RECRUITMENT &

TRAINING
ARLENE T. GARBIN
 Why Recruit?
• To replace staff who have left or been promoted
• Bring in staff with new skills
• Recruit more staff as business expands
• To complete a specialized project or job in the
organization
• When an employee resigns from a job or is
dismissed by the management
• When someone in the company retires
 Recruitment
Overall process of attracting, shortlisting, selecting and appointing
suitable candidates for jobs within an organization.
• Job Analysis – A study of the task and
activities to be carried out by the new
employee
• Job Description – This describes the
main duties and responsibilities of the
job
• Job Specifications – The qualifications
and qualities necessary to perform the
job (educational requirements, work
experience needed
 Types of Recruitment
Once we have done the job analysis, created a job
description and job specification we need to advertise
the vacancy
 Internal Recruitment
 External Recruitment
 Internal Recruitment
Promoting or moving workers from one job to another within the company.
Advantages
 Saves time and money – Don’t need to spend money Recruiting Channels:
on advertising the job vacancy  Noticeboards
 Applicants know the firm and the firm know the  Company
applicant Newsletters
 Motivates other workers (chance for them to get  HR sends to all
promoted email
Disadvantages
 Applicants may not bring in new ideas
 Promoting an employee may make other employees
jealous and demotivated
 External Recruitment
Recruiting someone who is not an existing employee and will be new to the
business..
Advantages
 Can bring fresh ideas, different perspective and a Recruiting Channels:
 Local newspapers
wider range of experience
 National
 More likely to hire someone who matches the job newspapers
description  Recruitment
Disadvantages agencies
 Expensive – need to advertise job  Job centres
 Demotivating for internal candidates  Career websites
 Selection Process
Review Application and CV of all applicants
Testing – we can ask them to take one of the below test to identify their
suitability
 Skills test
 Aptitude test
 Personality test
 Group situation test
Interviews – to find out more about the applicant
Selection – picking the best candidate
Making offer
Importance of training to a business and to
employees
• Training is important to a business as it will improve the
worker’s skill and knowledge and help the business be more
efficient and productive, especially when new process and
products are introduced. It will improve the workers’
chances at getting promoted and raise their morale.
• Trained workers are more productive
• Decrease the amount of supervision required
• May lead to job satisfaction
• Reduce accidents and injuries
 Induction Training
Training given to an employee when they first start a job. Explains the firm’s
activities, customs and procedures and introducing them to their fellow
workers

Advantages
 Helps new employees to settle
into their job quickly
 May be a legal requirement to
give health and safety training
before the start of work
 Less likely to make mistakes
Disadvantages
 Time-consuming
 Wages still have to be paid
during training, even though
they aren’t working
 Delays the state of the
employee starting the job
 On the Job Training
• Training given in the workplace
• This occurs when a more experienced worker doing the job trains an
inexperienced worker on certain task.
Advantages
 It ensures there is some production
from worker whilst they are training
 It usually costs less than off-the-job
training
 It is training to the specific needs of
the business
Disadvantages
 The trainer will lose some
production time as they are taking
some time to teach the new
employee
 The trainer may have bad habits
that can be passed onto the
trainee
 It may not necessarily be
recognized training qualifications
outside the business
 Off the Job Training
• Training given outside the workers workplace
• Usually given by specialist trainers
Advantages
 A broad range of skills can be taught
using these techniques
 Employees may be taught a variety of
skills and they may become multi-
skilled that can allow them to do
various jobs in the company when the
need arises.
Disadvantages
 Costs are high
 It means wages are paid but no
work is being done by the worker
 The additional qualifications
means it is easier for the employee
to leave and find another job