Human Resources :: Business Management Studies

Human Resources Introduction Businesses recruit staff for a variety of reasons. To know why and how decisions to recruit staff are made, there are mainly four reasons to why and how staff is recruited. Â · If the organisation is big and need more staff to work for them, or if the organisation is expanding and need to recruit more staff. Â · Recruitment could be done within the work place changing job in the organisation. Â · Vacancies can be filled in by new comers who have a better attitude then the employee who retires or who gives a resignation etc. Â · The last of all internal promotions can be given to employees who have achieved the goals and should be moved up within the organisation. For a better experience of its work place and to know new people within its category Recruitment And Selection For a staff to be recruited it is sometimes easy for a person who has already done the job already and it could be hard for a new comer. But to be recruited into the organisation is sometimes tricky because many details are seen before the person can either be told to come for an interview if needed. First of all the new employee has to figure out what type of department he/she wants to work in. Secondly an Application Form is to be filled in showing all its qualification and what he is capable of. Then the employer has to decide whether he/she is capable of working and is sent of acceptance or declined. During the interview many questions are asked for which the person has to practise for or not. The new comer is asked simple questions but has to answer to them precisely. The employer uses a sheet where he writes down the grades of how the employee did on his interview. This is done over many new comers and on the end only one is selected for the job by seeing if he/she is capable at its job. Mainly with there application form many people send the CV (Curriculum Vitae) this shows all the capabilities of the person and all its past experience. Anti-Discrimination Legislation The new comers should be able to understand how recruitment interviews are planned, carried out and evaluated. They should be able to understand the legal and ethical responsibilities relating to equal opportunities, and know the key implications for recruitment of the following legislation: Equal Pay Act 1970 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Race Relations Act 1976 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Job Description For different types of work Job Descriptions are given to show what