Impact of Covid-19 on Recruitment and Selection in UK Retail Industry: A Case Study on Sainsbury

This report investigates the impact of Covid-19 on recruitment and selection in the UK retail industry, with a case study on Sainsbury. It aims to understand the concept of recruitment and selection and evaluates different strategies employed by the retail sector during Covid-19. The report recommends Sainsbury to diversify and redefine job requirements and apply various tools and techniques to boost the efficiency of the recruitment and selection process.

To investigate the impact of Covid-19 on
Recruitment and Selection within UK retail
industry: A case study on Sainsbury

Table of contents
• Aims and objectives
• Research Methodology
• Finding and discussions
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
• References

Aims and objectives
• Aim
• The aim of the study is to identify the impact of Covid-19 on recruitment and selection (R&S) in Sainsbury.
• Objectives
• To understand the concept of recruitment and selection
• To evaluate different recruitment and selection strategies employed by the retail sector during Covid-19.

Research Methodology
• Research type
• Research approach
• Research philosophy
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Ethical considerations
• Limitations
• Validity and Reliability

Finding and discussions
• Theme:1 Various recruitment and selection process adopted by Sainsbury during covid-19
• Theme:2 Difference between pre recruitment and post covid-19 recruitment process
• Theme:3 effectiveness of recruitment strategies adopted by Sainsbury in attracting best and effective talent
within the company.
• Theme:4 Has recruitment strategies helpful in overcoming the challenges
• Theme:5 Changes in the recruitment strategies help in achieving the goals and objectives of the company.

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• From the above findings that was done through interviewing it can said that the HR managers have made
modification sin their recruiting and selection process by adopting virtual interview during and post covid-19 as
the company has adopted the work from home culture and hybrid working.
• Both the participants is of the opinion that adopting these strategies has helped to improve the efficiency and
also saves the time and cost of the management that is incurred in recruiting and selection process.

Conclusions
• From the above research it can be concluded that recruiting effective candidates in the company help to achieve
its goals and objectives but in order to achieve this it is necessary to have effective recruitment and selection
process that helps in hiring best talent in the company.
• Furthermore , with the emergence of covid-19 has resulted into loss in the retail sector due to various restriction
imposed by the government.
• Various companies have made various changes and modification in its management.

Recommendation
• It is recommended to Sainsbury to diversify and redefine the job requirements and present the list of the
requirements which should also be inspirational and encouraging and should reflect on the career growth of an
individual.
• It is further suggested that the organisation should lay more emphasis on applying various tools and techniques
and boost the efficiency of the recruitment and selection process of the company which can be made possible
through Artificial Intelligence which can help in reducing the time and eliminate bias.

References
• Adikaram, and et.al., 2021. Battling COVID-19 with human resource management bundling. Employee
Relations: The International Journal.
• Ahmed, and et.al., 2020. Impact of employees engagement and knowledge sharing on organizational
performance: Study of HR challenges in COVID-19 pandemic. Human Systems Management. 39(4). pp.589-
601.
• Alqudah, and et.al., 2021, November. Green Human Resource Management and Organizational Environmental
Sustainability During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Conceptual Framework. In International Conference on
Management, Business, and Technology (ICOMBEST 2021) (pp. 158-167). Atlantis Press.