Should you hire a full-time employee on a permanent contract?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 599.

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Recruitment

UNIT 2

“There is always plenty of business, if you are smart enough to get it”

E.W. Howe (1853-1937), American writer

1. Do you have work experience?

2. What do you know about recruitment?

3. Have you ever heard about the “headhunting” agencies?

4. What impression will you try to give in an application letter?

5. What questions are really difficult to answer?

6. What is necessary to do if the question does not apply to you?

7. Do you always tell the absolute truth in application letters?

8. What qualities and skills should a person have to get a good job?

Recruitment

The process of finding people for a particular job is recruitment. Someone who has been recruited is a recruit. The company employs them; they join the company. A company may recruit employees directly or use outside recruiters, recruiting agencies or employment agencies. Outside specialists called headhunters may be called on to headhunt people for every important job, persuading them to leave the organizations they already worked for. This process is called headhunting.

Recruitment is a key area within human resources. The process involves many decisions:

A full-time employee is likely to have a better skillset; more experience, more loyalty, and will have more control over their time. On the other hand, you're taking your commitment to this individual, and you will have extra costs (e.g. paid vacation) to consider. Other options may include:

- fixed-term contracts.

- part-time employees (e.g. students, retirees, individuals with children).

- temporary help (“temps”, recruited through the agency).

- independent contractors and freelancers (who might work off your premises).

- reorganizing the department to allocate in a different way.