3.4.2 Recruitment

The series of questions a job-seeker must fill in when trying to get an employer interested in interviewing them

• Internal recruitment

• Application form

• Assessment centre

• Reference

Sets out the qualifications and skills required by an employee to fill a particular job

• Internal recruitment

• Person specification

• Application form

• Curriculum vitae

Filling a job vacancy from any suitable person not already employed by the business

• References

• External recruitment

• Internal recruitment

• Job description

States the information about the duties and tasks that make up a particular job

• Application form

• References

• Job description

• Person specification

Appointing from within the existing staff

• Internal recruitment

• External recruitment

• Assessment centre

• Person specification

The collection and interpretation of information about a job

• Job description

• Person specification

• Job analysis

• Internal recruitment

People such as teachers or previous bosses who are willing to answer questions about the qualities of a job applicant

• Curriculum vitae

• References

• Job description

• Person specification

When two or more employees agree to share the responsibilities of a single job

• Job share

• Apprenticeship

• Zero hours contract

• External recruitment

Allows employers to hire staff without any guaranteed hours of work

• Customer service

• Part-time employment

• Job share

• Zero hours contract

Which of the following is in a person specification?

• The main duties and tasks involved

• The job title

• The person to whom the job holder reports and any employees for whom the job holder is responsible

• Necessary skills or experience