4.1 RECRUITING

4.1 Recruiting

4 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS

Can you solve these proverbs?

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Clue: a new employee turns up on day one and then not afterwards

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Clue: a firm with a bad reputation might find it hard to get good quality staff

Can you use these problems to explain issues relating to people in business?

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In this topic you will learn about

The need for recruitment

Recruitment methods

Remuneration

Monetary and non-monetary benefits

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When might your school or college need to recruit new staff?Do you know how they recruit new staff?

THE NEED FOR RECRUITMENT

Human Resource Management (HRM) involves using the workforce of the company in the most productive way.

One element of HRM is the identification of employee positions and the process of attracting the right calibre of worker to fill these positions (recruitment).

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What does the word ‘calibre’ mean?Can you think of alternative words to use here?

THE NEED FOR RECRUITMENT

A firm will recruit new workers for a variety of reasons:

A growing business

Replacing an employee who has left

New skills required in the business

Increased workload at the business

Covering positions on a temporary basis

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What is meant by a temporary basis?Why might a firm need to cover a position on a temporary basis?

FULL-TIME v PART-TIME – THE BENEFITS

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Full-time Part-time

Less spent on recruitment Retaining valued workers

Less spent on training Increased flexibility

Reduced span of control Wider pool of workers

Increased security for workers Reduced absenteeism

Employees more committed Easier to respond to change

New workers may be:Full-time – considered to be over 35 hours a weekPart-time – less than 35 hours a week

Go through each benefit in turn and see if you can add an explanation as to WHY it is a benefit.

This is an important skill for gaining good grades in the examination.

RECRUITMENT

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Bibi runs a luxury chocolate shop, she works full time in the business herself and employees 2 part time assistants to help at weekends. One of her assistants, JD, is a college student who also works extra hours at busy times such as Easter and Christmas. JD is about to go to University

and has asked Bibi if she would continue to employ him when he is home from University for key holidays. Bibi thinks it might be time for

her to spend less time working in the shop herself, allowing her to focus on management. She wonders whether she should replace JD

with a full time member of staff.Question time1. Explain the difference between full time and part time employees.

(3 marks)2. Explain 1 benefit to Bibi of employing part time workers. (2 marks)3. Explain 1 benefit to Bibi of employing JD during his holidays.

(2 marks)

4. Do you think that Bibi should replace JD with a full time or part time member of staff? Justify your answer. (6 marks)

RECRUITMENT METHODS

Recruitment could be:

internal - appointing an existing employee

external – appointing an employee from outside of the business

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Internal Recruitment External RecruitmentLower recruitment costs Wider pool of workers

Greater promotion prospects Fresh ideas

Employees know the business More talent to choose from

Abilities of workers already known to the business

No need to fill vacancy created through internal recruitment

RECRUITMENT METHODS

Recruitment Methods include:

Personal recommendation – personal contacts e.g. friends can act as a reference for new employees as they have an insight into the skills or integrity of a potential new recruit

Advertising – smaller firms will advertise locally to reduce costs e.g. Local newspapers or job centres

Interviewing – this enables the firm to select the best worker for the job

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RECRUITMENT METHODS

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Team taskUse a local newspaper to find 4 different job advertisements.

1. Stick these to a large sheet of paper and label the common features of these adverts.

2. Write next to each advert whether or not internal recruitment might be an option or not for that position and justify your

decision.3. Can you identify the reason for the need to recruit in each

case?4. Select 1 of the 4 jobs.

5. What calibre of person would you be looking for?6. Write a list of questions you would ask a candidate in an

interview for this job.

RECRUITMENT METHODS

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Bibi has decided that she needs to recruit a part time person to replace JD whilst he is at university and is looking to recruit a full time assistant to give her more free time. She also wants to investigate the

idea of opening a second store. JD has suggested to Bibi that she meets his sister Carol who is about to start her A-Levels at college and

is looking for a part time job.

Question time1. Identify 2 reasons why Bibi needs to recruit new staff. (2 marks)2. Explain 1 benefit to Bibi of meeting Carol. (2

marks)3. Explain 1 drawback to Bibi of meeting Carol. (2

marks)4. Explain an appropriate recruitment method for Bibi to attract a full

time employee? (4 marks)

INTERVIEWS

An interview is a 2 way process

Both the interviewer and interviewee get to meet, work out if they are right for each other and ask questions

What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using interviews as a recruitment method?

Would you appoint someone without meeting them?

Would you accept a job without meeting the boss?

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REMUNERATION

Remuneration is the money paid or benefits given to a worker in return for their services

Monetary (pay awards) benefits include:

Pay – wages and salaries

Pension payments – pay given to workers after they have retired. Firms will make contributions to an employee pension plan

Bonuses – payments for reaching certain targets

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Can you explain the difference between a wage and a salary?Which would you prefer to be paid in the future? Why?

REMUNERATION

Remuneration is the money paid or benefits given to a worker in return for their services

Non-monetary (fringe) benefits include:

Private health care

Company car

Discounts for buying company products

Sports facilities

Social facilities e.g. company bar

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REMUNERATION

The level of wages/salaries paid to workers will be determined by a number of factors:

Level of skills and experience needed for a job

The number of people with the required skills

A comparison of pay within the region

A comparison of pay within the industry

The state of the economy

Higher demand for workers or a lower supply of workers will lead to higher wages.

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Discussion timeIs it right that a premier league footballer gets paid £100 000 a week?

HOW MANY WORDS BEGAN WITH R?

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The whole topic

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Keeping valued workers

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Monetary and non monetary rewards

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Personal suggestion for a new employee4.1

Can you think of any

others?

5 MINUTE TEST

Identify 2 causes of a need to recruit

State 2 advantages of internal recruitment

State 2 advantages of external recruitment

State 2 methods of recruitment

Distinguish between a full time and part time member of staff

State 2 advantages of part time staff

What is meant by remuneration?

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