Then I will draw up a person specification. This would permit me to identify the skills and experience required and this would also allow the applicant to see whether he would or would not be considered for the job. I would then advertise the vacancy by selecting a media that will attract the widest and most diverse audience possible to ensure that a lot of people get to know about the vacancy, this would result in more applicants and therefore a better chance of getting a more skilled employee.
After receiving the application forms I would reduce the number of applicants to pick the ones that are most suitable to be interviewed, in other words the ones that match the person specification and that say why they want the job relating to the job description. The chosen applicants would then be interviewed by a few people to ensure that scoring is equal and fair and all applicants would be asked the same questions to implement equality.
Then I would select and appoint the most appropriate candidate of all of them to again be able to employ the best. These set procedures as explained above help to get the best and the right person for the job.
Manchester Airport would have a recruitment policy to ensure that everyone is treated equally and fairly. Also the recruitment policy tries to ensure that the best applicant is offered the job and the policy also covers the main steps in the recruitment process clearly stating what needs to be done at each stage making the whole process a lot more organised therefore resulting in success.
Manchester Airport must follow the law in recruitment because discrimination against applicants on the basis of race, sex or disability is illegal and if an applicant feels that he or she has been discriminated against they can give Manchester Airport bad publicity resulting in them not being known as one of the UK’s best employers which means that they will not attract the best. Also when a new position is advertised, existing employees in Manchester Airport who may want to apply must be given the same opportunities as outside candidates. In addition to refuse to employ someone because that person is, or because they are not a member of a trade union is illegal. Also applicants who believe they have been refused a job unfairly may take their case to an industrial tribunal and if they win not only will they receive compensation but they can also give Manchester Airport bad publicity as I stated before.
I must also make sure that the procedure is ethical and gives a fair deal. In other words the interviewers should behave with good practise, properly and impartially. Acting unethically is bad practise and this may occur if one candidate is treated with preferential treatment e.g. if an interviewer is impressed by the appearance of someone because they are attractive they may put them in the shortlist or even interview them for a longer period of time than the rest, this type of favouritism is not illegal unless it is proved as discrimination by another candidate. To avoid unethical treatment at Manchester Airport we are “committed to ensure that no person is treated less favourably”. In addition “a criminal conviction is not an absolute bar to employment and ex-offenders are judged on their ability to do the job applied for” and “convictions are only taken into account if they are relevant to the job that they are applying for”. We at Manchester Airport think “a fair deal for our employees means a fair deal for our customers and since our future success in business depends on how well we serve our customers, the Fair Deal is good for business.
The reason for each stage or step in the selection process that I described earlier in the procedures that Manchester Airport may follow before recruitment is as follows. We identify the vacancy to agree to the fact that another employee is needed in the place. We draw up a job description to enable candidates to focus their application better and to respond more appropriately at the interview. We draw up a person specification to get more skilled and qualified people. We advertise the vacancy through a media type that will attract a lot of applicants and receive better quality applicants. We shortlist the applicants and pick the best out of the hundreds of applicants to improve the quality of the services that we provider. We then interview applicants fairly and don’t favour anyone to again improve the quality of the employee. Finally we select the best and keep our employees happy and our customers happy and try to be successful.
Explain the purpose of the training that you may receive
Training is essential and expensive and takes a lot of time therefore there are good reasons why Manchester Airport trains each member of staff. The reasons for each part of the training that I would receive are as follows: I would receive training so that I do my job properly and therefore if I maintain all systems, the business will be well organised and it will attract more customers and therefore Manchester Airport will make a profit.
Firstly the training that I will receive on the first day will help me to know exactly what I need to do and how I should do it. This training will enable me to develop the skills and the ability to do my job to a good standard. Being trained on the health and safety will result in me and the people around me being safe at work and it will allow me to do my job well.
Secondly the training that I will receive at the end of the first year will enable me to improve the quality of my work and if I am trained at this point I will be learning new skills and this will make me more stimulated as I am practising new things rather than repeating the same old things again and again.
Thirdly the training that I will receive in the fifth and at the end of the ninth year will mean that I learn new skills therefore I will be able to take on more varied work e.g. using a digital photocopier, instructing it what to do through the computer and filing or faxing, making phone calls and copy typing reports at the same time.
Overall the ongoing training that I will receive will mean that I am learning new things everyday or every so often therefore I am carrying out new things and I will then be paying more attention in the work that I do and this will keep me motivated resulting in more better quality work being done .Therefore Manchester Airport making more profits and being successful. Whereas if I am not trained I will be doing the same type of work day in and day out resulting in me getting bored and either not being as motivated and paying as much interest to the job or leaving the job.Also there are more chances of this leading to no customer satisfication and resulting in Manchester airport losing customers. All of these ways will mean that Manchester Airport will incur a loss and be unsuccessful because if I am less motivated I will not be doing the work to a good enough quality and if I leave the job then Manchester Airport will have to go through the whole recruitment process again and this will cost a lot money and Manchester will therefore incur a loss resulting in failure.
I will develop “off the job” training, the purpose of this would be that I would be able to develop my personal skills and perform to a much higher standard.
