Recruitment, selection and training

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What is stage one of the recruitment process?
Identify the vacancy
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What does identify the vacancy mean?
The start of the processrge business identifies a need to fill a vacancy; perhaps a new department or new product; perhaps someone is leaving or need to be replaced
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Why might staff need to be replaced?
Due to people retiring, moving to a different job, promoted, moving to another department or maternity leave
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What is stage 2 of the recruitment process?
Write a job description
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What does a job description include?
The responsibilities and workload of the position
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What is stage 3 of the recruitment process?
Write a person specification
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What does a person specification include?
Qualities and kinds of skills a person has
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What is stage 4 of the recruitment process?
Advertise the vacancy
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How might the business advertise a vacancy inside the company?
Newsletter, e-mail or meetings
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How might the business advertise outside the company to expand the number of candidates?
Newspaper, speciality magazines, online, jobsite, job centre
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What is the 5th stage of the recruitment process?
Candidates apply
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What might candidates have to send off to apply for a job?
CV, application form and a letter of application
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What does the advert usually have on it and why?
A closing date to spur candidates into action
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What is stage 6 of the recruitment process?
Candidates are shortlisted
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How are candidates shortlisted?
According to how well their application fit the person specification and the job description
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What is satge 7 of the recruitment process?
Shortlisted candidates are interviewed
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What does stage 7 include?
A face to face interview with a panel or just one person
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How might an interview be carried out?
A telephone interview or via skype call
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What is stage 8 of the recruitment process?
Candidates may participate in another recruitment activity
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What happens at assessment centres?
Candidates will take part in series of team building exercises
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What happens in tray exercises?
Candidates may have to complete a task in a certain time
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What happens in pyschometric testing
Candidates may have to complete a test to see if they are a cultural fit with the business
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What is internal recruitment?
Workers already in the business can apply for a new position
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What is external recruitment?
Workers outside of the business can apply
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How may internal staff be attracted to a new position?
Through the company newsletter, invited to apply for promotion positions, announced in meetings or pinned to notice boards
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Why are internal candidates favoured?
Their track record and skills are already known, they are already loyal to the busines and can be more productive quickly
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What is an advantage of internal candidates?
Less expensive due to no cost of advertising
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Why might a company advertise for external candidates?
Internal candidates may not have skills set required for a new position
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What do fresh candidates bring to a business?
New ideas and enthusiasm
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What is an advanatge of external workers?
They have not become tired or bored with the business and are enthusiastic so possibly likely to work harder
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What are the costs of recruitment?
Cost of the advert, agency fees, wage of the new emplyee, loss of productivity, loss of management and hidden costs
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Why are new workers given training?
To ensure thye are familiar with the workplace, able to do their job, feel part of the organisation and quickly become productive for the business
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What does induction training include?
Company policies, helath and safety, introduction to colleagues and job specific training
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What does induction training introduce to new empoyees?
Company aims and objectives, layout of work area, health and safety issues, company plicies, organisational hierarchyand initial training
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What is on the job training?
Coaching or mentoring while doing th job. Assistance and advice is provided by those more experienced to those less experienced
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What are the advantages of on the job training?
Specific training needed for the job, less expensive than off the job training, learning is easier and trainees can see relevance to job
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What are the disadvantages of on the job training?
Taking time away from employees, reduces efficiency, bad habits can be picked up, new worker may not pick up the skills, make expensive mistakes
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What is off the job training?
Involves work at home on courses at company training centres/colleges. Learning through demonstartions talks and lectures. Experimental lerning can also be used.
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What are the advantages of off the job training?
More focused environment, increases a workers motivation, less stress, indviduals tecahing the course and mre chance to gather specilaist skills
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What are the disadvantage of off the job training?
More expensive, employees may fail to see link between training and workplace and employees are taken away from production
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