Human Resources Management

BCO 213 Bachelor of Business Adm

inistration H

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RESO U

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f. A lista

ir C h a rle

s alistair.charles@ euruni.edu

Recruiting Em ployees

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w .glassdoor.com

/ https://w

w w

.indeed.com /

U nit 4.

4 O verview

• Sources of qualified personnel

• Recruitm

ent policies •

Effectiveness of various recruitm ent sources

• Recruiter traits and behaviours

R ecruitm

entA dvertisem

ent

A)• An exciting role!! W

ant to earn great m oney?? Can you build relationships quickly?

• W

ill you put in the overtim e and effort to achieve your ow

n goals and am bitions?

• Do you have the skills & languages to build and develop relations quickly?

• Start your career w

ithin recruitm ent for the leisure industry excellent com

m ission,

support structure w ith proactive office

B)• M

en w anted for hazardous journey.

• Sm

all w ages, bitter cold, long m

onths of com plete darkness,

• constant danger.

• Safe return doubtful.

• Honour and recognition in case of success!

CO M

PA RE &

CO N

TRA ST TH

ESE TW O

A D

S. W H

AT SIM ILA

RITIES & D

IFFEREN CES CA

N YO

U SPO

T?

Relationships betw een Job Analysis,

Hum an Resource Planning, Recruitm

ent, and Selection

Realistic job

preview s

Legal considerations

A ttracting

Talent& M

atching N

eeds

Source: M anagem

ent, p445 D aft,Kendrick

& Vershinina

(2010)

1. Job P

osting - central locations and em

ployees have specified period to apply for the job (m

ay go external)

2. Job B

idding – m

ain use w hen m

any applicants for few

posts (internal only)

3. O

ther m ethods?

• P

otential transfers or prom otions, previous applicants,

ex-em ployees, com

petitions •

Inform al com

m unications e.g.w

ord of m outh,

Internal Sources of Recruitm ent

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w.prospects.ac.uk/ w

w w.careerbuilder.co.uk

w w

w.talentegg.ca careers.m

onash.edu.au

➢E m

ployee R eferrals

➢W alk-ins / U

nsolicited A pplications

➢C am

pus R ecruiting

➢E -cruiting

➢career & com

pany sites ➢“passive” prospects

➢P rofessional/S

ocial N etw

orks

➢E xecutive S

earch/H ead H

unters

External Sources of Q ualified Personnel

A.Universities / Business Schools; B.Headhunters;

C.LinkedIn; D.Recruitm

ent (Search) Agencies; E.Specialist/Industry Journals;

F.Com pany W

ebsites

Research the m eaning of your allocated recruitm

ent m ethod and interesting new

s/com m

entary. Prepare to clearly present your findings to the class (tw

o slides m ax. posted in the FO

RUM ).

Students should take notes during the presentation. Follow ing the presentations answ

er the follow

ing questions

1. Try to justify

the usefulness to the firm of your allocated recruitm

ent m ethod. If it is not possible

explain why not.

2. W

hat could be m ain drivers

for a com pany changing its recruitm

ent strategy and m ethods? Explain.

3. W

hat does the group believe are key objectives for a recruitm

ent process and w hy?

4. For a specific job role e.g.engineer, describe

what can a firm do to verify the effectiveness

of a recruitm

ent process? 5.

To w hat extentis the recruitm

ent process your group has researched suitable

for the chosen organization? E.g.advantages, risks, stakeholder perspectives etc. Explain how this process m

ay influence em

ployee turnover.

O R

G A

N IS

A TIO

N R

E C

R U

ITM E

N T M

E TH

O D

S

Internal Source

External Source

Benefits

• Com

pany … …

… …

.

• Job candidate …

… .

• Em

ployees… …

… ...

• RO

I in its present work force

• Choice …

… …

… …

..

• Ideas …

… …

… …

… .

• Expertise…

… …

… …

Risks

• Prom

otion… …

… ..

• Tensions …

… …

…

• Ideas …

… …

… …

..

• Difficulty …

… …

… ..

• Assim

ilation … …

…

• M

orale… …

… …

… ..

Risks and Benefits: Internal / External Recruiting

M ost com

m on m

ethods of UK graduate recruitm ent

Source: U K U

niversities Survey 2004

M Y (1-5)

Actual Local New

spapers NationalNew

spapers Speculative

Applications W

ord of m outh

Head-Hunters Job-Centres (G

ovt. O rganised)

Specialistjournals / Trade

Press Internet Local Radio Em

ploym entAgencies

W hat

are the top three

m ostcom

m on

m ethods

ofgraduate recruitm

entin this

study? This

is an

im portantR&

S question for

you. W hy?

25-34 Y

G eneration

55+ B

aby B

oom ers

Flexible schedule C

onvenientlocation C

om petitive

retirem entbenefits

C hallenging

w ork

C om

pany reputation as good

em ployer

C areer

advancem entopportunities

C om

petitive base pay

Vacation/paid tim

e off D

evelopm entO

pportunities ?Source: Tow

ers Perrin. Based on survey of 90,000 em ployees in 18 countries. (2008)

Do you know

w hatw

illattractand keep talent?

W hat

are the top three

desired áreas that

em ployees

often w

antfrom their

w ork?

This is

an im

portantR& S question

for you. W

hy?