How will you attract applicants?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 385.

What job will the new employee do?

There can be certain job skills that the organization needs. If you're replacing the existing employee, then an exit interview could help to clarify some of the issues. After analysis you may produce:

- A job description that gives job title, a summary of the job and a list of the main tasks or duties.

- A person specification that lists the knowledge, experience, qualifications and skills that would like a candidate to have. These are often divided into “essential” and “desirable specifications”.

Once you have a job opening, your thoughts are likely to be internal applicants. If you don't offer opportunities to existing employees, they are likely to become demotivated and start looking elsewhere. But if you do need to recruit externally, then you can use a variety of electronic and print media such as an online posting on a jobs website, or a classified ad (or a display ad) in a newspaper. You can also use the services of a specialist employment agency, including headhunting firms for senior managers.

Another source of new recruits is referrals, i.e. suggestions made by colleagues, existing employees, etc. but beware: a workplace with too many friends results in a group that resists supervision, covers up for its members, socialize too much, ignores those not in a group, and causes problems if conflicts arise.