OCR LEVEL 3 CAMBRIDGE TECHNICAL
CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS
Unit 2 - BUSINESS RESOURCES
P1 - describe the recruitment documentation used in a selected organisation
P2 - describe the main employability and personal and communication skills required when applying for a specific job role
M1 - analyse the recruitment documentation of a selected organisation
Scenario
You are to produce a guide for applicants on the recruitment documentation used within a selected organisation (Duffryn High School). The guide should use a specified job role as an example and describe the recruitment documentation and the main employability, personal and communication skills required when applying for the specified job role.
Task 1 (P1)
Introduction
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An example of a job description used by Duffryn High School is appendix one.
The strengths of this document are that a Job Description is that it enables us to compare potential candidates to it, helping with the selection process and allows possible candidates of compare themselves with the job. Also, it allows candidates to know the relevant information needed about what the job involves and the responsibilities they will have. The documentation could be improved by the fact that you can lose an ideal candidate for another type of job, and the new employee can’t carry out a particular task mentioned In the Job Description. In conclusion, a job description would be used as a good method to help a potential employee to identify and understand what the job is and to understand the necessary information about the specific job that they are offering. In conclusion, a job description is important for candidates because a job description helps potential candidates to prepare for their interview.
Personal Specification
A ‘Personal Specification’ is when an employee is looking for a person with certain skills that the employer may be looking for such as the employer may want the employee to have qualifications. The personal specification outlines the educational qualifications, experience and knowledge/skills a potential applicant is required to have in order to complete a job. These
Job specifications “identify the eligibility requirements or qualifications needed to perform a job” (Baack, et al., 2014, Ch. 4.4). In other words, job specification is a sort of sketch of an ideal candidate. Job specification highlights required levels of education, experience, physical and technical abilities, as well as desired social skills. Job specification is used to screen job application of candidates, and job description will be of help during interviews. Candidates should be educated about the job description, it is also
| The customers would be influenced because if the company are financially struggling the customers are there only hope to stay profiting. If the company was to go bust it means customers will no longer be able to shop there. The customers would be an external stakeholder, they can get information by advertisements and even check their annual report on the businesses website.
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In this task I will be describing the main employability, personal and communication skills required when applying for a customer assistant position at Tesco’s.
Without a job description how would you apply for a job, both you and your employer need to know
Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
Please note that this Assessment document has 8 pages and is made up of 7 Sections.
* A list of criteria that you would use to short list a person for this role (these must be derived from the job description and person specification.
Job specifications “identify the eligibility requirements or qualifications needed to perform a job” (Baack, et al., 2014, Ch. 4.4). Job specification can be defined as the profile of an ideal candidate. Job specification dictates the specifics of what is needed from the employee such as required amounts of experience, education, physical and technical abilities, as well as desired social skills. Job specification is used to screen the applications sent in by candidates, and job
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This is placed within the person specification to notify what skills and knowledge the organisation would rather the candidate have, such as communication and people skills. The skills noted in the person specification usually relate to the nature of the job role.
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