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2.3e Recruitment

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  • Identify TWO impacts that health and safety laws have on EMPLOYERS.
    Increased cost of meeting regulations, cost to train workers, reduced cost of compensation
  • Identify TWO drawbacks of induction training.
    Wages are paid but no work is being done, Delays the start of commencing job, Time-consuming
  • Differentiate between a job description and a job specification.
    Description = responsibilities & duties, Specification = requirements and qualifications
  • Identify TWO drawbacks of internal recruitment
    No new ideas or experience in the workplace, Quality of internal candidates might be low, Rivalry and jealousy among workers
  • Identify TWO impacts that a minimum wage might have on employees.
    Higher living standards, incentive to seek work, higher paid workers may ask for pay rise.
  • Identify THREE selection methods used in recruitment after an application has been submitted.
    Skills tests, aptitude test, personality test, group scenario tests, interviews
  • Identify TWO benefits of hiring part-time employees from the company's perspective.
    Easier to extend operating hours, Reduces business costs and easier to make redundant, Worker might willing to accept lower pay due to flexible hours
  • Identify THREE things that interviews might help employers assess.
    Ability to do the job, Personal qualities that are desirable/undesirable, The general character & personality - will they fit in?
  • Differentiate between redundancy and dismissal.
    Redundancy = people lose their job NOT due to work being unsatisfactory.
  • Define workforce planning.
    Establishing the workforce needed by the business for the foreseeable future in terms of the number and skills of employees required.
  • Identify FOUR factors that employers might consider to determine whether to employ an applicant?
    Work experience, Educational and other qualifications, Age, skills brought in, knowledge of business
  • Identify FOUR advertising methods for external recruitment.
    Local newspaper, National newspapers, Specialist magazines, Online recruitment sites, Recruitment agencies, Government job centers