Learning Focus

Recruitment

Administration

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Key Teaching
Focus

1. Start/finish of lessons need to be sharper. Monitor

students packing up before the end of class.
2. Better guide the students using questions/scaffolding
3. Ensure that each student contributes to the work
start earlier for each task
4. Better use of instructions
5. Focus on terminology especially when
acknowledging students.

Duration

1 lesson

Essential
Question

How does a business recruit staff?

Lesson 1

Students to read individually Text page 194.

10 mins

Identify key definition of recruitment.

Activity 1

Methods of recruitment

15 mins

Working in pairs, students are to consider the following

scenario:
You are the owner of a catering company in Wangaratta. You
currently employ 15 people.
You employ two chefs full time. However, your business is
growing steadily and you need to start looking for another
chef.
You have to decide how are you going to find another chef?
Discuss as many options as possible.

Activity 2

Internal vs External Recruitment:

5 mins

Looking back over your list of options, which of these are

internal vs external?

Activity 3

Advantages and Disadvantages of Internal vs external

recruitment.

15 mins

Students are to draw up a 2x2 matrix (demonstrate on the

board) and complete to analyse the pros/cons of using
internal vs external methods.

Activity 4

Selection

10 mins

Once you have decided to recruit for a position, the

applicants send in their applications and its time to select the
right candidate.
How do you do this? Students to brainstorm how they would
sort through the applications and decide who to interview.
What would they look for?
Students to write a list of key things they would identify in the
applications and how they would narrow it down.
Read section on pp 195.

Wrap up
5 mins

If a business knows what their staffing needs are going to be,

then they can make decisions on how many people, and
which skills, they need to recruit.
In our next lesson we will be considering this: how do you go
about interviewing staff?

Resources

Text page 194-5.

Extension Work
Homework
Assessment
Absent

Read the section Top and Tail on page 192 and Activity
13.1. Come to the next lesson with any questions.