A case study into the recruitment and selection processes at Tesco and how they link to business success.
A summary of Tesco
Tesco is a PLC which means it’s a public limited company therefore has limited liability. Limited liability is when only the money you invest is at risk and not your personal possession. Tesco is a British and Irish multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer and owns 27.8% of the market share in the United Kingdom. It has 6809 stores over 12 countries across Asia and Europe and it is a large company as it currently employs over 476,000 people worldwide. Tesco was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen as a group of market stalls and on his first day he made a profit of £1 on sales of £4. The name Tesco came from
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Another reason is that advances in technology influence the way jobs are performed. For example, Tesco now have self-service machines so fewer employees will be recruited to work on the tills and instead they are able to stock the shelves and increase sales. Also, another reason is that there may be staff being promoted internally which means somebody already working for a company gets a promotion to a higher job. Therefore, their former role will need to be filled by recruiting someone new.
Methods of recruitment
Job Centre’s
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.
Recruitment agencies
Recruitment agencies are popular but unlike the Job Centre’s they charge commission for recruiting staff on a temporary or permanent basis. This means that the employer may have a chance to see how an employee is likely to work out by putting them on a three, six, twelve-month fix term contract initially. This is
Recruitment is the process by which a business seeks to hire the right person for a vacancy. (BBC Bitesize).
Tesco is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, it has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in UK, where it has a market share of around 30%.
External Advertisement is used for companies to attract talented applicants from external environment. Sainsbury’s usually attract managerial level of employees through external adverting at newspaper, magazine and informative advertising on media. They also advertise on Store Roles types of jobs at its local store notice board for external users.
The ownership of Tesco PLC is being a public limited company where a business is large and well-known which is what Tesco PLC is. This is a chain of retailers with some sort of branch in city centres. Being a public limited company means that shares are traded on the stock exchange which is where businesses such as Tesco PLC shares are traded on a centralised market. Shares from public limited companies such as Tesco PLC are offered to the public. Furthermore, shares are sold publicly to anyone.
ASDA’s Recruitment Process 1. Job Creation Strategy & Achievements At ASDA we recruit colleagues on the basis of their attitude and personality rather than qualifications and skills. We then train our successful candidates to develop their skills. The recruitment process normally starts 20 weeks prior to a new store opening. The new store’s People Service Manager works with the ASDA head office Resourcing Team to recruit local people. At this point we engage with Jobcentre Plus and set up a Local Employment Partnership (LEP). Since 2008, we have employed over 6,900 colleagues through LEPs. We also have an established relationship with Remploy – the leading provider of employment opportunities for disabled people – and have employed over
The reason why Tesco may decide for external recruitment they couldn’t find any suitable employee for the organisation or because there would like to recruit people with fresh idea who can bring new skill to their organisation
There is always an amount of staff turnover within all organisations. People may be promoted within the organisation or take other sideways moves that take them out of their current team. These posts therefore become vacant and the decision making process to fill them begins.
Recruitment can be engaged in many different media, this allows Tesco to attract candidates from desired fields. Tesco’s organisational structure assists the managers in recruiting
Tesco PLC is a major food retailer that operates primarily in the United Kingdom. The company operates 2,291 supermarkets, superstores and convenience stores in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe and Asia. The company also offers financial products, such as insurance and banking services, as well as electrical appliances and telecommunication products. For the year 2007 to date, Tesco PLC achieved revenues that totaled £ 46,611 million, an increase of 10.9% against the previous year revenues that were £42,016 million. Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating around 2,318 stores and employing over 326,000 people.
Recruitment agencies: provides employers with details of suitable candidates for a vacancy. They work for a fee and often specialise in particular employment areas.
Recruitment is the process of generating a pool of capable people to apply for employment to an organisation.
Tesco PLC, the top three retailer in the world, which was establish by Jack Cohen in 1919 year, which has near 100-Year history. In these days, it has been thrived to 12 country all over the world, including United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, Hungary, Ireland, Kipa, Slovakia, Poland, Czech, Thailand, even South Korea, and China (Tescoplc.com, 2012). Tesco is a public limited company. According to Marcouse (2011:92), “Public limited company (Plc) is a larger type of company that must have at least £50,000 of share capital and has its shares traded on the stock market”, therefore Tesco can have greater capital source and shareholders in their business.
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. Tesco is the fourth-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues, after Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Metro. The second-largest measured by profits after Wal-Mart. It has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%), Malaysia and Thailand.
Tesco aims to ensure that all roles work together to achieve their business objectives. It needs to ensure that it has the right number of people with right skill for the right job at the right time. To do this, Tesco has a arranged a process for recruitment and selection to attract applicants for both managerial and operational roles (Recruitment and selection,
Reasons are human capital, budget control, training and development, and employee satisfaction and cost saving. As business world is quite unpredictable and challenging so Tesco has routinely carried out these analyses to make sure there will be no shortage of staff, which affects the overall performance of the organisations. Knowing future demand and the type of skills that would be required in the future time is very important for the business, and it is one of the reasons that human resource planning is often done.