Recruitment Process: Purpose, Functions, and Benefits of HRM Practices

This document discusses the recruitment process and the purpose and functions of human resource management (HRM) in workforce planning and resourcing. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection methods. Additionally, it highlights the benefits of various HRM practices for both employers and employees, including training and development, reward management, and performance management. The effectiveness of these practices in increasing profitability and productivity is also examined.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
purpose and function of the human resource management For the workforce planning and
resourcing....................................................................................................................................3
strength and weaknesses of recruitment and selection method...................................................5
How functions of Hrm provide talent and skills appropriate to fulfil the business objectives....7
Strength and weakness of different approaches of selection and recruitmen..............................7
Strength and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection.............................8
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................8
Benefits of different HRM practises within organisation for both employer and employees.....8
Effectiveness of the Hrm practises to rise profitability and productivity....................................9
Different methods used in Human resource management practices..........................................11
human resource management practices.....................................................................................11
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................11
LO 3...............................................................................................................................................11
Importance of employees relation in respect to influence in HRM decision-making...............11
key elements of employment legislation and its impact on HRM decision making.................13
Key aspect of employees relation management an employees legislation................................14
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................14
P 7 Applications of human resource management practices in work related..........................14
context........................................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management is the strategic approach to the effective management of
people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive
advantage. Tesco is one of the largest companies dealing in the line of retail supermarkets. The
company has a edge over their competitors. This report gives a brief analysis of factors and
elements that are concerned with human resource management such as their purpose and
functions regarding the planning of workforce with the available resources of the business.
Strength and weakness of the process of recruitment through which they select the employees.
Other than this it highlights on the aspect of advantages of practices of HRM for both the
employees and employers. It also assesses the effectiveness of practices that are enabled by HR
as it is concerned with the profits of the company and level of production (Kianto, Sáenz and
Aramburu, 2017).
LO 1
purpose and function of the human resource management For the workforce planning and
resourcing
Human resource management is the most important function of the companies like Tesco
which has huge contribution any companies planning, workforce resourcing, organising and
managing the workplace (Bartram., Cavanagh and Hoye., 2017). HR functions areinterlink with
workforce planning and resourcing becausr they use people within the organisation in a most
effective way to achieve targeted individual goals including the organisational goals and
objectives. The HR manager Fall into the three major areas, data employees benefits and
compensations, and defining the work to the employees. the main purpose of the human resource
management to maximize the productivity by optimizing the effectiveness of the employees who
are working at the workplace of Tesco. This Department has many functions but some of the
functions are most important that are-
Recruiting and selecting
HR manager is responsible to recruit and select the desirable candidates for the job
available within the Tesco. They take their interviews an other test to analyse their potentials and
skills according to the job role. It is a basic function or process in which screening of all the

candidates is done then qualified and potential candidates are chosen to work on this specific job
role. this process is done to identify the qualified applicant out of all the other application applied
by the candidates. A talented candidates have potential to work effectively and they can help
company to Achieve their set goals and objectives.
Training and development
It is another most important function of the human resource management. HR manager of
the Tesco provide training and I meant to the employees to increase the efficiency and
effectiveness within their work. employees get chance to increase their knowledge and improve
their skills that can be useful for their future career and it will help them to grow affectively.
training and development programmer increase the motivation within employees and encourage
them to give their best within the task and that has directly affect on the companies performance.
Managing employees relation
Employees are the main pillar of the organisation so it is main function of the human
resource management of the Tesco to maintain a good relationship between the employees and
influence their behaviour and work outputs. To maintain a good relationship at the workplace of
the company, HR manager implemented various practises like creating a group, diversified
workplace etc To maintain a good relationship between the employees and it also increased the
flow of communication, Which is necessary for the business success.
Policy maker
HR manager Is responsible too develop and implement the policies related to the employment.
they helps to provide employees right that unnecessary for working under the Tesco company,
they only responsible to create and Implementing policies related to the employees rights like
employment laws, safety and security laws, contract laws etc (Likhitkar, and Verma., 2017).
Recommendation
It is necessary for the HR Department of Tesco company to use technology to manage their work
like payroll related software, software for attendance. Technology based on recruitment and

selection, online job post etc. This all technology can be helpful to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of HR functions.
strength and weaknesses of recruitment and selection method
Recruitment is the process of screening, identifying, short listing and hiring the potentials
candidates for filling the positions and vacancies within the Tesco company. it is one of the core
function of the organisation that has to choose the right person for the right position and the right
time. The recruitment also based on internal and external both. here are internal recruitment
methods
Internal recruitment
Promotion
Promotion is the internal recruitment process, This kind of recruitment is done when any
candidate is doing well in their job and when companies require a higher position implies they
recruit theskilful employees who are already working within the company
Transfer
Transfer is another internal recruitment process where employees get transferred to the
another branch of the company without increasing their salaries and sometimes they increase
Strength
 Employees get chance to work on high position
 Lower level employees give their best to get higher position within the Tesco company
Weakness
 Create conflicts among colleagues
 Results in an flexible culture
External recruitment
Social media

HR manager of the Tesco company use social media to post the job recruitment, candidates
apply According to their qualification And Skills in themselves according to the job role (Chams
and García-Blandón., 2019).
Referrals
It is another method in which candidates come through the referral by the employees who
are already working within the company. It is an basic method of the recruitment.
Strength
 Company get qualified candidates
 Company get skilful employees who can work effectively for the specific job role
Weakness
 External process is most costlier as compared to internal
 Time consuming
Selection process
Selection is the next step that come after the recruitment, in the recruitment process HR
manager Of Tesco company recruiting candidates for the next step. in the selection process
candidates have to give the various tests to pass and qualify for the job. here are some methods
of the selection
Interview
Interview is the very important step of the selection within the human resource
management. it is like examination of the candidates where they have been asked oral questions
by the HR manager, The interviewer tries to synthesize and obtain the information about the
abilities of the candidate so they can identify if the candidate is perfect for the job or not.
Eligibility test
This is the test conducted on the basis of handwriting, it is because handwriting is also
helps to specify the nature of the candidate which comes in Physiology.

Aptitude test
The aptitude test can be verbal, reasoning, numerical questions that are asked to know the ability
to perform the job by the candidate (Batarlienė, And et.al., 2017).
Strength
 It helps to eliminate the candidates who are lacking in the knowledge, ability for the
specific job role.
 Interviewer can identify talent through the selection methods that can help Tesco to grow.
Weakness
 Company require hire time and they have to put huge cost to run selection process.
 Sometimes candidates are good at interviews and other tests but Not in practical work.
How functions of Hrm provide talent and skills appropriate to fulfil the business objectives
Training and development functions are helpful for the employment to provide appropriate skills
an help to achieve business objectives. There are many Labor trends within the market like
performance appraisals, additional benefits etc are current labors market trends.
Type of Labor market
There are 3 types of Labor market, Unskilled Labor , semiskilled Labor, and skill level. If HR
Department of the Tesco company Bring the unskilled Labour then they have to provide them
training and development, semiskilled how knowledge about the task but not fully but the skillful
Labour have some specific skills that make them professional in their work.
Strength and weakness of different approaches of selection and recruitmen.
Recruitment is the process of screening, identifying, short listing and hiring the potentials
candidates for filling the positions and vacancies within the Tesco company.Promotions and
referrals are process of recruitment
 Strength- Company get qualified candidates
 Weakness- Time consuming

Selection- is the next step that come after the recruitment, in the recruitment process HR
manager Of Tesco company recruiting candidates for the next step.
 Strength- knowledge, ability for the specific job role in candidate
 Weakness- Company require hire time and they have to put huge cost to run selection
process.
Strength and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection.
Recruitment strengths are that it is easy and best way to identify the qualified candidates,
weakness of recruitment is that it is needed more time to complete. Example of recruitment are
reference promotion.
On the other side selection strengths are It can provide a skillful employees. weakness-
Sometimes employees are good and interview but they are not good at work. example of
selection methods are interview an ability test.
LO 2
Benefits of different HRM practises within organisation for both employer and employees.
Human resource management of the Tesco company plays most important role and
implement practices like Training and development, performance appraisal, reward management
etc. HRM practices are beneficial for both employer and employeesBecausr when employees
give their best in the task then they get benefits from the employer, on the other side good
performance by the employees help a company to increase their growth which is a benefit for the
employer. here is explanation of those practices and their benefits-
Training and development
HR manager of the Tesco provide training and I meant to the employees to increase the
efficiency and effectiveness within their work. training and development programme increase the
motivation within employees and encourage them to give their best within the task and that has
directly affect on the Tesco.

For employees - employees get chance to increase their knowledge and improve their skills that
can be useful for their future career and it will help them to grow affectively (Amun and et.al.,
2017).
For employer- Training and development programme provide effective workforce to the
employer that help their company togrow and company can take competitive advantages.
Reward management
Reward management is another practise run by the human resource management, HR
manager Of the Tesco implement reward related policies and practises within the workplace.
rewards are the additional benefits to the employees and they get this reward with their salaries.
For employees- Employees motivate when they get rewards from their superiors and they
gave their best to achieve those rewards and satisfy their basic needs.
For employer- Motivated employees perform well in that task and reward also increase
the productivity within the workplace of Tesco that helps employer to take competitive
advantages.
Performance management
The performance management is the ongoing process of communication between the
companies superiors and their employees. This process work haulier and it is implemented by the
HR manager Of the company to support of accomplishing the companies goals and objectives.
For employees- Performance management is useful practises that help to increase the
performance of the employees that enables them to give their best toward their task and
employees can also take higher position by showing their performance to the HR manager.
For employer- employer can be aware of employees who are performing well. Employer
will be aware of employees who are performing and they can promote them in future for the
higher position on the basis of their scale and performance.

Effectiveness of the Hrm practises to rise profitability and productivity
Human resource management of the Tesco company is not only responsible to recruit employees
but they are also run the practises that rise the probability and productivity at the workplace
(Sarwar, Aftab, Sarwar and Shahid., 2016). it affect on the performance of the company within
the market where they are operating their business and they are able to take competitive
advantages. Here are some practises that price the productivity and profitability-
Training and development programmes- HR manager of the company employment
training and development programmed at the workplace of Tesco, where they provide skill based
training do the workers. this kind of training helps to rise productivity of the employees and they
are able to work more effectively for the company. increasing productivity means be more
probability.
Group practises- Group practises is one of the essential practise that are provided by the
human resource management. HR manager of the Tesco company divide employees into the
various groups. each group have to perform particular task and this groups are consist of
variousskilful and talented employees. Employees who work individually take time To do their
task but working in a group make it easy Anne group members can do same task in less time and
more effectively. it affects the productivity and profitability both for the company.
Rewards- Rewards are the extra benefits that employees get for their good performance
and target achievement. HR implement this kind of practises to raise the productivity level of the
employees because employees give their best when they get rewards for achieving their target.
increasing productivity also improve the profitability of the company an Tesco can take
competitive advantages within the market. It is necessary for the HR manager Of the Tesco
company to run reward management practices To make that employees more effective and more
productive in their work. reward will make them motivate and affect that performance positively
that will direct benefit to the companies performance .
Flexible hours Practice -HR manager of the Tesco company know that the employer is open to
flexible working is great for the employees morale and their engagement. It is in great sign for
the company to understand that employees have lives outside the company as well and they
should also get a chance to spend sometimes with their family and friends (Amarneh and

Muthuveloo., 2020). HR manager of the company can also provide flexible working hours
where employees can go to their home after they finish their work. it will motivate them to do
their work on time so they can go to their home and enjoy time with their friends and family. it
will rise the productivity level of the employees and provide profitability to the company.
Different methods used inHuman resource management practices
There are various methods are used Human resource practices like training and
development, performance appraisal, reward management etc. This all methods are useful to
provide competitive advantages and increase the probability of Tesco company. For example-
Rewards are the extra benefits that employees get for their good performance and target
achievement. HR implement this kind of practices to raise the productivity level of the
employees because employees give their best when they get rewards for achieving their target.
human resource management practices
Flexible hours Practice -HR manager of the Tesco company know that the employer is open to
flexible working is great for the employees morale and their engagement.
Recommendation
Flexible working are practises and reward management practises are most useful for the HR
Department of Tesco company and they are more effective to produce better outcomes for the
company. this can increase the motivation in employees and they will give their 100% and make
company successful in their business.
LO 3
Importance of employees relation in respect to influence in HRM decision-making
Employees relation is one of the most necessary requirement that helps too maintain the
effective and positive workplace culture. it is the responsibility of the HR manager Of the Tesco
company to build a strong relationship between the employees. If company is not able to
maintain the good relationship between the employees than it can result in conflicts and make the
workplace environment of the Tesco bad and It will directly affect on their reputation within the
market and also probability.
Equality

Equality within the male and female employees can be useful to create employees Relation and
help them to create trust among them. human resource management should maintain the quality
at their workplace and take Equal decision in favor of both male and female employees.
Health and safety
The management of Tesco has made sure that they keep their facility equip with those tools and
measures which meets the criteria of safety standards. With this effect the rate of accidental
damage in the office and stores has been come to minimum which helps the company to face and
jurisdiction.
Decision-making
employees relation has direct impact on the decision-making prices of the company. An
effective relation between the employees can help to enable and taking the proper decision for
the human resource management. There are some conditions at the workplace of the Tesco
where it is required by the HR To take immediate decision's and they require support of the
employees as well. In this kind of cases relation between the HR An employee should be good
So they can take suggestion from the employees and take quick decision. It is also necessary for
the human resource manager to involve employees and decision-making to create trust an
engagement.
Work division
An effective relation between the employees who are working at the workplace of Tesco
company can allow In proper decision of the work in harsh time and when company needed The
support from the employees. Through that it makes easy for the company to achieve goes in such
difficult time by working effectively with the employees. Moreover, It is important that both the
employer and employees work with each other to achieve the goals and objective of the Tesco
company so they can make business successful for the Tesco company. the responsibility should
be equal divide it within them and mutual decision are taken and this way challenging the
objectives and goal attend as well.
Positive work culture

Having a good employee engagement can help to create a positive work culture for the test
company (Opatha., 2019). It will increase the productivity and profitability of the company and
make easy for the HR Manager to take decision’s and they will always get the support from their
employees about any kind of decision they are taking and they will also get some suggestion
from them. positive work culture can only build if the employees are engaged with each other
and HR management can create a positive work culture through creating trust among the
employees by understanding their problems within the workplace and help them to overcome
from those problems. HR manager can take their problem directly to the superiors of the
company and provide immediate support to employees and build a good trust with them.
key elements of employment legislation and its impact on HRM decision making.
There have been many changes by the government of British and this has been done in
the sole interest of employees that are working for the company so that their interests are
protected and they can execute their rights and work safely in the organization without facing
any mental trauma. With the help of changes in the laws the rate of many incidents which are
related to sexual harassment, differences on the basis of race, cast, religion etc. and cases which
involves abuse has been on the downside. This is because employers are now aware of the
outcome of their actions as they will have to face legal penalties decided by the law. This is the
reason why Tesco complies with these laws as they maintain their operations on a wide scale and
if they are involved in any of these case then the sales of the company will decline as people will
not support them (Delery and Roumpi, 2017).
Health and Safety Act 1974-
This act provides safeguard to the interest of the members of Tesco when it is concerned
with their health and safety. The management of Tesco has made sure that they keep their facility
equip with those tools and measures which meets the criteria of safety standards. With this effect
the rate of accidental damage in the office and stores has been come to minimum which helps the
company to face and jurisdiction. Other than this they also make sure that every employee must
attend the sessions which are related to this aspect so that they are aware of the use of every tool
and protect themselves (Michael, 2019).
Employee protection Act 1978-

This act deals with the cases that are related with terminating employees without any due
notice. After the introduction of this law it has become mandatory for the company to provide a
prior notice to the employee if the company wants to fire him because of some practical and
reasonable reasons. Also when the employee is appointed newly into the company all the legal
formalities and checks needs to be done such as agreement with all the conditions needs to be
drafted so that employee is safe from both the sides and he has legal proof that he is a part of the
company. Tesco respects these laws and they never make an attempt to go bias over these
decisions and serve with them faithfully (Macke and Genari, 2019).
Equality Act-
This Act deals with the cases that are related among the differences between employees
and their managers on the basis of caste, race, religion, sex etc. Tesco makes sure that no
manager in the company is making bias decisions, also they consult on a regular basis with HR
that complain of the employee related to this issue must be met. So that no legal action is taken
by them which helps the company to save the name and reputation of the brand in the market.
With the implications of these laws by the management of Tesco employees feel safe to
be a part of the company and this is one of the reasons of Tesco’s high retention of employees
(Ahammad, Glaister and Gomes, 2020).
Other than this there are some areas which are important such as marinating the privacy of
employees and securing their data it is important that company drafts appropriate policies for this
so that there are no controversies in future. The company manages ER with the help of mutual
understanding and contractual agreements.
Key aspect of employees relation management an employees legislation
Employees relation is one of the most necessary requirement that helps too maintain the
effective and positive workplace culture. According to the employment legislation there are
some legislation’s which are related to sexual harassment, differences on the basis of race, cast,
religion etc. and cases which involves abuse has been on the downside.

LO 4
P 7 Applications of human resource management practices in work related
context
Job Opportunity
The position of manager in the field of marketing has been opened up in London UK. The details
for the job are mentioned below.
Title of the Job-
Marketing Manager
Qualifications-
Completed Masters in Marketing from London University
Work Experience-
Minimum 3 years as manager in Multinational companies
Age
25-30 years
Role of Job
Need to work on field and engage in meeting with members so that goals can be accomplished.
Achieve the targets that are set by the management.
Manage and interact with teams to determine their position on the task.
Attributes-
Preference will be given to those who knows English as well as Spanish.
Profile of the Job-
To manage the whole team under Marketing
Goals that are concerned with the marketing department needs to be achieved.
Need to be available for the members of the staff.
Work on strategies of marketing.
To submit their application mail needs to be sent to HR.

CV
Name- Alex
Email ID- [e-mail]
Mobile No- 8656765366
Qualification-
Qualification University Year Grade
B.COM UK 2006 9
M.COM UK 2009 8
Strengths-
Leadership Skills
Management Skills
Learning Skills
Bring new ideas to complete the work
Communication Skills-
Personal Details-
Unmarried
Nationality- British Citizen
Job offer letter-
Date- 11-27-2020
Dear Alex,
This letter is to inform you that you have been finalized for the position of marketing

manager in your company. Your joining date will be 12-5-2020 and the address is mentioned in
the attached letter. Timings for the job will be 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Apart from this it is
necessary that you bring all the personal documents so that HR can complete all the legalities.
Company will also run a background and medical check on you. If everything sounds good to
you then you can sign this and draft this to HR.
We look towards to work with you
Yours Sincerely Candidate Signature
HR Manager ( )
Tesco
Interview Questions
Tell us about yourself?
From where did you hear about the vacancy?
Give reasons for why should we hire you instead of others?
Tell us your strengths that make you different and unique?
CONCLUSION
From the above studies it can be concluded that the HR of the company needs to make
changes in their style and pattern of working so that they can figure out where the performance
of employee is lacking and can make sure that they can guide them with enough practice that
they turn out to be efficient for the company. Apart form this it is necessary for the HR of the
company to formulate strategies that keeps on motivating the employees so that they keep
working up to their potential and tends to keep on making profits for the company. This will help
them to increase their share in the market. It is up to the HR to review and examine the
candidates at the time of interview, better the process of screening better they will be able to
determine their abilities. So it is necessary that they make changes in the process of screening
and select candidates that help the company to grow into the market.

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