Recruitment, Selection & Training

• Steps of recruitment process:

  1. identify vacancy
  2. design job description
  3. design person specification
  4. advertise vacancy
  5. receive application
  6. short-listing/references
  7. assessing candidates
  8. interview
  9. offer the position
• How does recruitment link to motivation?

  Maslow's theory as if people are not suited for the job, it effects employee esteem and makes them feel less secured, demotivating them.
• Job description is a document that allows you to see all duties of a job.
• Person specification describes the requirements a job holder needs to be able to perform that job.
• Internal recruitment occurs when candidates for a position are recruited within an organisation.
• Advantages of Internal Recruitment:

  1. lower recruitment costs
  2. business has trust in the candidate as they already know them
• Disadvantages of Internal Recruitment:

  1. No new ideas
  2. Friction between internal candidates
• External Recruitment occurs when candidates for a position are recruited from outside an organisation.
• Advantages of External Recruitment:

  1. Increases talent available
  2. new ideas
• Disadvantages of External Recruitment:

  1. High recruitment costs
  2. Can't assess candidates in workplace
• Induction Training is introducing training for employees new to an organisation.
• Advantages of Induction Training:

  1. Employee settles into job quicker
  2. Employee gets to know colleagues
• Disadvantages of Induction Training:

  1. Takes time which reduces output
  2. Takes up time of regular staff, decreasing their productivity.
• On-The-Job Training is employees equip skills and knowledge to carry out job effectively inside the workplace from the experienced.
• Advantages of On-The-Job Training:

  1. Delivered employees familiar with job role
  2. Familiar equipment and enviroment
• Disadvantages of On-The-Job Training:

  1. Bad habits passed on
  2. Often lacks time meaning training is sub standard.
• Off-The-Job Training is employees equip skills and knowledge to carry out job effectively outside of the workplace.
• Advantages of Off-The-Job training:

  1. delivered by specialists
  2. can often lead to qualifications
• Disadvantages of Off-The-Job Training:

  1. Can be expensive
  2. Done during work time can lead to less productivity
• Costs of recruitment are:

  • takes time to create job description and person specification
  • costs money to place adverts in newspapers
  • fees need to be paid to recruitment consultants
• Costs of Selection are:

  • Takes time interviewing
  • Fees for assessment centres
• Costs of Training are:

  • Cost to train
  • fees need to be paid to external providers