Recruitment Strategy & Staff Development Plan: Travel Consultant

This report outlines the recruitment process for a Business Travel Consultant at Crystal Travel, a leading UK travel company. It includes a detailed job description and person specification, a job advertisement, and an external recruitment strategy utilizing social media. The report also presents a three-month staff development plan for new hires, focusing on time management, presentation skills, and industry knowledge. The recruitment strategy emphasizes social media to attract potential candidates. The staff development plan aims to improve the new starter's skills and effectiveness within the company. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and resources for students.

RECRUITMENT DOCUMENTS

Table of Contents
NTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Job description and person specification for the Business Travel consultant .............................4
Job advertisement to help you in recruiting the Business Travel consultant...............................6
Recruitment strategy for obtaining the best candidate.................................................................7
Three-month staff development plan for the new starter.............................................................8
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Recruitment refers to the process which is actively searched about the finding and hiring
the best candidates for the suitable job profile. Organizations have to recruit the best skills with
the better qualifications and experience as well (Augustine and et.al., 2021). Crystal Travel is a
leading company in UK, which helps to provide better guide and travel consultants which helps
client to satisfy with their needs. The current report will include the Job description and Job
specification for the particular job profile which is Business Travel consultant. Further, it will
include the Job advertisement process which will help to recruit potential candidate for the role.
Lastly, it will provide the recruiting strategy with the three-month staff development plan for
new joiner.
MAIN BODY
Job description and person specification for the Business Travel consultant
Job description for the business travel consultant
Job Title Business Travel consultant
Report to Manager
Job summary The consultant should be responsible for the booking and the travelling arrangements
for the clients which can be business or individual. The main aim is to provide
satisfaction to the client and consultant should be very enthusiastic towards the
travelling.
Responsibilities
 Identify the wishes and demands of the client and then suggest the better package for the
travel and provide good service as well.
 Organizing the travel from starting to the end of the journey, with bookings,
accommodations and such transportation with proper safety.
 Keeping up to date the electronic records as well as physical records of the clients.
 Maintain the proper relationship with the particular client (Aziz and et.al., 2021). Attend such conferences to know about the current trends.

Qualification required
 Bachelor's degree in the travel and tourism, and relevant fields.
 Better knowledge of travel and its procedures. Expeditious negotiation and sales ability.
Experience required Having 2 years of experience as travel agent.
Company summary
Crystal travel is one of the leading travel company, and have a flagship with the different group
of companies. It considers as the largest provider for providing online travel and tourism
solution in the UK.
Average salary
 $42,300 to $43,200 per year.
Person specification for the Business travel consultant
Job Title
 Business travel consultant
Important parameters Desired parameters
Qualifications  Bachelor's degree in
travel and tourism.
 Good sound knowledge
with the use of Ms office.
 Required qualification
at local as well as on
international level.
Experiences  Maximum 2 years of
experience in the travel
company.
 Worked as an assistant
management post.
Language proficiency  Excellent English
communication.
 Proper command on
the use of foreign
languages.

skills
 Proper knowledge of tours and travelling.
 Additional language skills.
 Candidate must have a personal travelling experience.
 Honesty towards the work.
 Must have a time management skills.
 Having an ability to handle different type of crisis.
 Having an interpersonal and communication skill.
 Need to have a proper customer service skills.
Job advertisement to help you in recruiting the Business Travel consultant
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position- Business Travel consultant
Qualification and Experiences:
 Bachelor's degree is necessary from any local or international college of travel and
tourism. 2 years of experience needed as a travel agent in previous job.
Job description:
 Determine the clients needs and things which can satisfy them, with providing the
perfect package for them.
 Organizing the travel and tourism from starting to end supporting with the transportation
as well. Provide travel related information.
Salary: $42,300 to $43,200
Application process- Apply Resume with the whole documents which should be attached
completely online from 9 am to 6 pm.

Recruitment strategy for obtaining the best candidate
The strategy which is used to obtain the best candidate is External Recruitment
Strategy which is use through the Social media, because nowadays social recruiting is increasing
with the best results. It is a popular strategy which are used to target the useful candidate for the
perfect job profile. Social recruiting is the best strategy which helps to find the talents and
advertise about the jobs, having a proper communication with the potential candidates (Koch,
Gerber and De Klerk, 2018). Social media recruitment is a set of example which is used in the
recruitment plan that which would help in the recruiting strategy to perform the better strategy.
Many companies are find themselves very successful about to identify and recruiting the
better quality candidate with this recruiting strategy. Social media always allow recruiters to
spread informations about the jobs and the get better candidates for the particular job. This is
called the best HR practice which helps for social hiring and recruiting as well. The employers
may easily reach out to the best candidates and target the best people for the particular job role.
For continuing the social media recruiting process the org Recruitment anization may
create the presence of the social media which are looking for the effective candidates which
attract more candidates for more and better opportunities. The growth of social media recruiting
is rising very fast which allow HR professionals to have a proper specialization on the specific
area. As well as hiring the best quality candidates which are the source of high quality
candidates. Recruiters easily use the social media recruiting which help to reduce the time and
spending a better resources which are used for hiring the new candidates advertising on social
media could be the best option for the recruitment process. There may be a some challenge to
find the proper candidate through the social media platforms (Levine and et.al ., 2020). Whereas,
developing and as well as finding such strategy for aligning the better work strategy.
Such recruiters who use the social media platform for find a better candidate where the
passive candidates are not that much active for the new jobs and many of them are still utilizing
the social media pages for keeping up to date on the trends and information about the companies
which they are most interested in. the key recruiting source from the social media platform is
where the people may easily get the new opportunities which are used as the traditional
recruiting strategy for the potential candidates. It may save the money and time of the
organization which is more crucial later. It helps to know about the candidates who are more

fitted towards the job profile. Social media is considered as a better resource which help people
to discover the better people via social media. With the continuous use of the social media
recruiting help the individual to find more actively independent employee which have a
involvement in the use of social media which are more effective for them to know about the
perfect employee as well, because of the best ability for reaching out with the perfect candidates
who are more liable towards their work which help organization to have a perfect sourced
candidates.
Three-month staff development plan for the new starter
Target Action for
achievement
Evidences of
achievement
Targeting date
Time management
skills
 Allowing
enough time
for completing
the assigned
work.
 Being always
organized and
motivated for
the
requirement.
Travel and tourism
related work will be
complete at the given
time.
The date will be within
three months.
Develop the
presentation skills.
 Researching in
the own time.
 Purchase a
proper guide
for improving
the further
knowledge
Achieving a good
place at the workplace.
Developing and
maintaining such good
contacts which will
help to get the better
placement within the
industry (Van Esch
and Black, 2019).
Till three months.
Active towards the Forcing self for Understanding the Complete this in the

oriented process. attending conferences
and events which
reflects the travel and
tourism.
sufficient and proper
course which reflect
the effectiveness.
three months.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that recruitment process helps to select the
potential candidates who are more suitable for the job. Along with the recruitment
documentation helps to get the perfect employee for the job who is more active towards their
work. It has been concluded the description of job as well as the specification which is necessary
for the suitable job role. Further, it concluded the best strategy which is used by the organization
to get a better individual for the job. The staff development plan help to know about the perfect
candidate who are more active towards completing the given tasks and handle clients more
properly.

REFERENCES
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