Assignment on Recruitment and Selection

UNIT 13 RECRUITMENT
AND SELECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Identifying how two businesses plan recruitment using internal and external sources.........1
P2 Impact of the legal and regulatory framework on recruitment and selection activities........2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
P3 Preparation of the documents used in selection and recruitment activities...........................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
P4 Planning to take part in selection interview...........................................................................5
P5 Taking part in selection interview..........................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Two important functions of a human resources department are recruitment and selection.
Though linked together in what is generally called the employment discipline of human
resources, they are two distinct functions. Recruitment can be defined as searching for and
obtaining a pool of potential candidates with the desired knowledge, skills and experience to
allow an organisation to select the most appropriate people to fill job vacancies against defined
position descriptions and specifications (Chapman and Webster, 2003). Once a pool of
candidates has been identified through the recruitment process the most appropriate candidate, or
candidates are identified through a selection process including but not limited to interviewing,
reference checking and testing. The purpose of the selection process is to ensure that the best
person or people are appointed to the role or roles using effective, fair and equitable assessment
activities.
TASK 1
P1 Identifying how two businesses plan recruitment using internal and external sources
The two organization that are being taken includes House of Fraser and Land Rover.
House of Fraser (HOF) is a British, national organisation within the retail industry, that sell an
array of products under 5 main departments in-store store from Handbags to Televisions to
Make-up and Men’s Shoes. On the other hand Land Rover is a British car manufacturer which
specialises in four-wheel drive vehicles, and are famously renowned for the creation of ‘off-road’
vehicles such as the Defender, Freelancer and now more recently the exclusive Range Rover
collection.
Internal and External sources used to recruit
HOF usually recruits internally, as this is a cost-effective and time-saving method. If they
choose to advertise internally, posters are situated within the staff room and locker room where
employees are most likely to see the advertisements. However they do also advertise their
vacancies clearly on their intranet site for current employees if they wish to look, but these
vacancies can also be found by members of the public ‘externally’ on the House Of Fraser
website too which is also a fairly cheap process as it does not require a third party input, which
would usually be a job centre or newspaper, who could advertise on behalf of the company.
Advertisements can also be found in shop windows which along with other external methods of
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