Zara: HR Management, Recruitment, and Employee Development Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Zara's Human Resource (HR) management practices, focusing on recruitment strategies, employee roles, and development. It explores Zara's recruitment and selection processes, emphasizing the importance of a competitive advantage through effective hiring. The report details the responsibilities of both employees and employers, highlighting the significance of talent management, training, and development. It examines employment law's impact on Zara, including health and safety regulations, and discusses how the company manages and develops its business through effective HR strategies. The analysis includes an evaluation of recruitment and strategies, a critical review of HR procedures, and concludes with insights into Zara's overall HR approach, emphasizing the need for a healthy work environment and compliance with relevant laws.

ZARA RECRUITMENT
AND HR MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Overview of organization............................................................................................................3
Process of recruitment and selection strategies...........................................................................4
Responsibility of employee and employer..................................................................................5
Human resource management and strategies...............................................................................5
Analysis and discussion...................................................................................................................6
Evaluation of recruitment and strategies.....................................................................................6
How business is managed and develop.......................................................................................7
Critical analysis of HR procedure and system.............................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management is that kind of strategy which is used as an approach to
achieve effectiveness within management of employees and persons working in an organization.
Such management lead towards competitive advantage. It is design in order to enhance
employee’s performance and helping them in making achievement of goals and objectives
possible in effective and efficient manner. HR management has a very important role in uplifting
of an organization and its employees. The organization that is going to be taken into the report is
Zara and the report is based upon HR management and its various aspects. Things to be covered
in this report are based on recruitment process and employment development. Further in these
report recruitment strategies is going to be discussed and development of employees is going to
be covered. In the end literature review is going to be done upon.
MAIN BODY
HR management is that part of management of an organization in which employees are being
prepare as a valuable asset to an organization in order to help them in achieving of goals and
objectives that has been set-up by an organization. Also this management is responsible for
selection of candidate which is fit for performing job. Human resources management is
responsible to ensuring of health, safety and employment generation of an organization like Zara.
Human resources describe the people who make up the workforce of an organization, industry,
business sector, or economy. "Human capital" is sometimes used synonymously with "human
resources", although human capital typically refers to a narrower effect. A human resource
department of an organization is responsible for management of these resources and takes into
consideration of various aspects of employment and labor law. Also standards is required to be
seen with administration of benefits of employees Then recruitment process is also done by these
management of the candidates applied for the job by checking their documents and record.
Overview of organization
Zara SA is Spanish apparel that has its base in Arteixo in Galicia. The company
specializes in fast fashion and products include clothing, accessories, shoes, swimwear, beauty
and perfumes also. It is the largest company that is being owned by Inditex group, world’s
largest retail organization. Stores of Zara consist of both men and women clothing and also
children’s clothing. Zara also has home design which is located in Europe. All products of Zara
is being supplied on the basis of trend in market. It has better supply chain that is being able to
provide products and reach to customers easily. All clothing is being distributed to all centre of
Spain. Also new items is being tagged and loaded into trucks.

Process of recruitment and selection strategies
According to (Caven and Nachmias, 2018 ) an recruitment is that kind of process which is being
performed by HR management and has to be performed by them this is an very important
process that has to be done by the HR management. As through this process only a candidate is
selected for job purpose. Recruitment is defined as searching for and obtaining a pool of
potential candidates with the desired knowledge, skills and experience to allow an organization
to select the most appropriate people to fill job vacancies against defined position descriptions
and specifications.
Recruitment process is going to be very helpful for an organization like ZARA in a manner that
it is going to make him get variety of applicants which is to be provided and also selecting of
right candidate for the job. Getting an best applicant role of competitive advantage for an
organization like Zara is going to be very effective because selection and recruitment is going to
result into increase of productivity, skills and is also going to make an positive impact upon
growth of organization.
Selection
In this pool of candidate is required to be identified through process of recruitment and
one of the most capable candidate is being selected and has to be identified through process
which includes limited interview, checking and testing. This process of selection is going to be
helpful for Zara in order to ensure that best employee is being appointed for the role and
performers it with full dedication.
Strategy
Having an efficient recruitment system is to be helpful towards gaining of success for an
organization like Zara. Both recruitment and strategy can become costly and ineffective in
 Ensures the organization has the necessary skills, knowledge and attributes to meet
current and future strategic and operational requirements
 Ensures supply meets demand requirements
 Increases the pool of potential applicants
 Improves the selection process by ensuring that only those applicants that meet the
requirements of the position are selected for further investigation
 Can impact on the likelihood that a suitable candidate will accept a job offer
 Increases organizational effectiveness

Responsibility of employee and employer
According to (Culver and et. al., 2019)employer and employee both are very important
part of an organization because they both play an important role in helping achieving of task.
Both of them are having responsibilities with each other and they are being explained as follows:
Main Responsibilities of Employees
 Employees have responsibility towards employer that is even if they work part time or
are not having written contract with employers but still he is going to be considered as an
employee and require to get same payment as other employee does
 An employee is required to do work and achieve task which he is required to do.
 Employees are required to work with full concentration and seriousness.
 Should be regular and punctual in office.
 Instructions of employer have to be followed by employee.
 Should maintain discipline.
 Employee should be loyal to his company.
Employers’ Responsibilities towards Employees
 Employer should give employees a place to do work and also make sure that access over
it. There must be tool, equipment and other things are needed to perform their work.
 An employer must pay to the employee there salary and benefits agreed to include
vacation and holidays.
 Employers must make sure their employees’ working conditions are safe.
 In some cases, employers must give their employees written notice that their contracts
are ending or that they are being laid off. Note that employers can pay employees a sum
of money instead of giving the notice.
 Employers must treat their employees with respect. They must make sure their
employees are not harassed or discriminated against.
Theory of talent management is one of the most important process which is required to be done
by HR management and it includes motivating an employee, performance appraisal, skills
development is the part of talent management. This is very much helpful for an organization in
order to make employee grow itself talent management is very much necessary to be followed in
an organization like Zara because this is going to make employees work with efficiency and
helps in achieving of task in effective manner
Human resource management and strategies
As per the (G.I, 2016) it can be said that human resource should have certain strategy
which is going to be beneficial for an organization like Zara in an manner that it has to take care
of lot of things like safety measures like it has to take care of the safety of employees and is
required to deal with their health of the employees and is required to make arrangement for their
safety and has to make sure that all employees are not facing any health issues. Training and

development is require to attempt over improving skills and knowledge of employees this has to
be performed by increasing of an employee and its ability to perform and learning changing of
employees attitude also takes place in it. Training and development involves improving the
effectiveness of organizations and the individuals and teams within them. Zara is going to be
benefitted from this in a manner that all its employees is going to get knowledge over the
working environment of the company and is also going to lead towards skill development in
effective manner. Equal opportunity in this an employee cannot discriminate in any manner
and this can be achieved only through inclusive workforce because it contains various types of
employees which are from different cast, gender and has lot of difference but work together as
one team. This is going to be helpful to Zara in an manner that it is going to lead towards having
diverse workforce with efficient in achieving a particular task. It is also very helpful in providing
of variety of skills and faster development.
Analysis and discussion
Evaluation of recruitment and strategies
All business are required to use some sort of employment law is that area of law which is
being govern by employer-employee relationship. This area of business is being made through
both federal and state which includes of all types business that is regarding to development of
employee with common goal to protect workers' rights. For employees, these laws work to:
 Prevent discrimination
 Promote health and safety
 Establish a minimum required level for economic support
 Prevent work disruption due to disputes between labor and management
Employment law is the area of law that is being governing of employment and employee
relationship. Such area is made up through sate and federal laws and includes many subjects
within an common goal for protecting of workers and employees right. These laws are
responsible for prevention of discrimination, to promote health and safety. Main feature that of
the act is minimum wages, time of work and provide rights to all employee. Under health and
safety act condition laws cover the workers condition and also minimum wages which has set
basic level of compensation.
Human resources are the one of the most needed resources for an organization whose rights
should be protected. This can be done by complying with various laws enacted for protecting
their rights. An employee feels safe and secured to work in a firm or corporate who follow

applicable legislation in true spirit. The laws that are applicable upon a business can range from
Employment Act, 2002, Equality Act, 2010, laws and rules related to health and safety. Non-
compliance can result in high employee turnover. For example, an employee has been hit by his
manager out of rage, in this case the employee can file a case against the concerned person as
well as the company (Osseiran, 2020).
This act is going to be very important organization for an organization ZARA because it is going
to provide a healthy environment at workplace which is going to be very helpful in making all
employees work in an ZARA. This is going to be very helpful of Zara because it is going make
the employees feel safe and also there loyalty is going to increase. This act mainly deals with
employee and safety. Under which various rules and regulation is to be followed by employees
working in an organization like ZARA. In order to get quality Zara is required to follow the
process of recruitment
How business is managed and develop
Management of business take place due to its various elements that are employees and
employer. Both of them is very important for an organization in an manner it is going help in
achieving of task. Zara is going to be benefitted from business management in an manner that it
is going to help in incre3asing of sales and profit of an organization. Zara both employers and
employees has to perform creating responsibilities towards each other and they are as follows:
1. Safe environment:
The duty of the employer is to provide a healthy and safe environment to the employees. They
are required to install safe and healthy plants, systems and machinery.
The employees should make sure that they carry out their work in a way that is safe for others
too. Workplace exits are to be made sure that they aren’t blocked.
3. Basic necessities for employers and employees:
The employer should also make sure that the employees has all the basic facilities such as clean
toilets, tidy eating areas, clean workplace, and good drinking water
5. Inequalities at the workplace:
In a work environment, the rights of the employees is to work in a place that is free from
discrimination, harassment, and abuse. In almost all workplaces these are major issues and hence
it is the right of every employee.
7. Payments:

Every employee or employer has a fixed payment and allowances if present. Hence it is the right
for every employee to get paid fairly and correctly. There cannot be any discrimination in
payments for workers.
8. Equal opportunity:
Every individual joins the organization based on their skillet and experience. Actual and eligible
employees should get a promotion based on their expert work and skills, regardless of their caste,
age, color etc.
Inclusive talent management is an integrated approach which focuses on the skills and strengths
of an organization’s employees. By supporting employees and giving them insights on their
strengths, they will feel energized and engaged. This approach is going to benefitted for an
organization like Zara in a manner that it is going to help in development of working process by
analyzing of weaknesses which has to be worked upon(Whysall, 2018).
Critical analysis of HR procedure and system
Management system is the process by which an in which an human capital is being managed
through utilization of IT which means an software is used to store data that is being related to
employees and it ensures that management is done in very easy of human resource and data is
being processed smoothly. This is going to be helpful for Zara in a manner that all employees’
data is going to secured and all capital that has been invested is going to be used for welfare of
employees and this is going to make best utilization of resources.
Heath and safety is one of the biggest concerns that is required to be taken care by the
organization and it is the moral duty of the organization to perform all the rules and regulation
that has been mentioned under it are required to be take care. Zara is also required to take care of
all the rules and keep employees safety as its first priority. All this is mentioned under health and
safety act and if violated then action has to be taken against.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it is understood that human resource is one of the most important
part of an business organization and is required to run it. These are important because they are
related to employees working in an organization. In this report employer and employee duties is
being covered. Further process of recruitment is and strategies are being explained. In the end
critical evaluation is done of procedure and management system.

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