Describe the recruitment, retention and documentation process in Tesco, include job descriptions and person specifications.

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Unit 4: Effective People, Communication and Information

Describe the recruitment, retention and documentation process in Tesco (includes describing job descriptions and person specifications.

                                    Guide to Recruitment Systems at Tesco

Tesco is a major international company with many job opportunities, including management, graduate, school leaver and apprentice posts. We feel the need to have people with the right skills and behaviours to support its growth and development of our company. Tesco has clear organisational structures, detailed job descriptions and person specifications. It provides user-friendly ways of applying for jobs and a consistent approach to recruitment and selection. This means it can manage its changing demand for staff.

Here at Tesco we use a workforce planning table to help us predict the likely demand for new staff in both managerial and non managerial roles. An example of this would be in 2008/2009 we calculated that to support its business growth there will be a demand for around 4,000 new managers. We do this planning process runs each year from the last week in February. To check this we have quarterly reviews where we can adjust staff levels and employ more staff if needed.

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Jobs come available due to:

  • New stores open and new staff are needed  
  • Member of staff retires or gets sacked

 

        

At Tesco we aim to attract the right standard of applicants to apply for the job vacancies here at the company. Here at Tesco we advertise in many different ways, depending on the type of job available.

Firstly we seek to fill many vacancies from within the company. We recognise the importance of motivating our staff to progress their careers with the company. At Tesco we help staff through an annual ...

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