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Recruitment Flashcards

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What is the recruitment process ?

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  1. Receiving applicants
  2. Short listing and references
  3. Assessing candidates
  4. Offering the position
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What is recruitment and selection ?

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The process of finding and hiring the best qualified candidate for the job, in a timely and cost-effective manner.

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How does recruitment take place ?

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Through a selection process

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What is the selection process ?

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The steps taken to advertise and choose the right employee for the vacancy

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What are the two types of recruitment ?

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Internal and external

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What is internal recruitment ?

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When the business is looking to fill the job vacancy from within its existing workforce

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What are 3 advantages of internal recruitment ?

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  1. Lower recruitment costs
  2. Improved promotion prospects
  3. Known abilities of candidates
  4. Quicker process
  5. Shorter induction period
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What are 3 disadvantages of internal recruitment ?

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  1. Reduces talent available
  2. Limits number of applicants
  3. Can cause friction between internal candidates
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What is external recruitment ?

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When the business is looking for external candidates for a vacancy

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What are 3 advantages of external recruitment ?

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  1. Increases talent available
  2. Increases number of applicants
  3. Can provide new sources of ideas
  4. Can improve competitive advantage
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What are 3 disadvantages of external recruitment ?

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  1. Higher recruitment costs
  2. May upset internal candidates that may have been overlooked
  3. Not able to see candidates at work over a period of time
  4. Expensive
  5. Time consuming
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What is a job analysis ?

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The process of gathering all of the available information about a particular job

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What is a job description ?

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This sets out the tasks and responsibilities of a job, giving candidates initial information required to decide if they wish to apply for the job

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What is a person specification ?

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A document used within the recruitment process that outlines the characteristics of the person required to do the job

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What are the five methods of selecting employees for a job ?

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  1. Interviews
  2. Work trials
  3. Testing
  4. Selection exercises
  5. Telephone interviews
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What are interviews ?

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A chance for the employer to meet applicants and obtain information about their character, experience and suitability for the job

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What are 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of interviews ?

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  1. Consider candidate’s suitability and ability to respond well to questions in pressured environment
  2. Candidate find out more about the job and it’s suitability
  3. Time consuming process
  4. Effectiveness depends on skills of the interviewer
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What are work trials ?

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Where potential employees spend some time working in the business so that the employer can assess their suitability for the job

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What is an advantage and disadvantage of work trials ?

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  1. Realistic evaluation of applicants undertaking the actual role
  2. May not be tested realistically enough
20
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What is psychometric testing ?

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Where applicants complete a range of written tests that assess their qualities and skills

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What are the three measures of psychometric testing ?

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  1. Aptitude
  2. Attainment
  3. Personality
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What is an advantage and 2 disadvantages of psychometric testing ?

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  1. Minimise risk and costs to the business of recruiting the wrong candidate
  2. Cause stress and anxiety for candidates
  3. May exclude some potentially good candidates
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What are selection exercises ?

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A range of activities that test candidates for key skills required for the job

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What are 2 advantages and a disadvantage of selection exercises ?

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  1. Gathers greater level of detail on the candidate
  2. Helps employer to select right person
  3. Expensive - design and administration
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What are telephone interviews ?

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Where candidates are asked a set of questions over the phone to assess their suitability for the job

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When are telephone interviews likely to be ?

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In the initial stage of the application process, to reduce number of applicants interviewed face to face

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What is an advantage and disadvantage of telephone interviews ?

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  1. Quicker and easier - not face-to-face
  2. Less effective in establishing suitability for the job - don’t meet face-to-face
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What are the 3 impacts of recruitment to businesses and their stakeholders ?

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  1. Reduce costs and problems with staff turnover if effective
  2. Ensures business has right set of skills to meet objectives
  3. Motived and skill workforce enhance productivity and quality of product delivery
  4. Time consuming and expensive process

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