Week 12 - Recruitment

Recruitment is the process of identifying and hiring best-qualified candidates (from within or outside of an organisation) for a job vacancy, in a most timely and cost effective manner.

I looked at www.monster.co.uk. When you first enter the website, my first impressions were that it looks quite user friendly and quite attractive with a professional yet helpful look to it. The first thing I saw was the power search option where you can search for a certain job in a certain location. This is helpful as it narrows down any options that people have and can help choose a job that fits their requirements. There are also many other aspects to this website that are very helpful which are things like giving tips for job interviews, CV advice and how to fill in application forms.

Advantages of using online recruitment are:

· Layout of an online recruitment site is usually very easy and simple to use. It is usually jobseeker friendly and will guide to them on how to use the site.
· Easily accessible. These websites can also be used on the phone which is also very popular.
· Set’s out the job descriptions and clearly defines what the business are looking for e.g. qualifications and experiences.
· Includes a whole range of jobs to meet qualifications and experience and also gives recommendations.
· Details are already registered and you don’t have to keep applying because they can e-mail you job alerts.

Disadvantages of using online recruitment are:

· The internet might not be accessible at times because of network connections.
· There may be security issues as they can pass on your date to third parties and you may not even know about it.
· Discrimination because they got details but this is in extreme cases.
· There may be too many candidates applying for the same posts so there is less of a chance of getting the job you desire.
· The popular job seeking websites will always have the best recruiters because they are always the first to come into the search engine.
Constraint attraction- this can occur to the people of those unable to fully utilise technology for example certain disabled groups.

A psychological contract is the perceptions of the two parties, employee and employer, of what their mutual obligations are towards each other. These obligations ca often be informal and imprecise and they may be inferred from actions or from what has happened in the past, as well as from statements made by the employer. Some obligations may be seen as 'promises' and others as 'expectations'. The important thing is that they are believed by the employee to be part of the relationship with the employer.

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/recruitment.html

http://www.monster.co.uk/

http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/empreltns/psycntrct/psycontr.htm