3.4 Recruitment & selection |
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Task 1
Watch the video opposite and discuss what businesses can do to ensure that they don't make the same mistake as Liverpool and hire the wrong employee. |
Information
Businesses will need to recruit new works at times due to:
> Business growth
> Natural wastage
> Skills shortages
It is important that when a gap in the workforce has been identified, the business analyses the HR need do decide who it needs to employ.
Businesses will need to recruit new works at times due to:
> Business growth
> Natural wastage
> Skills shortages
It is important that when a gap in the workforce has been identified, the business analyses the HR need do decide who it needs to employ.
Task 2
Imagine you needed a new business studies teacher next year. You are going to create a recruitment process to ensure you hire the right candidate by following the steps below.
Imagine you needed a new business studies teacher next year. You are going to create a recruitment process to ensure you hire the right candidate by following the steps below.
Step 1: Create a job description and person specification for the role of 'Business studies teacher'
> A job description lists the main duties, tasks and responsibilities of a worker
> A person specification lists the qualities, qualifications and knowledge that a person should have to do a particular job. It may include previous experience.
> A person specification lists the qualities, qualifications and knowledge that a person should have to do a particular job. It may include previous experience.
Step 2: Write a job advert for the role and explain why this would be displayed
> This could be internal or external to the organisation
> Will applicants need to send in a CV or complete an application form to send in with their covering letter?
> This could be internal or external to the organisation
> Will applicants need to send in a CV or complete an application form to send in with their covering letter?
Step 3: Once you have shortlisted your applicants, identify what will take place on the selection day?
> usually involving an interview, tests, group activities
> usually involving an interview, tests, group activities
Step 4: Once you have selected the candidate you want to offer the role to, what other steps need to take place?
> What order do you call successful and unsuccessful candidates?
> What happens with references?
> When will induction take place?
> What order do you call successful and unsuccessful candidates?
> What happens with references?
> When will induction take place?
Stretch & challenge: Practice asking and answering the interview questions