Recruitment and Selection Practices for New London Bakery

This presentation covers the recruitment and selection practices for New London Bakery, including job description, person specification, job advertisement, and application form. It also explores the relevance of employment legislation in recruitment and selection. The bakery is located in Westminster, London, and is looking for a Head Chef to manage the kitchen department and prepare bakery items with total quality management. The presentation also highlights the importance of following employment legislation, such as the Equality Act, Safety and Health Law, and Minimum Wages Act, to ensure legal and ethical practices in the business.

Individual recruitment
and selection
presentation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Description of business...............................................................................................................4
Job Description...........................................................................................................................4
Person Specification....................................................................................................................6
Job Advertisement.......................................................................................................................7
Application Form taking into account relevant legislation.........................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In the functioning of a business entity it is very much important to focus on recruitment
based practices in order to provide right type of employees to the company (Albert, 2019). The
recruitment process in a company is performed by human resource management and also it helps
in systematic development of recruitment process. Recruitment and selection based practices
helps a company to hire skilled and professional employees to the organisation. Many companies
in the international and national marketplace have effective recruitment and selection department
which helps in overall growth. In this presentation the following things are covered description
of job, description of business, person specification and advertisement of a job. This project also
covers key employment legislation which are helpful in making a business legal and ethical.

MAIN BODY
Description of business
In this presentation, example of New London Bakery is taken into consideration which is
situated in the heart of London City. The bakery performs key operations related to
manufacturing items and also provides home delivery of different items and snacks. The New
London Bakery is located near Westminster and its liked by most of the customers. Target
customers of New London Bakery are children and youth which are satisfied by providing key
products with quality. All major companies in the international and national marketplace focus
on development of operations by performing activities and functions on the basis of market
demand and trends. In the London, there are various bakeries which are giving a tough
competition to New London Bakery.
In the New London Bakery, there are main 3 Chefs, 2 cleaning staff and major 4
subordinate worker, who support key functions of the company. The bakery also follows
employment legislation and follow a major decision-making approach which is helpful in
formulating key decisions of the organisations (Jeske, and Shultz, 2016). New London Bakery
follows functional organisational structure in order to perform effective decision-making related
to a company. The New London Bakery is now having vacancy of a Head chef, who will be able
to prepare major bakery items and manage all the functions related to kitchen department.
Job Description
Title of the job: Head Chef
Scope of Job and main purpose: The main reason behind hiring of the Head Chef is to perform
preparation of bakery items with involvement of total quality management. Another major
purpose of this job is to hire a candidate who will hold responsibility of maintaining whole
kitchen department and its members.
Location of Job: Westminster, London.
Position in the business: The head chef will hold main position in the business and will handle
all operations with effectiveness and efficiency. The Head Chef of New London Bakery will be
also hold supervisory post in order to manage and control kitchen department based operations.
Will report to: Manager of New London Bakery

Organisation's chart: In the organisational chart of New London Bakery, the Head Chef will
hold 2nd topmost position.
Responsibilities related to budget: The new Head Chef will be able to follow budget prepared
by New London Bakery. It will moral responsibility of new Head Chef to prepare dishes at
affordable rates in order to provide cost efficient products to customers (Ore, and Sposato, 2021).
The budget based guidelines must be also followed by Head Chef to achieve key goals and
objectives.
Main responsibilities and key duties:
1. The key duty of Head Chef will be to manage kitchen department and subordinate
employees in a precise and systematic manner.
2. Another major duty of Head Chef will to follow employment legislation and develop
ethical practices in controlling business operations.
3. To ensure optimum utilisation of resources and develop effective products according to
wants and demands of target products.
4. Head Chef of New London Bakery will be able to focus on inventory management.
General responsibilities:
1. The Head Chef will be able to provide specific guidelines to other subordinate members
of kitchen department.
2. He will be also liable to provide inventory management based accountability to different
people in the business.
3. Head Chef will be also supportive to actions related to food quality management. It is
also key role of Head Chef to focus on kitchen department with key supervision and
control.

Person Specification
Name of the organisation: New London Bakery
Title of Job: Head Chef
Criteria Essential Desirable
Qualifications It is essential for the candidate
who is applying for job of
Head Chef to have a diploma
in hospitality
management(Kitchen
operations)
The desirable qualification for
this job is bachelor degree in
hospitality management.
Competencies and skills The Head chef of New London
Bakery should be having key
decision-making and
leadership skills (Carrero,
Krzeminska, and Härtel,
2019). It is also important for
an individual to lead the
subordinate kitchen staff.
Desirable skills for the job role
of Head chef are problem
solving and good
communication skills.
Knowledge Knowledge related to kitchen
management is also required
for this job post. Also the
desirable knowledge related to
food processing and bakery
items preparation is also
required.
The desirable knowledge for
this post is knowledge of
operating computer systems
and software (Hemalatha,
Kumari, and Gajenderan,
2021).
Previous experience The essential experience for
this post of Head Chef is at
least 2 years related to working
in kitchen department.
Desirable experience for the
post of head chef is at least an
experience of 5 years in
kitchen department of a

famous bakery or restaurant.
Special attributes The special attributes will be
knowledge of ICT and
communication
It is essential role of a person
as a Head Chef to focus on key
aspects of knowledge
development and learning
skills.
Job Advertisement
Job Advertisement
Head Chef
Our bakery, “New London Bakery is one of the finest and famous bakery of London. We people
are looking for a Head Chef who will be supporting our business from Monday to Saturday. We
are expecting that newly hired head chef will be able to operate within the contemporary
business environment and provide best output.
Our Bakery is offering a good salary of 32000 GBP along with attractive incentives and
daily bonus
Head Chef will play a crucial role in preparing major bakery dishes in order to provide key
dishes to target customers of the bakery. He/she will be also able to guide major staff and kitchen
subordinate members
The head Chef will be supposed to perform key duties and provide major types of bakery dishes
to different customers. This job role will have a key responsibility to manage business operations
and expand out business in near future.
The person who is applying for this job role should have a minimum experience of 3 years in
order to lead the marketplace with expertise functions. Also the candidate must have a diploma
in hospitality sector.
The candidate should also have knowledge of bakery and restaurants in order to carry our
functions in a smooth manner.
Note: The job profile of Head Chef requires a professional approach to cooking along with key
skills like communication, decision-making and problem solving.
Interested candidate can apply on out official website with CV.
The last date for submitting application for job role of Head Chef is 15 May 2022.

Thank You
Application Form taking into account relevant legislation
The Application form is referred to the form for a specific job profile that is given by the
organisation with the objective of facilitating candidates . It is made for attraction of suitable,
appropriate and good candidates in a systematic order for the organisation. Various different
information related to candidate's personal qualifications, experience and other personal data is
necessary for its filling (Almeida, and Fernando, 2017Løkke, 202). The New London bakery
publishes the forms for the job profile of Head Chef that attracts suitable candidates towards
bakery.
Various different considerations are taken into account in the process of publishing
application form, by the organisation such as, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Fair
Credit Reporting Act, The Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act and others.
Employment legislations Relevance
Equality act Equality law that provide equal opportunities to
employees that enhances their moral in the
organization (Picardi, 2019).
Safety and health law Safety and security is the law for maintenance
as well as protection of health and safety of
employees at workplace in the organization.
Minimum wages act This act is for employees to employees enable
business to provide right type of monetary
rewards and recognition (Pramod, and
Bharathi, 2016).

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that, recruitment is one of the most
crucial function of a business which helps in increasing business strength and development. This
presentation concludes that, it is essential for a business to develop effective practices related to
recruitment and selection for gaining market growth. The project also concludes importance of
preparing a job description and advertisement to facilitate different practices related to
recruitment. This project also concludes the key importance and role played by employment
legislation in order to achieve legal development of a business entity.

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