Module 6 Recruitment

Word power Recruitment recruit sb. to do sth. Hire fire employ employer employee Recruitment / employment agency 职业介绍机构 applicant candidate a replacement 替代者 Fill a vacancy open post opening Resume curriculum vitae cover letter Selection process interview Job/ career fair 人才招聘会 Job centers

Recruitment process: how to fill a key vacancy?

Analysis

Sourcing

Screening selection

Stage FourAppoint the candidate

& arrange induction training 入职培训on boarding

Skills, attributes,

qualifications

CV reading, interviewing,

handwritten test, IQ / EQ test,

psychometrics

Recruiting Program Goals• Achieve cost efficiency

• Attract highly qualified candidates

Recruitment Costs + advertising + recruiter travel + candidate travel + agency/search firm fees + recruiters’ salaries and benefits + managers’ time = typically 1/3 of new hire’s annual salary

企业招聘间接成本核算如下：1 ．筛选简历，确定面试人选秘书 1 名 : 4 小时 *12 =48招聘经理 1 名： 1 小时 *50 = 50 2 ．面试准备 秘书 1 名 ： 1 小时 *12= 12 招聘经理 1 名 ： 2 小时 *50 =1003 ．面试初选（ 10 名候选人） 同事 1 名 ： 5 小时 * 20 =100 主管 1 名 5 小时 *30 =150 经理 1 名 5 小时 *50 =250 4 ．参加笔试（ 5 名候选人） 招聘专员 1 名 2 小时 *20 =40 5 ．面试终选（ 3 名候选人） 主管 1 名 2 小时 *30= 60 经理 1 名 2 小时 * 50= 100 部门经理 1 名 2 小时 * 80= 160 可见招聘 1 名中级职员仅筛选——面试环节的内部招聘成本就约 1千元。

Can you think of some recruitment methods? Internal recruitment Recruitment agency Newspaper or specialist magazine ads Headhunting / executive search E-recruitment Campus recruitment or college recruiting Employee referral

Advantages and disadvantages Cost audience Retaining the staff Qualification of the candidates

Advantages of internal recruitment Gives existing employees greater opportunity to

advance their careers in the business May help to retain staff who might otherwise

leave Requires a short induction training period Employer should know more about the internal

candidate's abilities (= a reduced risk of selecting an inappropriate candidate)

Usually quicker and less expensive than recruiting from outside

Disadvantages of internal recruitment Limits the number of potential applicants for a job External candidates might be better suited /

qualified for the job Another vacancy will be created that has to be

filled Existing staff may feel they have the automatic

right to be promoted, whether or not they are competent

Business may become resistant to change; by recruiting from outside, new perspectives and attitudes are brought in

Advantages for job advertisement --wide audience --can potentially reach the best on the market Fresh attitudes

Job advertisements - Advertisements are the most common form

of external recruitment. They can be found in many places (local and

national newspapers, notice boards, recruitment fairs) and should include some important information relating to the job (job title, pay package, location, job description, how to apply-either by CV or application form).

Disadvantages: High processing cost: A large number of applications need to be

processed Problem of confirming qualifications and

checking references

Recruitment agency – ( 职业介绍所 / 机构 )

These companies specialize wholly in recruitment and generally keep a up-to-date database 数据库 of experienced potential employees.

They work for a fee and often specialize in particular employment areas e.g. nursing, financial services, teacher recruitment

Advantages of recruitment agencies --can be selective Can potentially get the best person for the job

quickly

Disadvantage: expensive

Headhunting: executive search Companies turn to executive search firms to

find top-notch 大腕 personnel for management, professional, and technical positions.

Unlike employment agencies, headhunters directly contact already employed people at the competitors of the client company.

Advantages (headhunting) --can select high quality candidates Headhunters know the market and the best

people Can access people not actively on the job

market Disadvantage: Very expensive in the short term.

Personal recommendation / employee referral

Often referred to as ‘word of mouth’ （口碑） and can be a recommendation from a colleague at work.

A full assessment of the candidate is still needed however but potentially it saves on advertising cost.

The reasons of firing an employee attendance problems: no call, no show; absenteeism 缺勤

or tardiness 拖沓 poor work performance: not meet the employer‘s

standards; lack of necessary skills to perform duties, incompetence, failure to learn the required skills or processes, neglect of maintenance or safety procedures, refusal to perform duties, laziness, or negligence 玩忽职守 .

Vocabulary: Hiring and firingPut these verbs for talking about hiring and firing in the table.

hire recruit give notice dismiss walk out sack fire lay off resign

take voluntary redundancy employ take someone on make redundant

give a job take someone’s job away leave a jobtake someone onhire

recruit

employ

dismiss

sackfire

lay offmake redundant

give noticewalk outresign

take voluntary redundancy