BUSINESS EDUCATION 10MR. BEDI

CHAPTER 6 OVERVIEW

• FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

• THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND INTERVIEW

• JOB TRAINING

• KEEPING GOOD EMPLOYEES

• THE RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYEE

FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

• RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING ALL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THE COMPANY’S EMPLOYEES

• SEARCH FOR NEW EMPLOYEES

- FROM (HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, TEMP AGENCIES)

• TRY AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES

- COMPETITIVE WAGES, BENEFITS, SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, AND JOB SECURITY

THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND INTERVIEW

• AN APPLICATION FORM (EITHER ONLINE, OR HARD COPY)

- APPLICATION WILL USUALLY REQUIRE A COVER LETTER, RESUME

• THE INTERVIEW (EITHER BY PHONE OR IN PERSON)

• 2ND INTERVIEW (OR IF YOUR REALLY GOOD, YOU GET THE JOB)

JOB TRAINING

• STARTS WITH ORIENTATION - NEW SET OF RULES, REGULATIONS, AND WILL USUALLY GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE

FACILITY

• THEY WILL ADVISE YOU ON COMPENSATION, WORK HOURS, BENEFITS, BEHAVIOR, DRESS CODE

• AND JOB SPECIFIC TRAINING

KEEPING GOOD EMPLOYEES

• COMPANIES PAY BIG MONEY FOR THIS AND INVEST LOTS OF TIME TO FIND GOOD EMPLOYEES

• THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN YOU IF THEY LIKE YOU

• HAVE TO HAVE PERKS

- VACATION, BONUSES, GYM MEMBERSHIP, LUNCHES, HEALTH BENEFITS

THE RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYEE

• EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS RIGHTS – DON’T ABUSE THEM OR YOUR LIFE WILL BE MISERABLE

- JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE RIGHTS, DOESN’T MEAN THE WORLD WILL REVOLVE AROUND YOU, IT WILL ALWAYS REVOLVE AROUND THE BUSINESS (PROFITS, BUSINESS GROWTH ETC)

• PAID PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

• OVERTIME AND VACATION (EITHER PAID IN A LUMP SUM, APART OF EVERY CHEQUE, OR PAID TIME OFF

• THE RIGHT TO A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT