Recruitment

Dooley et al 2007 simply describes recruitment as “taking on employees” while Jones 2007 describes it as “the process of identifying and attracting a pool qualified job applicant”. There are two forms of recruitments; external and internal. External is looking for applicants outside the organisation while internal recruitment is simply promoting employees who already works for the company.

Aims and Objectives of Recruitment

1.      To find the best candidates.

2.      To make sure the selection process is as fair as possible.

3.      To ensure that the recruitment process help to meet the aims and objectives of the organisation.

One of the easiest recruitment website is www.fish4jobs.co.uk. The site is very eye catching; the reason for this is because of the bright colours that are used on the website.  Also the brands advertisements are really creative and animated which helps to get your attention. It is really easy to navigate, for example it gives you options of what type of jobs you’re looking for (customer services etc). This helps to eliminate time wasting as you wouldn’t have to go through the entire list of jobs which makes it easier for viewers.  Another good thing about this site is that it allows you search by county which is really beneficial as you would only be looking at the jobs in your area. The only problem that I have with this site is it has a lot of writing which is really small. This makes it overwhelming and sometimes hard to read.

Menzies aviation

Recently Menzies aviation has run a recruitment campaign for Check-in Staff. One of the reasons why this caught my attention was the fact that it was only advertised internally within Luton Airport and on the internet.  What I found interested was how in-depth the personal specification was. This is important as it helps to ensure that the organisation has the best people for the job.

Advantages of online Recruitment

Quick-Online recruitment is quick for example; a job can be advertised on a website and overnight there’s lots of interest and applications. This helps to excel the recruitment process and help the organisation to find suitable applicants quickly.

Easy-Using online recruitment is easy for both the applicants and the organisation. For example; you don’t need to have in-depth IT knowledge to post a job advert on the internet.

Wider Audience-Online recruitment makes it easier for organisations to reach a wider audience. The reason for this is because technology has improve and online recruitment is a now a normal method for people to look for jobs.

Cost Effective-Unlike using a newspaper advertising a job vacancy on the company website doesn’t cost the business anything while using a newspaper could cost thousands. Using a recruitment consultant is also very costly as well.

Improve chances of success-Using traditional media like newspapers  faces limitations as only certain people will see the add. Also advertising a job online is there constantly until the organisation decides to remove it. This allows potential candidates to see the information as and when they decide. 

Disadvantages of online Recruitment

Candidates Content-Despite how popular the internet is there are still people who prefer traditional methods of recruitment for example; employment agencies. Therefore organisations shouldn’t reply only on online recruitment.

Overwhelming amount of applicants-Having too many applications might not be seen as a disadvantage but the problem is that the HR department have to go through and sort out the unsuitable and unrelated candidates.

Time consuming-Having to check and screening hundreds of application for problems is time consuming for any organisation.

Conclusion

The above information shows how much of an important role recruitment plays in an organisation.

Reference

1.     Dooley, D; Dransfield, R; Goymer, J; Guy, P; Richards, C (2007), ‘BTEC National Business Book 1: 2^nd Edition’, Heinemann: Oxford.

2.     Jones, G R (2007), Introduction To Business, The McGraw-Hill Companies: New York