Costs of recruitment, selection and training

• Recruitment costs - advertising
• Recruitment costs – agency fees - •If the human resources department is small or the business does not have one at all – perhaps it’s just one person, they may decide to use an agency instead. 
• •Induction training happens when an employee starts working for a new business
• induction training advantages- •Good induction training will help reduce the numbers of employees that leave – thus increasing retention numbers
• induction training disadvantages-•Induction training can cause information overload for an employee trying to find their feet in a new organisation
• On-the-job-•Coaching or mentoring while doing the job.
• on the job training advantages- Learning can be put in to practise immediately

  Trainees can see relevance to job more clearly when skills are taught in the workplace
• on the job disadvantages - Some workers have bad habits they could pass on to the trainee

  The new worker may not pick up the skills straight away/misunderstand/not ask for help
• Off-the-job- •Involves work at home or courses at company training centres/colleges.
• off the job advantages- •More focused environment with less distractions
• off the job disadvantages- •More expensive than on-the-job training
• pros of internal recruitment- short and cheap and motivational for workers
• cons of internal recruitment- leaves a vacancy in another department
• pros of external recruitment- bring in new ideas and strategies
• con of external recruitment- long and expensive process
• internal recruitment- when a business recruits someone who works for them already
• external recruitment- hiring from outside the organization, usually from other companies