Tesco plc Recruitment and Selection Strategy

This assignment analyzes Tesco plc's recruitment and selection strategies, examining their effectiveness in attracting and retaining highly skilled employees to support the company's global operations. The report explores various techniques Tesco utilizes, assesses their impact on organizational goals, and ultimately concludes on the company's overall success in building a capable workforce.

PROGRAM
LEADERSHIP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 Enclosed in PPT................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
1.3 ..........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
2.1...........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 ..........................................................................................................................................5
2.3 ..........................................................................................................................................6
2.4...........................................................................................................................................7
2.5...........................................................................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 ..........................................................................................................................................7
3.2...........................................................................................................................................9
3.3...........................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
In the present era, every business firm desires to gain the highest profitability and success
so as it can develop its won brand image in the market. For this objective, company's various
function can largely responsible for the effective smoothing of business activities. Leadership is
one of the most effective function of the management which assists in coordinating and
controlling the performance and activities of the employees (Krogh, Nonaka, and Rechsteiner
2012). In addition to this, recruitment and selection is another major aspect which assists in
attaining the objective of the organization. As recruitment is fair and effective then company can
gain skilled and effective employees which aid in attaining the business objective. In the
following report, there are depth knowledge and understanding about the recruitment and
selection program which will organized by the Tesco. In addition to this business strategy and its
impact in the business organization has also addressed in this report.
TASK 1 Enclosed in PPT
TASK 2
1.3
Current project handled by tesco is the recruitment events organized by the Hr manager
as their desired aim is to capture higher share of market in the external business environment.
The project development is regarded as the essential aspects for the management of tesco as in
this way they will gather all relevant information related to all the aims and the objectives
developed by the Hr manager initially (Arnold, Fletcher and Anderson, 2015). Various
guidelines are required to be followeArnold, R., Fletcher, D. and Anderson, R., 2015d by project
manager which in the given case is Human resource manager who is managing the recruitment
event. The recruitment event takes places in the business will be helpful for an entity as
organizing this event without any need in the business will increases the burden of additional
expenditures on an entity as their desired aims and the objectives created by the firm which in
turn act like important parameters in order to enhance the existing performance of the current
project. Basic constraint of the project is to be completed within a given span of time as
completing the overall project within a given deadline by the top management which needs to be
fulfilled by HR manager of tesco. The recruitment can be conducted in both internal and external
manner. The time of the business will be saved with the selection of appropriate technique of

recruitment as internal recruitment wold b selected by an entity when the internal employees are
strong enough whose skill be used as specialize element in their own firm and on the other hand
external recruitment would be selected by the Human resource personnel when the new job
demands fresh talent as hiring new employees will increase the level of the firm as higher
employee base will strengthen its existing business.
Work plan
Activities Duties Time scale Staff appointed Final outcome
Communication
skills
Reducing
workload among
line supervisor
2 months Executives Attract wide
number of
candidates to get
job in the firm
Shortlisting
candidates
Reviewing CV
and call person
for next round of
interview
1 week Hr manager
aArnold, R.,
Fletcher, D. and
Anderson, R.,
2015nd line
supervisor
Getting right
candidate for the
job
Budget
Item Description Costs (In £)
Office stationery £200 200
Advertising £500 500
Venue for interview £300 300
Refreshments £150 150
Marketing and printing £250 250
Total £1400

TASK 3

2.1
As a senior Human resource Manager, of Tesco PLC limited. it deals with the work of
recruiting the employees , fixing their compensation, planning the workplace environment and
finally the leadership development. The main aim of this program to develop the leadership
qualities so as to become the top future Human resources manager. For this various discussions
with the management has to be undertaken (Appadurai, 2009). For the recruitment purpose
meeting with the junior Human resources manager is been conducted to discuss the program
scheduling like discussions about the preliminary screening which involves deciding the
organization from where the interview has to be conducted the Group Discussion and deciding
the number of employees to be dealt with in each round. After these things have been done then
next step is the selection criteria to be decided on the basis of the requirement of the position for
which the person has to be hired.
The minutes of formal meetings is about the meetings with management so as to
coordinate the entire work of recruitment. As the person is employed for the organization hence
every thing has to be discussed with the management with the actual processing of the work
done. This involves the selected candidates has to appear for the personal interview round and
that is held by the senior Human Resource Manager and other senior executive panel of the
organization. As every employee is considered as an asset to the organization hence their
selection is a great task to achieve by the organization.
2.2
The program objective for the leadership program is aimed at recruitment of the person
for the required job and position. The entire process is not a simple task to do and is
accomplished with the use of different resources for the same. As the Human resource Manager
of Tesco PLC the various resources which are involved are- the resources on spreading
awareness of the job by the way of newspaper advertisements, hoardings, pamphlets and hiring
persons for the distribution of the same. The job description which involves the details of the job
and what all characteristics are required for the job. The basic things such as the application
forms for the applicants. These are the forms which consist of the basic information about the
applicant which acts as a background and consist of the references which is very important for
the organization to know the whether the information obtained from the applicant is correct in all
respect or not. The resources which are spent on these should be managed properly. The main

resources which are spent should be on the advertisement of the vacancy available in the
organization but for that if excessive expenditure is done that will again create a burden for the
organization. Hence, Senior Human resources manager should discuss the same with the
management and then only the budget for this is allocated appropriately.
2.3
As per the recruitment programme undertaken by the Tesco PLC by the HR manager,
they focuses on review which is done on each individual project and also considers regular
monitoring of these projects. It considers various aspects for the review that is it can consider:
Designing of monitoring systems:
Various monitoring softwares have been developed which in turn help human resource
manager in recruitment of employees. An Applicant Tracking system is a software application
can be used by the managers which enables them to satisfy as well as handle their recruitment
needs. It is very much same as Customer Relationship Management (CRM). This system helps
the managers in screening of applications automatically based on their skills, experience as well
as their qualification. It also provides information regarding the applicant's previous employers
as well as their organisations. Therefore, it helps in simplifying the overall recruitment process
thereby, reducing the workload of HR managers.
Regular review:
Individual projects also need to be regularly reviewed and monitored considering the
issues arising in the recruitment process. Tesco PLC aims at continuously monitor the individual
projects of recruitment making it a smooth process. During the review, HR managers of Tesco
PLC spoke to the number of people to review the overall projects of recruitment.
Issues arising in the recruitment process:
During the recruitment process, there are number of issues which arises in the recruitment
process. These issues are required to be dealt by the HR manager of Tesco PLC organisation.
Issues which can be arised in the overall process includes resource issues, timing issues etc.
Resources must be properly dealt with which includes people, finances, physical resources etc.
Various actions need to be taken to address the above issues by the aforesaid company
that is they can change or modify their existing policies regarding recruitment and selection of
candidates. They can form various other strategies regarding the screening process as per the
standards set by the Tesco PLC.

2.4
Stakeholders must be reported regarding the recruitment process undertaken by the
organisation. They must be reported as they play a very important role in recruitment of
candidates.
Stakeholders includes owners, suppliers, government, employee referrals etc. Government is
basically involved because it is compulsory for the organisations to set up their recruitment
process according to the Minimum Wages Act which is formed and implemented by
government. It also applies no discrimination policy to the organisations. Programme leadership
done by Tesco PLC involves reporting to stakeholders on time and also presents the methods of
reporting to the stakeholders which may be either face to face or written methods. They must be
reported in a predescribed format and whenever a new employee is recruited by the organisation
this must be reported to the stakeholders in order for smooth functioning of the process.
It must be reported to the senior managers too on time. Senior managers must be reported
on the progress of the individual projects or programmes and the results of those programmes.
Various individual projects are evaluated and their techniques are evaluated as well as objectives
of an overall programme and then giving feedback to the entire team, senior managers and
stakeholders.
2.5
The closing down of the project deals with the effectiveness of the Senior Human
Resource Manager on the appointment of the employee for the organization. The budgets
estimate are seen where the budget for the advertisement is according to the standard or not. If
not then the deviations are seen and finally concluded whether they are favorable or not. The
final approval by the panel will make the appointment come in force. The entire process ends
with the signature of the employee on the offer letter given by the organization which consist of
the terms and conditions for the job. On reading and agreeing, the same is been signed and the
final appointment is fixed by the organization.
TASK 4
3.1
Meeting will be organized by the manager with specific criteria fixed by them which will
be conveyed to all the top management in order to approve the budget prepared by the human

resource manager in order to accomplish all its aims and objectives prepared by them. The
agenda of the meeting will be especially designed by the manager as this would emphasize on
each and every aspects. Desired aims and the objectives developed by the manager which will be
discussed with the top management of the company as this will determine the overall success or
failure (Bolman and Deal, 2014). Parameters of the whole project will be set by an individual in
order to improve is existing performance along with all kinds of skills ad the capabilities utilized
by an individual in achieving all its goals and the objectives within a given span of time.
Time agendas are prepared in which the project manager will include specific time along
with each and every activities that facilitates all individual in order to perform all its duties
within a given span of time. Rile o an entity gets increases with the use of appropriate technique
of recruitment.
Minutes
Time agenda
Candidates will be selected using external recruitment method
Recruitment event will be conducted for 2 weeks
Shortlisting of candidate will run for a period of 1 week

3.2
The major objective this project program is to improve the recruitment in the
organisation, hire the loyal and killed candidate who can performs their job in an effective
manner. In addition to this, this project have another objective is to improve the performance of
the organisation. As per the entire discussion about the project program for the Tesco company,
it ha been analysed that company is organising an effective recruitment program which assist in
improving the success and profitability of the firm (Lee and Lawrence, 2013). By this project
program, it has been ascertained that the entire project program of the recruitment and election is
very successfully and beneficial for the company by which is attained its determined objective
that is improved business performance, company success, solve the issue of business, hire the
high quality and skilled employees so as company can improve its productivity and reflectivity.
If company's productivity and quality of working is increase then automatically company
profitability and process will increase. Therefore, from the entire project program of the Tesco it
has been an analysed that company have very effective program organized for the recruitment by
which killed and high efficient candidate are recruited in the organization.
3.3
In the above discussion it ha ascertained that the above recruitment event is very successful in
the Tesco. There are various area in which required improvement in the program management
and leadership-
 Company required to due the online recruitment process so as it can able to invite the
candidate from the global level.
 Company should improve its technological infrastructure so as busies process and
function can improve.
CONCLUSION
Recruitment and selection is one of the most important activity in the business context by
which firm can able to hire and recruit the high skilled employees which aid in attain the
objective of organization.From this report it ha been ascertained that Tesco plc can adopt various
techniques so that they can hire such a person who are able to take the firm in there growth. The
main objective of this program is that to create a skill's person in a right post so that they can
help with there specific activity, to accomplishes the business goals.

It has been ascertained that Tesco plc main objective is to adopt such a recruitment strategy that
enable the employees operate in worldwide market. It ha also concluded that company is
organizing an effective recruitment program which assist in improving the success and
profitability of the firm.