Recruitment and Selection | Human Resource Management | Report

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Discussion............................................................................................................................3
Brief Overview of the selected Company........................................................................3
An analysis of the HR planning and work design functions...........................................3
Analysis of recruitment and selection practices..............................................................5
Analysis of diversity management within the selected organization...............................6
Three recommendations that will help the organization to move towards the best HR
practices.......................................................................................................................................7
Improving the process of workforce planning.................................................................8
Improving the diversity management of the organization...............................................8
Carrying out selective hiring instead of bulk hiring........................................................9
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................9
References..........................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The process of recruitment and selection includes identification of a job need, definition
of the positions requirement and also the task that is required to be done by the job holders. And
therefore recruitment and selection process includes advertising about a job vacancy within the
organization and choosing the most suitable candidate for the job role (Anita & Swamy, 2018).
Moreover recruitment and selection within an organization is the most important processes
because it has the some impacts over the organizational performance and productivity through
selection and recruitment of the right people for the right job role and position (ANJORIN &
Jansari, 2018). Moreover in the process if selection, the HR managers tries to match the
requirement of a particular job with the skills, abilities and knowledge of the individuals. On the
other hand, a job role includes the description of what a person is expected to do when they
occupy a particular Job position (Argouslidis et al., 2018). And the job title is the name of the job
role for which a candidate is selected. Therefore the job role includes the expected behavior
related to a particular position and the job position includes the designation of an employee. The
Company selected for the purpose of this study includes- Aldi Supermarket. The main aim of the
paper is to discuss about the attractiveness of the job role’s in Aldi Supermarket. The paper will
discuss about a brief introduction into the organization, analysis of the HR planning and work
design functions, an analysis of the recruitment and selection practices, diversity management
within the organization and make recommendation for carrying out best HR practices in the
organization.

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Discussion
Brief Overview of the selected Company
Aldi Supermarket is one of the well-known discount chains supermarkets that is presently
operating across approximately 20 countries and about 10000 stores (Bailey et al., 2018). Aldi is
a Germany based Supermarket chains and was found in the year 1946. Moreover it is a private
company and belongs to the retail industry. The products offered by the company supermarket
chain include- household essentials and grocery. The revenue earned by the company is
approximately 53 billion euros and it also has subsidiary called the Aldi Nord. In the year 1960,
the business got divided into two separate groups of Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud with headquarters
in Essen and Mulheim respectively (Shannon, 2016). The two division have been legally and
financially separate since 1966. The supermarket chain has a vision of enabling its shoppers live
a richer life by paying less for the commodities. Therefore Aldi Supermarket aims “at providing
everyday groceries at the lowest possible prices.” Hence, the supermarket provides a smarter
way of shopping to its customers. The company sells its exclusive product at highly competitive
prices. While the company also makes sure that the quality of its products is maintained through
a number of laboratory tests and in-house tests. The company understands its responsibility
towards the society and its employees and therefore engages in a number of corporate social
responsibility activities.
An analysis of the HR planning and work design functions
HR planning includes the process of planning systematically for optimum utilization of
the most valuable assets of the organization that is its employees and therefore human resource
planning helps in ensuring a proper fit between the jobs and the employees by overcoming issues