BSBHRM506 Manage Recruitment Selection and Induction Processes

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BSBHRM506 – MANAGE
RECRUITMENT SELECTION AND
INDUCTION PROCESSES

Table of Contents
Assessment task 1......................................................................................................3
Assessment 2............................................................................................................11
Assessment task 3....................................................................................................19
Assessment task 4....................................................................................................25
Assessment task 5....................................................................................................30
References:....................................................................................................................37

Assessment task 1
01. Describe five methods of recruiting staff.
Human resource managers usually use certain methods and strategies which HRM
uses, for the recruitment of the staffs. The five important way of methods to recruit staffs
are:
Online print job advertisements: There are some online and offline print media and
publications which are used by the Human resource managers for the recruitment of the
staffs. The key feature of such method of recruitment is that such method can attract the
particular kind of candidates specifically which company wants to recruit for their job
profiles. For example, a technical business company would advertise for recruitment in
trade newspaper and technical publications.
Government job centers: These centers supported by the government provides the
advertisement services to the employment development program for the citizens. There
are some government job training programs which trainee and attract a large number of
citizens and work accordingly with the business who requires staffs. The key feature of
such advertisement services is that such services by the government are free of cost
and available in both online and offline media.
Social and new media: The key feature or we can say the advantage of such
advertisement is that such social media advertising services connect professionals all
over the world together. With some popular social media sites, businesses can
collaborate and attract a large number of candidates towards their recruitment.

Employment and recruitment agencies: Business and Companies sometimes, uses
recruitment agencies for the advertisement purpose for their job staff. Such agencies
have an advantage, over other methods of recruitment because such agencies have a
good network of candidates who are anxious for a job.
Internal bulletins and personal recommendations: Sometimes internal recruitment
and bulletins are used which has the two advantages like best candidates can be
recruited who are anxious for advancement in the company.
Describe the purpose of an assessment center in the recruitment process.
Assessment center not only assess the candidate for a job but the main purpose of
assessment center is to evaluate the candidate according to the behavior by multiple
evaluations such as interviews, psychological tests, body language, etc.
3. Outline three advantages of using an assessment Centre to determine a
candidate’s suitability for a position.
 Assessment center provides an advantage to candidates to understand more
about the role for which they had applied because in assessment center they are
specifically assessed by exercises particular for that role.
 Assessment center impresses candidates and enhances the image of the
business, by their processes which they have systematically arranged in an
assessment center.
 Business can save cost using assessment centers.
4. Explain the concept of human resources outsourcing.

The main concept of HRO is to sub-contracting the works of Human resource functions
to an external supplier who can recruit employees.
There are certain ways in which outsourcing can be done:
02. Business process HR outsourcing where an external recruiter manages the
human resource activities
03. Shared services outsourcing, here only administration services are outsourced.
5. Discuss two advantages of outsourcing HR functions.
 A full human resource department capot avoids the overhead costs, hence
outsourcing of some of the hr. functions save money.
 The cost of outsourcing payroll is very less when compared with the in-house
payroll staff.
6. Describe the function and scope of industrial relations.
Scope of industrial relation:
 The labor relation includes the relationship between the labor union and the
management of the company.
 The parties such as employee, employer, and other states take part in the scope
of industrial relations.
Functions are:
Industrial relations are the more advanced name of the employee relations, Industrial
relations are very important and the main function of industrial relations is to maintain
healthy communication and relation among the employee and employer.

7. Describe the purpose of an employment contract.
The main purpose of an employment contract is to ensure that the employee and
employer both are mutually understood about the expectation for the employment.
Employer contract is used to avoid any future dispute between the employee and
employer.
8. Describe how modern awards relate to employment contracts.
An employment contract is a source for the relationships of employment. In some
cases, these relationship contract can be entitled as a modern award in the fair work
act.
If an employment contract is not able to entitle a suitable modern award, then, in that
case, the enterprise agreement would be ineffective and the liable entitlement would be
continued to be given to the established employee.
9. a: What is the minimum hourly rate for a grade 5 cook?
The minimum hourly rate of the 5-grade cook is $24.78.
b. If the cook is employed as a regular casual look, what is the casual loading that
must be paid?
The payment would be done by a standard weekly rate as a percentage.
c. If the cook is a regular at grade 5 and worked 8 hours from 9 a.m TO 5:30 p.m.
with a 30-minute lunch break, what will be the total amount paid to the cook?

The total payment would be $ 198.16 every month.
D. Identify the minimum weekly wages for a kitchen attendant grade 1 and
calculate the annual salary based on this amount.
The annual salary would be $ 3228 and minimum weekly wages are $ 62.
10. Explain the purpose of a registered agreement.
The main purpose of the registered agreement is to ensure the minimum requirements
and conditions available to the employee at the workplace.
When the registered agreement is available, And the work of the employee is covered
with the registered agreement, in such case, it is the purpose of registered agreement to
apply the minimum pay and conditions.
11. Summarize the 10 minimum workplace entitlements in the National
Employment Standards for a permanent employee of an organization.
Maximum weekly hours: The maximum working hours of an employee is set to 38
hours for full-time employees, and an employer cannot demand more than this.
Flexible working arrangements: if an employee had worked for more than 12 months
under one employer, they can ask for flexible hours, locations, or pattern in the work.
Parental leave and related entitlements: Parental leaves can be taken when the
employee gives birth or their spouse give birth. Employees are liable to take up to 12
months of parental leave.

Annual leave: Annual leave is leaves which employee can take, and they get paid also.
This entitlement of annual leaves is registered under national employment standards.
Sick and care’s leave: such leaves help the employee to take care of their relatives or
themselves during illness.
Public holidays: the public holiday is entitled and given based on where the individual
is working, not where he or she is working on the public holiday.
Long service leaves: This is given to an employee who had already worked for a long
period for a single employer (Australia, 2009).
Notice and final pay: it is a period which employee has to give to the employer while
leaving an organization.
Redundancy: Redundancy occurs when an employer doesn’t want any work to be
done by anyone else, or when they are bankrupt.
Family and domestic violence leave: all the employees can take at least 5 days of leave
annually in respect to domestic violence and for families.
12. State how long must employees’ records be kept for according to the Fair
Work Act 2009.
The employer should keep the records of their employees for at least 7 years.
13. Summarise at least four examples of the information that must be kept for
each employee according to the Act above and the Fair Work Regulations 2009.
Four kinds of information which must be kept in records are:

 General information like employee name, employee joining date, and his or her
qualification (Kavanagh, 2017).
 Pay rate which is paid to the employee during their working hours, and
deduction.
 Any overtime which is done by an employee should be kept in records and
should be paid.
 During the transfer of business, the new employer has to ask for the employee’s
records, hence records of employees have to be kept.
14. Explain when a payslip must be provided to an employee and what
information must be included in the payslip under the Fair Work Act 2009.
A payslip has to be given to the employee within one day of payday, irrespective of
whether an employee is working or not.
Pay Slip should include the following information:
 Employer and employee name
 Pay period
 Date of payment to the employee
 Employer Australian business number (Freyens, 2013).
15. How much notice must be provided to an employee who is to be dismissed?
Notice period should be given as:
Worked for 1 year or less= 1 week
Worked for 1 year-3 year = 2 weeks

Worked for 3 to 5 years = 3 weeks
16: Who is and who is not covered by unfair dismissal laws?
An employee who has completed a minimum period of employment under an employer
is covered under unfair dismissals.
State government employees in new south wales are not covered under unfair
dismissals.
17. Explain why is important to advise potential employees of the terms and
conditions of employment during the recruitment process?
It is important to give a copy of terms and conditions agreement of employment
because it includes some important information of employment such as wages,
minimum working hours, pay scale, etc. advising the potential employee about the
terms and condition would decrease the conflict issues.
18. Explain the purpose and relevance of psychometric tests in recruitment.
A psychological test is used and the purpose of such a test is to analyze the abilities
and skills of the employees such as verbal, numerical and reasoning.
19. Explain the purpose and relevance of skills tests in recruitment.
The purpose of the skills test is to analyze and test the skills and capabilities which
employer want from their employee to have according to the work given to them.

Assessment 2
1. Analyze company information and conduct research.
Ingrow management consultants, word documents are mostly used. The employees
who are hired by grow consultants are provided with a copy of the policies and
procedures upon which they work. The strategic plan and other important
documents help employees to know about grow management consultants more, and
to understand the objective and purpose of the organization.
There are some flaws in human resource policies because the objectives are not
portraited correctly. Technologies and its uses also improve the efficiency of the
work of the employees. It can be used in recruitment processes and operations in
the business.

2. Develop a human resource requirement briefing report.
Purpose of this particular report Use of technologies for the recruitment
process to achieve objectives.
Analysis of the strategic goals and
priorities set.
The strategic goal of Grow is to hire
skilled employees and expansion of the
business.
Human resource policies The existing policies and procedures
involve termination policies, workplace
behavior policies.
Recommended human resource
policies.
It is required to include the following
policies and procedures such as:
Complaint procedures
Form of hiring
Accommodation form
Benefits for the employees.
Review technology which enhances
the efficiency of tasks.
The technologies which can enhance
productivity are:
Recruitment and shortlisting software’s
Payment services
Performance evaluation tools