3RTO Resourcing Talent

Recruitment is the process of attracting, screening and hiring people or a person for a job. The attracting process of recruitment is where the business advertises the available job vacancies for a period of time. Once the deadline of the advertisement has arrived, the business collects up all the CV’s from the applicants and they are all checked off against the person specification. This is where the applications are selected by the business, the selected applications are then invite by the business for an interview and from there they are able to decide whether they are suited for the job.

Cover letters and application forms are necessary for this process and must contain information about one’s qualifications. The cover letter is written manually and candidates must include all the information necessary from the job

Employment agency is another option for external recruitments. Companies can simply provide job description to agencies where vacancies will be introduced to people who are looking for jobs.

A structured interview can improve the process by asking the same questions to each candidate.

Sometime Tesco can struggle with the “hard-to-fill” or more specialist job, such as bakers and pharmacist, in that case they can also advertised trough offline media, television, radio, Google, agencies, Job centre or in a magazine such as “The

It is a function of staffing, making sure that the company has the right number of employees with the right knowledge and skills in the right place in the organization. The recruitment department will seek to fill the vacancies within the organization. It will advertise vacancies, screen applicants, perform initial interviews, undertake necessary background checks, extend offers of employment and assist in the onboarding of new employees.

* A review of three different recruitment methods that can be used, and when it is appropriate to use them.

Job Centre’s are used as a method of recruitment as they are owned by the government so Tesco won’t have to pay for them to advertise the job and it will save the company both time and money. Job Centre’s is where most people who are unemployed go to receive information of available jobs and advice. They also offer employers extra training and support so they can recruit employees, for example, giving advice on different training opportunities such as apprenticeships.

The economic climate surrounding a company can determine many things and can have financial implications as well as affecting the levels productivity. Economic growth can lead to a lack of employees available to fill positions because the labor market is saturated with jobs. A company will look to offer higher wages, more benefits and incentive programs to entice potential candidates and will invest in current employees with training and development to help retain the staff and promote succession planning throughout the company. A downturn in economic growth can have the opposite effect. Companies have a tendency to cut the workforce to maintain profit margins, thus applying extra pressure to the remaining employees, causing extra work loads, poor morale and a high

Diversity in any organisation includes hiring and promoting a workforce of people with differences. These differences include race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical abilities and economic backgrounds. The premise of a diverse workplace is that employees are

This is a quick and easy way to notify the market about the available jobs in the company and attract a large number of candidates. Newspaper ads are also less costly compared to using headhunters for finding the right candidate.

* On-line recruitment is becoming more and more popular way to recruit. There is two ways online to recruit, one is via email. Using email is very much like sending a letter it’s just a quicker approach. The other is by completing online applications and once the application has been completed they will get sent straight to the employer and stored on an online data basis.

Advertisements are the most common form of external recruitment. They can be found in many places (local and national newspapers, notice boards, recruitment fairs).

The CIPD defines talent as those individuals who can make a difference to organisational performance either through their immediate contribution or, in the longer-term, by demonstrating the highest levels of potential.

If internal recruitment is not an option / has been unsuccessful, companies will the need to advertise to a wider audience. An employer will need to decide which method of recruitment is most suitable for the role and organisation. Common recruitment methods include advertising on the company’s own corporate website, using internet based jobsites, recruitment agencies, local or national press, job centre plus or employee referral schemes. The CIPD resourcing and talent planning survey (2013) lists the top 5 methods of recruitment as,