Human Resources

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Human Resources

• Selection
• Interview

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Selection Interview

• External Recruitment
• Applicants are generally sent an
• application form.
• Applicants are usually asked for their age,
  education, training, previous jobs, personal data
  and references.

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Selection Interview

• External Recruitment
• Some companies ask applicants to send a
  curriculum vitae (CV) instead.
• This is a written outline of their career,
  skills, education and previous positions.
• Sometimes a CV is referred to as a Resume.

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Selection Interview

• External Recruitment
• Not all applicants are interviewed.
• A small number of applicants are selected for
• the short list and invited to an interview.
• Applicants
• Short list and interviews
• Successful candidate

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Selection Interview

• Interviews
• Interviews are the main method of selection, but
  some companies also use personality, proficiency
  and group leadership tests.
• The successful candidate sometimes has to go
  through a full medical examination before being
  appointed.
• Can you think of reasons why a company might
  require a medical?

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Recruitment

• Internal Recruitment
• The selection procedure is much shorter. It is
  much easier to make a short list and to choose an
  appropriate candidate as all the applicants are
  already known.

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Question

• 1. What is a short list?
• A selection of the applicants most appropriate
  for the position who are invited to be
  interviewed.

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Questions

• 2. What is a CV?
• A curriculum vitae is a written statement of a
  persons
• Career
• Education
• Skills
• Previous positions

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Questions

• 3. What other selection methods may be used in
  addition to an interview?
• Test such as
• Personality
• Proficiency
• Leadership

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References

• Anon, (2002). Business The Ultimate Resource,
  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc London.
• Heller, R. and Hindle, T. (1998). Essential
  Managers Manual, Dorling Kindersley London.
• Huggett, Renee, (2002). BBC GCSE Business
  Studies, BBC Educational Publishing London.

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