Firms need to recruit staff. They follow a certain procedure:
JOB DESCRIPTION – the business needs to decide the job that they want to be done
PERSON SPECIFICATION – they then need to decide the sort of person that they want to do it – their qualifications and personal attributes
ADVERTISE THE JOB – most usually in a Job Centre and local – sometimes national – newspaper and in specialist publications. These days many jobs are advertised on the Internet.
SEND OUT AND READ APPLICATION FORMS
SHORTLIST APPLICANTS – decide the most likely candidates from the applicants; a realistic number to interview
ASK FOR REFERENCES – to find out from other people – usually previous employers – what the candidates are really like
INTERVIEW – a ‘face to face’ impression
APPOINT THE BEST CANDIDATE
INDUCTION TRAINING FOR NEW WORKERS