Staffing Needs And The External Labour Market

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A1-Staffing Needs And The External Labour Market

        The staffing needs of Tesco are heavily influenced by the external labour market.  Tesco need to see who is available to fill the positions that they have to offer, with the right skills, attitude and qualifications.

The number of people who have been to higher education is a factor that Tesco have to consider.  If they are looking to fill a managerial position, then they will want to have a person that has been into higher education and has qualifications that suit the needs of the job position.  But, on the other hand, if the position that they are looking to fill is for on the shop floor, either stacking shelves or on the checkouts etc, then the qualifications are not such a big issue but they still have to consider higher education.  People who are in higher education will most probably be looking for a part-time, flexible job to earn some money to help towards their student loans etc.  Here is a graph that shows the number of people going into higher education:

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        This graph shows that higher education has been increasing and is likely to increase in the future.  This is good for Tesco because they will be able to fill their managerial jobs a lot easier in the future.  They will also have a lot of students that may want some part-time work.

        Unemployment is also something that can influence the way Tesco go about staffing.  If there is a lot of unemployment, Tesco will not have to worry very much about filling vacancies, as there are bound ...

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