Description = responsibilities & duties, Specification = requirements and qualifications

Higher living standards, incentive to seek work, higher paid workers may ask for pay rise.

Wages are paid but no work is being done, Delays the start of commencing job, Time-consuming

Skills tests, aptitude test, personality test, group scenario tests, interviews

Local newspaper, National newspapers, Specialist magazines, Online recruitment sites, Recruitment agencies, Government job centers

No new ideas or experience in the workplace, Quality of internal candidates might be low, Rivalry and jealousy among workers

Easier to extend operating hours, Reduces business costs and easier to make redundant, Worker might willing to accept lower pay due to flexible hours

Redundancy = people lose their job NOT due to work being unsatisfactory.

Work experience, Educational and other qualifications, Age, skills brought in, knowledge of business

Establishing the workforce needed by the business for the foreseeable future in terms of the number and skills of employees required.

Increased cost of meeting regulations, cost to train workers, reduced cost of compensation

Ability to do the job, Personal qualities that are desirable/undesirable, The general character & personality - will they fit in?