Business Management-Human Resources

• Recruitment process stage 1?


  Identify job vacancy, Does the job actually exist
• Recruitment process stage 2?

  Job analysis, What are the task, duties and responsibilities of this job
• Recruitment process stage 3?

  Prepare a job description this includes tasks, duties, pay and working hours of the job
• Recruitment process stage 4?


  Prepare a person specification, these are the essential and desirable skills needed for the job
• Recruitment process stage 5?


  Advertise jobs.

  This job can be advertised internally through the companies intranet, email etc or Externally through newspapers, social network or recruitment agencies.
• Recruitment process stage 6

  Send out applications or cv

  Applications are made by the business and are questions the business asks that applicants need to fill out these questions usually are experience, qualifications and skills.

  CV's are created by the applicant
• selection process stage 1?

  References- a report from a previous employer
• selection process stage 2?


  Interviews- meeting between applicant and people in the business
• selection process stage 3?

  Test- this can be a medical, personality or a skills test
• Advantages of an interview

  The personality and appearance of the applicant is seen, the cv an application details can be double checked and the applicant is free to ask questions about the job etc.
• Disadvantages of an interview

  Interviews are time consuming , sometimes the perfect applicants do not perform well in the interview due to being nervous and bias can exist (tattoos, genders etc)
• Types of training 


  Induction-this is an introduction to the business, On the job-Completed inside the workplace, Off the job- completed outside the workplace.
• Induction advantages


  Warm welcome to the employee starting out which makes them confident and comfortable and they are also more likely to stay
• Induction disadvantages


  It is time consuming and costly
• On the job advantages

  Less costly for the business as you can do it yourself, Positive working relationships are created and it is relevant to the job you are at and no organisation productivity is lost.
• On the job disadvantages

  Not as good quality as off the job, bad habits can be taught to other employees
• Off the job advantages

  Qualifications can be gained for future cv, best possible training, trained employee meets other people (networking)
• Off the job disadvantages

  There is a drop in organisations productivity, the employee is still being paid even though they are no working, its is costly and time consuming.
• Benefits of having a motivated workforce

  Staff turnover is lower, Product quality will be higher, They will provide better customer service, Business reputation will be improved.
• Financial incentives


  Salary, time rate, piece rate, overtime, bonus, commission.
• Non-financial incentives


  Training, appraisals, flexible working, giving extra tasks, praise, working in teams or team building tasks.
• Salary advantage + disadvantage?


  ADV-Employees knows how much they will receive each month and that will not change.

  DIS-no incentive to work harder
• Time rate advantage + disadvantage?

  ADV-The more hours worked, more pay received

  DIS-When an employee does not work as many hours they will get less paid which will not motivate them.
• Piece rate advantage + disadvantage?

  ADV- the more items made the more money made

  DIS-Employees might produce products too quickly to make more money so they are not as good quality
• Overtime advantage + disadvantage?

  ADV- optional so not everyone has to do it if they do not want to

  DIS-overtime may not always be available so cannot be reliable
• Bonus advantage + disadvantage?

  ADV-bonus might be paid for good work so it encourages to work hard

  DIS-might not encourage employees to work hard
• Commission advantage + disadvantage?

  ADV-the more sales made the more commission paid, so it encourages employees to make sales

  DIS-pressure on employees which could cause stress