Selection And Recruitment

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Recruitment and selection 1. Explain how do the processes of recruitment and selection enable an organization, like Tesco, to get the right people to fill its posts? ( 300 w) Tesco is the biggest private sector employer in the UK. It aims to ensure all roles work together to drive its business objectives. It constantly ensures that it has the right number of people in the right jobs at the right time. To do this, it has a structured process for recruitment and selection to attract applicants for both managerial and operational roles. Workforce planning is the process of analyzing an organization’s likely future needs for people in terms of numbers, skills and locations. It allows the organization to plan how those needs can be met through recruitment and training. Tesco uses a workforce planning table to establish the likely demand for new staff. This planning process runs each year from the last week in February. There are quarterly reviews in May, August and November, so it can adjust staffing levels and recruit where necessary. This allows Tesco sufficient time and flexibility to meet its demands for staff and allows the company to meet its strategic objectives, for example, to open new stores and to maintain customer service standards. Through ‘talent planning’, Tesco seeks to fill many vacancies from within the company. This encourages staff to work to their best ability. Through an annual appraisal scheme, an able individual can apply for bigger jobs. Employees identify roles in which they would like to develop their careers with Tesco. The managers set out the technical skills, competencies and behaviors necessary for the roles. They decide what training the employees will require and how long it will take to be ready to do the job. This process helps Tesco to to achieve its business objectives and employees to achieve their personal and career

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