Unit 13 P5, Explanations of the Key Terms

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Interview protocol All interviews have protocols. This is never written down, but they are like norms that people follow during interviews, this would apply to both the employer and the applicant. This will be simple things like: Arriving on time and wearing smart clothes, not chewing gum, being approachable and calm, shaking hands with the employer and the most important aspect, not bad mouthing or saying anything negative about your past employee. Another thing to remember is to always thank the employer for his time and interview. Confidentiality Applicants will always be told what the business will do with the information they hold about them, some businesses will simply trash it, whereas some businesses will keep your information for an addition 6 months just in case there is a similar job available for the applicant if they are unsuccessful in this one. If you agree, a business may even pass this information on to other companies; however without your consent they may not do this. Fairness & Agreed Questions The employer has to be fair and make sure he/she is giving equal amounts of time to all applicants and they also have to be careful about giving the same amount of information and asking the same questions, so that all applicants can be equally and fairly compared and not prejudged. If an employer asked more intimidating questions to applicant 1 than 2 that would make the whole interviewing process unfair, this could be because applicant 1 could have become nervous and didn’t perform as well because the questions intimidated him and scared him, which would make applicant 2 look much more confident out of the two, but this is not fair because one applicant was treated more harshly than the other. Interview environment The interview environment must be decent and comforting for the applicant, it should also be safe and any distractions that can

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