Report

From:                 William Henry

To:                         Human resource management

Ref:                         JM/WH

Date:                 10th February 2009

Evaluate the selection practises and procedures in your chosen companies comparing them to best practise. (2d)

River Island

  • River Island is an ever-growing company, with the cashiers and other sales assistants joining and leaving regularly as they are usually students just looking for part-time work.

  • The different jobs roles are all available online and the objectives that follow them. This therefore pinpoints the needs of what the employer will be looking.

  • The person/people applying for the certain jobs within River Island need to have the appropriate capabilities, skills and experience in that department so that the company’s objectives can be made easier. They specifically ask for certain educational or experience requirements in the application form.

  • The recruitment and selection process that River Island use is an effective one in their case as they ask for specific requirements and should therefore get the person that they crave to fill the position ready.

  • The application form complies with the anti-discrimination legislation as they use the equal rights procedure and interview and employ candidates regardless of ethic or disability backgrounds.

  • The HR manager in this company knows what their strategy is for development and accomplishments. They use an effective and long-term approach to sustain the success of the company and use a framework in identifying the certain skills needed to improve performance levels at present and in the future.

  • They asses the needs of the vacant job by taking time to gather information about the nature the job at hand. This includes job purpose and how it will fit into their plans for success.

Job Specification

Their job descriptions have the following details which need to be addressed:

  • Job title
  • Position within the business
  • Job location
  • Duties required to complete and other certain tasks
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          Person Specification

The general specifications required from a candidate are:

  • Skills, an aptitude test, experience and knowledge
  • Minimum qualification requirements
  • Any personal qualities that would be relevant to River Island such as having a good fashion sense

The company do bear in mind not to discriminate any candidate at this stage of proceedings.

River Island advertises their vacant job positions in quite a few locations such as:

  • Shop windows
  • Radio
  • Internet
  • Flyers and leaflets around the shopping centre
  • In the ...

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