Recruitment

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Recruitment

• Do you want to work here?

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Recruitment

• In a small organisation, recruitment will be
  handled by an individual, usually a manager
• What is the department that would handle
  recruitment in a larger organisation?

• The Personnel Department

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Personnel

• In twos or threes, brainstorm as many ideas as
  you can as to what the personnel department in a
  large organisation might be responsible for
• You have 5 minutes

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Personnel

• Recruitment and selection
• Inductions
• Training
• Promotions
• Appraisal
• Discipline
• Wages
• Working conditions

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Internal Recruitment

• What is meant by internal recruitment?
• Job positions are advertised to employees already
  working within the company
• Take 5 minutes to brainstorm as many advantages
  and disadvantages as you can

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Internal Recruitment - Advantages

• Give employees increased commitment knowing they
  will be offered promotion
• Motivation to work hard for career development
• Less training/ induction required as staff
  already know company policies
• Potential candidates are already well known
• Quicker and cheaper than advertising externally

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Internal Recruitment - Disadvantages

• Limited amount of potential applicants external
  people may be far better qualified
• Bad relationships may already be present
• Managing people you were previously the same
  scale as could be difficult
• If one person gets the job over another, ill
  feeling and resentment may exist

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External Recruitment

• What is meant by external recruitment?
• Job positions are advertised outside the company,
  giving anyone the opportunity to apply
• Take 5 minutes to brainstorm as many different
  methods of external recruitment

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External Recruitment

• Vacancy boards outside premises (not managerial
  positions)
• Local paper
• The internet

• Agencies (fees can be expensive)
• National press (not just papers)
• Careers service
• Head Hunting (good staff, but is it unethical?)

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Task

• Look on the internet for five different jobs
  based in retail
• Word process a table, list the job advertised,
  and then make a case for whether you would
  advertise that job internally or externally
• State how you would then advertise the job and
  why
• You have 20 minutes be prepared to feedback

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Example
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Useful Sites

• www.jobsite.co.uk
• www.jobs.ac.uk
• www.monster.co.uk
• www.thisisthesentinel.co.uk

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Extension

• If you have finished, think of some jobs in other
  sectors from sewer worker to NASA scientist,
  and see if you can find an advertisement for one.
• If you can carry on the table and fill in the
  sections for that job you find.

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Do you remember?

• Name three things that the personnel department
  are responsible for.
• Give two advantages of internal recruitment.
• Give two advantages of external recruitment.