Unit 4: Describe the recruitment and retention process and documentation in a selected organisation.

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Daniel Windish

P1 – Describe the recruitment and retention process and documentation in a selected organisation.

This business report will be about the importance of employing suitable people. Firstly the recruitment and retention process will be discussed with a flow diagram of the business plan. After this, different documentation will be discussed for example, a job description, person specification and an application form. All of this will be related to Epping Forest College and a specific job vacancy which is available at the college. The job vacancy is an AAT teacher.

Employer: Epping Forest College
Location: Loughton, Essex
Salary: £16,980 - £30,705
Contract: Part Time and Fixed Term Contract
Job Type: Lecturer
Closing Date: 8 January 2010

Human Resources
Recruitment and Retention

Finding the best suitable person is one of the most important factors of a business, if they employed someone who is not suitable the likelihood is the wrong business decisions will be made. This is why they must employ the most suitable candidates for the best business decisions to be made.
There are many different ways in which a business can attract workers. Traditional methods now have to compete with internet based methods of recruitment.  Examples of traditional and internet based methods are: -

The table above shows different types of traditional and online methods of recruitment that can be used by organisations to get the best people to work for them.  The main methods in which Epping Forest College use are an online application form and an advert in the newspaper.

Why Epping Forest College would recruit internally

Internal recruitment is when someone gets recruited to do the job who are already in the organisation. This will mean the employee knows the organisation and their expectations and skills which are required of them. Internal recruitment can motivate all employees because it gives the chance for promotion or additional responsibilities. Sometimes organisations will recruit internally before externally, this is to see if a suitable candidate is available within the organisation. If no suitable candidate is available from within the organisation then they will advertise outside. This could be a problem for the organisation as it would hold up the recruitment process and if they needed someone quickly they would be in trouble.

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Advantages of recruiting internally

  • Due to the fact that Epping Forest College is a place of education and have just spent thirty eight million pounds on a new building they maybe a bit hard up for funds. So internal recruitment would be ideal for them as they will save a lot of money on advertising the vacancy.
  • Also the internal employee would be known throughout the organisation. EFC wouldn’t have to get to know someone else. Candidates will already know the organisation and will be used to the way its run and what’s expected of them.
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