Investigating people at work Lesson 4

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Investigating people at workLesson 4

• How businesses obtain employees

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Lesson Objectives

• In this lesson we will be looking at-
• The main reasons employers recruit
• Job Descriptions and Specifications, specifically
• Job title
• Position within structure
• Duties responsibilities
• Personal attributes
• Qualifications
• Experience
• Competence

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Basic Requirements

• Businesses need right people in the right place
  at the right time to function properly
• They recruit staff for various reasons, such as-
• Growth of business
• Replacing leavers
• Role changes
• Internal promotion

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Job Descriptions Specifications

• Organisation must first decide on detail of what
  the job entails and what sort of person they are
  looking for to carry out the task.

• This includes-
• Job title
• Position within structure
• Duties responsibilities
• Personal attributes
• Qualifications
• Experience
• Competence

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Job title

• Should give good indication of what job involves
• Terms like manager can be vague manager of
  what?
• Important to be specific where possible
• Titles change sometimes to make job sound more
  than it really is
• Words such as executive and officer
  frequently used to make job sound more than it
  really is

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Position within structure

• Where does the job fit in the organisational
  structure?
• Who will the post-holder be responsible to and
  responsible for?
• Does the applicants previous history make them
  right for this point in the structure?

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Duties responsibilities

• Sets out duties and responsibilities of post
  including
• Title
• Prime objectives
• Supervisory managerial responsibilities
• Source of supervision
• Responsibilities for assets, equipment and
  resources

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Personal attributes

• Relate directly to needs of post. Typical are-
• Self-confidence
• Clear speaking voice
• Previous initiatives
• Ability to cope under pressure
• Introvert or extrovert
• Determination
• Most of these are difficult to assess at
  interview so some kind of evidence useful

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Qualifications

• Used by organisations to set level of knowledge
  training required for post
• Standards of national qualifications well known
• Provides evidence of relevant CPD (Continuous
  Personal Development)

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Experience

• If you want to find out about the future, look
  back at the past
• Applicants can bring a lot of experience to a
  post being applied for
• A prospective employer will look for a track
  record
• Disadvantage for new entrants as yet to prove
  themselves

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Competence

• Does applicant have skills required to do job?
• May have experience but was it in the areas that
  recruiting organisation requires?

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ActivityUsing the information in the handout,
and what we have discussed in this lesson, create
a person specification that might be used in the
selection process for a job you are familiar
with. Examples are, Work Experience, your job if
applicable, your parents job
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Lesson Objectives Revisited

• In this lesson we looked at-
• The main reasons employers recruit
• Job Descriptions and Specifications, specifically
• Job title
• Position within structure
• Duties responsibilities
• Personal attributes
• Qualifications
• Experience
• Competence