2.5.2 Effective Recruitment

• Directors

  Part of the top level decision making team
• Senior managers

  Oversee several subordinates and have responsibility for short to medium term decisio making
• Supervisors


  Oversee a group of employees undertaking specific tasks
• Operational staff

  The core workers of a business
• Support staff

  Carry out work that is necessary for the business to function
• What is person specificaction?

  What the company requires from a person
• What are some disadvantages of internal recruitment?

  -the old job is now vacancy

  -less options to choose from

  -demotivation due to familiarity with the place

  -may require training
• What are some disadvantages to external recruitment?

  -more expensive due to advertising

  -they don’t know the person

  -they don’t know the business

  -can take a long time

  -high competition
• What is selection?

  The way in which businesses choose employees for the job