A Comparative Study of Recruitment and Selection: Retail vs. Auto

This report provides a comparative analysis of the recruitment and selection processes employed by Tesco, a retail organization, and Jaguar Land Rover, an automotive company. It examines the reasons for choosing these organizations, the specific methods they use for recruitment, and the strategies for selecting candidates. The report identifies differences and similarities in their processes, the rationale behind these choices, and the usefulness of these procedures for their respective businesses. It covers internal and external recruitment methods such as employee referrals, electronic recruitment, online applications, telephonic discussions, online tests, activities assessment, and behavioral and technical interviews. The assessment concludes that effective human resource practices are crucial for selecting the right individuals for specific positions and enabling business growth, highlighting the importance of recruitment and selection processes for all organizations.

FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Take two organisation and define its recruitment and selection process....................................3
Reasons for choosing these organisations...................................................................................3
Methods used to recruit...............................................................................................................3
Methods for select candidates.....................................................................................................4
Is these process are different or same.........................................................................................4
Reasons for choosing these process ...........................................................................................4
Why these are useful procedure for business..............................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Human resources involves screening, recruiting, training and developing a person so that
they can do task in a effective manner(Abugre and Boachie-Ansah, 2021). This assessment is
based two different sectors first one is retail and other is auto mobile. In this assessment topics
that can be discusses is recruitment and selection process of both companies, reason for choosing
firms, methods that they use to recruit, how they select individuals, is process is different or
same, reason for choosing process, why these reasons considers useful.
MAIN BODY
Take two organisation and define its recruitment and selection process.
The two organisation belongs two different sectors first one is retail and other is auto
mobile. It highlight different process of recruitment which involve electronic screening, online
test and several interview rounds for hiring a potential candidate.
Reasons for choosing these organisations
There are several reasons for choosing specific firm. Some of them are given below:
For auto mobile company
 Teach new skills
 High tech working environment
 Competitive wages and benefits
For Retail sector
 Growth opportunities
 Enhance problem solving skills Learn to sell
Methods used to recruit
Recruitment Process:
Company 1- TESCO( retail organisation)
This company takes five week for handling this process then after they deliver application of
candidate job role(Aungsuroch, Gunawan and Fisher, 2022). Basically two methods are used by
company.
◦ Internal recruitment

▪ Employee Referrals
◦ External recruitment
▪ Electronic Recruitment
Company 2- JAGUAR LAND ROVER( auto mobile company)
◦ Online application form
◦ Telephonic discussion
◦ Online test
Methods for select candidates
Selection Process
Company 1- TESCO
In duration of five weeks business can give result of recruitment after that they focus on
selecting capable candidate.
◦ Through online applications- candidate who are interest to do job company can
approach in stores and register them by Job centre Plus.
Company 2- JAGUAR LAND ROVER
 Activities assessment
 Interviews
◦ Behavioural
◦ Technical
Is these process are different or same
These procedure of both organisation is kind of different and the reason is
 Tesco procedure is used for hiring potential candidates for store job profiles Jaguar Land Rover use this process for selecting candidate for showroom or companies.
Reasons for choosing these process
 In case of Tesco, these specific process helps to improve hiring quality and select fit
candidate(Oaya, Ogbu and Remilekun, 2017). Electronic recruitment derive advancing
techniques and customer ease. In case of Jaguar, these process helps to select desired candidate on specific defined role.

Why these are useful procedure for business
These policies is important for both organisation as it fulfil job requirement and try to
provide equal opportunities to employees.
CONCLUSION
It is being concluded from above assessment is that human resource is important for
every business as it help to select right person for specific position. An above assessment defines
why recruitment and selection process is important for every organisation as without this
company are unable to handle business growth.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abugre, J.B. and Boachie-Ansah, R., 2021. Digitizing Recruitment and Selection of Employees
in Ghana: A Social Media Network Perspective. In Business in Africa in the Era of
Digital Technology (pp. 43-61). Springer, Cham.
Aungsuroch, Y., Gunawan, J. and Fisher, M.L., 2022. Recruitment and Selection. In Redesigning
the Nursing and Human Resource Partnership (pp. 31-48). Palgrave Macmillan,
Singapore.
Oaya, Z.C.T., Ogbu, J. and Remilekun, G., 2017. Impact of Recruitment and Selection Strategy
on Employees Performance: A Study of Three Selected Manufacturing Companies in
Nigeria. International Journal of Innovation and Economic Development. 3(3). pp.32-
42.