Unit 4.1: Recruitment

Question 1

Define recruitment?

Answer 1

System of INFORMATION & PERSUASION whereby the organisation DISCLOSES & OFFERS employment opportunities to attract the interest of POTENTIAL QUALIFIED future candidates able to occupy these positions in the organization

Question 2

what is the employment labor market?

Answer 2

this is the relationship between supply & demand for employment
There are 3 situations (supply situation, supply situation equivalent to demand, search situation)

Question 3

what are the 3 situations of the employment labour market?

Answer 3

Supply situation
Supply situations equivalent to demand
Search situation

Question 4

what are the consequences of the supply situation for recruitment?

Answer 4

Longer process & higher investment
Great competition between companies

Question 5

what are the consequences of the supply situation for HR?

Answer 5

selection criteria = more flexible, less demanding
Initial salary schemes increase
Candidates select
Companies must try to retain current employees

Question 6

What are the consequences of the search situation for recruitment?

Answer 6

• high efficiency
• competition amongst candidates increases
• MORE RECRUITERS: increased in recruitment due to needing to manage applicants

Question 7

what are the consequences of the search situation for hr?

Answer 7

selection criteria = more rigorous & demanding
initial salary schemes are lower
candidates see the capacity to choose is limited

Question 8

what do you need to consider (3 things) when deciding whether to use internal or external recruitment?

Answer 8

• nature of the position
• supply & demand ration
• Look internally first then go external (good options amongst existing staff?)

Question 9

what are the 4 strengths of internal recruitment?

Answer 9

• ENABLES PROMOTION & LATERAL MOVEMENTS
• cost effective
• fast adaptation & socialised to company culture
  trust
• powerful source of motivation & healthy competition

Question 10

what are the limitations of internal recruitment?

Answer 10

workers feel unjustly treagt
potentially unhealthy competition

Question 11

How can you tackle the limitations of internal recruitment?

Answer 11

enhance fairness of the procedure (avoid favoritism)
Establish clear selection criteria
Justify why rejected candidates weren’t selected

Question 12

what are the strengths of external recruitment?

Answer 12

• diversity, fresh ideas, new perspectives
• no within organisaiton competition

Question 13

what are the limitations of external recruitment?

Answer 13

• risk
• expensive
• not socialised
• affects cureent employees motivation/engagement

Question 14

what are the 5 strenghts of social media recruitment?

Answer 14

• increase applicant’s motivation (2-way interactions)
• Can be easy (if choose passive method e.g. post and wait for response)
• you can better understand an applicant’s bhvr & personality form social media
• reach new generations
• create reliable & impactful image of the company

Question 15

what are the 3 basic component of social network recruitment?

Answer 15

• constant interaction
• time & dedication to build a network
• reach new generation

Question 16

When using search engines (google), what do you type in to find outcomes from a speciic website

Answer 16

‘Site:’

Question 17

When using search engines (google), what do you type in to find specific ketwords in the url

Answer 17

‘Inurl’

Question 18

When using search engines (google), what do you type in to find a specific file type

Answer 18

Filetype:

Question 19

what percentage of HR professional use social networks?

Answer 19

98%

Question 20

what is the purpose of employer branding?

Answer 20

portraying the company as an attractive one to potential candidates

Question 21

why is the first contact with a potential candidate so important?

Answer 21

because it generates image & expecations

Question 22

what are the 4 parts of recruitment that reflect the org image?

Answer 22

recruiters bhvrs
recruitment advertising
job offers
recruitment activities