill a vacancy
Methods
* Social media adverts
* Radio
* Newspaper
* Billboards

Question 4

List 3 advantages and disadvantages of EXTERNAL recruitment

Answer 4

ADVANTAGES
* Wider pool of candidates → better chance of selecting the best candidate
* New staff bring new skills
* Workers have already been trained→ saves time and money

DISADVANTAGES
* Training new staff in specific procedures → Expensive
* Not seen the candidate at work before → may select the wrong candidate
* Large number of CVs and applications to review→ Time-consuming

Question 5

List 3 advantages and disadvantages of INTERNAL recruitment

Answer 5

ADVANTAGES
* Candidate is already known in the company → less chance of hiring the wrong person
* No need for advertising → Cheaper
* Promotional opportunities for staff → motivational

DISADVANTAGES
* Limits number of potential candidates
* No new experience brought to the business
* Creates a new vacancy

Question 6

List 4 documents used in the recruitment process

Answer 6

• Person specification
• Job description
• Job advert
• Application forms