HR

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TASK 1
Benefits of recruiting and retaining professionally qualifies personnel
TASK 2
Ways to recruit talented candidates with right knowledge and skills
TASK 3
Creating the competitive working environment
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Human resource management performs the most important functions in
any institution or workplace which are for the welfare of the employees
as well as the organisation such as workforce planning, recruitment and
selection, training and development, performance appraisal and many
more.
 LSST is the biggest college in UK which is facing a tough competition
as many new entrants entered the emerging market.
 The report thus will begin by describing the benefits of recruiting and
retaining the individuals with correct knowledge followed by the ways
in which the best and qualified individuals can be attracted and
recruited.
 Also, various methods will be highlighted which can make the working
environment competitive in order to compete with the competitors.

TASK 1
Benefits of recruiting and retaining
professionally qualifies personnel
 LSST, being the biggest college in UK is facing a
tough competition due to the maximum number of
new entrants.
 The college has expanded itself in four campuses in
UK. IT considers its education providers as the assets
of the college.
 So, in order to compete with other colleges, the
college must recruit and retain the professionally
qualified personnel who are able to deliver the
specialist courses selected by the top management of
the college.

Retention of the employees reduces Turnover hassle
 Employee turnover plays a major role in
any college or any business but high
turnover creates a hassle for the HR
team.
 The qualified personnel if leaves the
college due to any reason will take away
significant time including the time to find
the replacement, waiting for the resumes,
screening the applicants, interviews etc.

Less investment needed for training and
development
 Recruiting the professional personnel saves the time and money of the college as compared to
recruiting one who is talented but needs to be trained in terms of proficiency skills.
 So, in this case if the candidate comes already prepared, then there is no need to train but just to
enhance and aware the person with the goals and objectives of the company.
Less risks are brought by qualified personnel
 Risk taking people are necessary in the organisations as they try to make the organisation risk free
by accepting and resolving the issues on their own
 For this, the college must either retain the qualified individuals or can recruit the new and talented
personnel who can deliver the best knowledge to the students.

Professional personnel have better self-knowledge
 These professionals also move on the journey of self-discovery and tries to
contribute to the organisation by giving fresh ideas and new perspectives.
 They are more grounded and do not believe in making extra investments.
They also cultivate their identities and incorporate ethics in all the practices
which improves the overall culture of the college.

TASK 2
Ways to recruit talented candidates with right knowledge
and skills
 It is very important for the higher education to recruit the talented
and qualified individuals as they are responsible the overall level
of education at the college.

Leveraging the experience of existing employees
 Employees of the institution are responsible for attracting the right skills and talents.
Along with extending the job opening’s reach, they help in humanizing the brand.
 Due to the advancement of technology, the employees can share their experience easily to
the public.
 The recruiters can do this by creating the testimonial videos, posting the pictures clicked
in various team building activities, writing the tweets in terms of employee satisfaction,
posting the career advancement opportunities which attracts the qualified personnel as
they can enhance their growth and development.
 The best performers of the college can raise the awareness about the college which can
force the talented candidates to serve in their best way.

Building the great brand of employer on digital media
 Digital media is considered to be the potent recruitment tool as in short span of time it
can promote things easily.
 The social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and many more gives various
opportunities to the recruiters to interact and connect with the candidates with high
potential.
 It was also observed that most of the talented and qualified candidates research on the
social media to apply for the job.

By making use of AI
 Due to the rapid advancements in the Artificial
intelligence, various opportunities and applications for
the people with right knowledge are opened.
 AI can help the recruiters in finding the correct talents
more effectively.
Education Outreach
 The college can take the initiative by creating
apprenticeship programs which can help the recruiters
in attracting the young talent who believe in
developing the sills according to the advanced
technology in colleges.
 Such programs can provide excellent direction to the
talented individuals to enter the colleges and
institutions.

TASK 3
Creating the competitive working environment
The college or institution or any other companies always tries to
create such an environment which cannot be copied by its
competitors.
 More advanced technology: The technology of the college
must be most advanced as compared to the competitors which
can attract the candidates who wish to develop personally and
professionally.
 Ongoing innovation: The companies and the institutions must
focus more the innovation as it is the most important factor
which differentiates it from others.

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 Scale: Scale must be set in terms of economies which can help in gaining more
competitive advantages.
 Execution: The colleges make various strategies but the college which implement
those strategies effectively are the ones who get success and lead the other colleges in
terms of students, revenue and even the skilled personnel.
 Brand networks: The colleges must build stronger networks with the suppliers in
terms of capital, knowledge and resources (personnel) which is really hard to duplicate.
 Students involvement: The leaders of the college must involve the students as much as
they can because all the colleges do not involve students in the decision making and
other activities.

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 Treating everyone with respect: The college must take all the decisions unbiasedly as
to enhance a positive culture at the place and which minimizes the chances of conflicts.
 Building positive relationships: There must be positive relationships between the
knowledge provider and the knowledge receiver which helps in gaining the best results.
Therefore, LSST can follow the above mentioned ways in order to create such an
environment which becomes difficult for the competitors to copy and lead.

CONCLUSION
 The above report described the various aspects of LSST which is
the biggest college in UK in all the aspects. The benefits of
recruiting and retaining the professional and qualified personnel
in the college were mentioned.
 Various benefits were highlighted which force the college to hire
the talented personnel who can deliver the best knowledge they
have.
 It was followed by analysing the ways in which the college can
attract the qualified and talented individuals and effectively
implement all the strategies to bring the most skilled individuals.

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