Recruitment And Selection

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Recruitment and Selection Process using Sainsbury’ Case Study. Recruitment generally is referred to as the process of attracting large pool of applicants to apply for a vacancy position. However, Sainsbury uses two approaches for their recruitment process which are; • Internal Recruitment. • External Recruitment. The internal recruitment in Sainsbury involves the recruitment team first looking at the Sainsbury Internal Talent Programme ( SITP). This Programme allow all current employee of Sainsbury who are either looking for move within the same department or seeking a more higher level position in form of promotion. However, if there are no positive responses from any employee under the Sainsbury Internal Talent Programme, the vacancies are now officially advertised on the intranet for the entire employee to see and apply. During this stage, there is a timestamp such as submission of application deadline date. Furthermore, Sainsbury also use external recruitment process to advertise their vacancies most of which are done on the internet and Sainsbury’s website for their managerial position while others are done using various other means such as advertising on local papers, job centre and in their stores. It is important to stress the fact that Sainsbury would use the most cost effective and efficient way to advertise their external vacancies. Sainsbury selection process is a reductionist process which involves choosing the right and suitable candidate from the large pool of applicants using various criterials such as but not limited to employment law and regulations. The selection process involves the Sainsbury’s recruitment selector(s) carefully studying each applicant Curriculum Vitae (CV) to further determine their suitability for the position. Successful candidate at this stage are then invited for interviews, if at the

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