WJEC GCSE Business HRM Recruitment Process MSE

What is the definition of Recruitment?

• The process of keeping employees in a company

• The method of evaluating the performance of employees

• The process of finding and hiring new employees

• The strategy for promoting employees within a company

Which of the following is NOT a step in the Recruitment Process?

• Requesting references

• Ability Tests / Testing / Trials

• Promotion of current employees

• Appointment / Selection

What is the purpose of a Job Description?

• To outline the benefits and perks of the job

• To show what the job entails and what the employee will be expected to do

• To provide a history of the company

• To list the previous employees in the role

What does Retention mean in the context of Human Resources?

• The process of finding new employees

• The proportion of the business' workforce that remains with the business over a period of time, usually one year

• The method of training employees

• The strategy for employee promotion

What is a Person Specification used for?

• To describe the job's responsibilities and duties

• To outline the type of person the employers would like to employ

• To provide a detailed description of the company's history

• To list the qualifications and skills required for the job

Which of the following is a reason why job vacancies arise?

• Decrease in sales

• Employees requesting more vacation time

• The business plans to produce and sell new products / open more stores

• A surplus of employees in the company

What does Working Planning compare?

• The business' past performance with future goals

• The business' expected future needs for employees with the existing workforce

• The qualifications of new employees with the current market demands

• The salary levels of different departments within the company

What is the definition of internal recruitment?

• The process of selecting the most suitable applicants from those who apply for a job.

• Filling a job vacancy with any suitable person not already employed by the business.

• Takes place when a job vacancy is filled from within the existing workforce.

• Statements of an applicant's suitability for a particular job written by past employers.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of internal recruitment?

• Cheap method of recruitment.

• Candidates are familiar with the business.

• No new ideas are brought into the business.

• Positive impact on employee motivation.

What is a disadvantage of external recruitment?

• Can help businesses to improve new ideas.

• More costly than internal recruitment.

• Candidates are familiar with the business.

• Saves on training costs such as induction.