3RTO Activity 1

The recruitment and selection process can affect the efficiency and effectiveness of any organisation so it is crucial that the right person is employed for the job. The selection process also involves the image as an employer and its ability to attract quality staff. When an individual is applying for a job, he/she will need to undergo some steps.

The recruitment policies of the competitors also effect the recruitment of your own organizations. To remain competitive, sometimes an organization may have to change their recruitment policy according to the policies being followed by other competitors. The recruitment policy of an organization details objectives of recruitment and provides a framework for recruitment. It may mean new organizational systems or procedures need to be developed.

For adults, the standard application fee is $140. For minors (16 and under) the standard application fee is $95.

Recruitment refers to hiring a best qualified person for a job opening in a cost efficient and timely manner. This process comprises evaluating the job requirement, attracting the candidates, screening and short listing the qualified applicants, employing and incorporating them with new teams. Talent is the most important assert for any business. Talent Management, which includes recruitment, is a crucial part for any organization’s growth (Limor, 2013).

This test is used eliminates candidates potential to use mental processes to solve work-related problems. Validity test is a general cognitive test that is good predictors if the candidate is able to perform the job; however, more complex jobs the better test results the tester will have. This test has demonstrated to produce many valid outcomes such as performance and successful training as well as predict job performance for complex jobs. One of the disadvantages to this type of test is that it is time consuming to develop if not purchased off of the

Identify and assess at least four ways that affect the organisations approach to attracting talent

* Recruitment policy; will provide a framework for recruitment policy. Policies and procedures on how to recruit, who to recruit and based on what.. Policies and procedures will be adhering to Legal Factors such as: Law and various acts such as Child Labour Act 1986, Equality Act 2010 & Discrimination, Immigration etc.

Identify and assess at least 4 factors that affect an organization’s approach to attracting talent.

While it is certainly important to acquire new talent for the organization, it is worthwhile investigating what talent is already available within the organization and if these can be used

Human Resource Practice says “it maybe a cliché that people are an organisations greatest assest, but no orgaisation exists without people and nothing is achieved expect through their efforts” (Page 9)

Aptitude test is taken to measure the level of ability of the candidates and psychometric profiling will be able to examine personality and attitude.

It is important to identify the skills needed for new roles. This can be done by creating a job description for the role in questions. Furthermore, an organisation can identify, through the job description, whether the skills already exist within the organisation or if it is necessary for external recruitment.

For an organisation to attract talent successfully, as part of the talent planning policy it needs to identify and assess what factors affect its approach to attracting talent. For example:

During the recent past however, when the company became a more dominant global competitor and a publicly traded conglomerate, the numbers of employees leaving the firm have increased, generating adjacent problems of employee recruitment, training and retention. In other words, the major challenges currently faced by the company are related to talent management. At a more specific level, the issues refer to the following:

Developing a recruitment strategy is important to ensure the company can find the best candidates for the positions available. Sangeetha (2010) suggests that when companies have a strong recruitment policy it is easier