Transcript Person Specification - Berwickshire High Business

How do People Contribute to
Businesses??
Learning Intentions
• Types of Employment
Types of Employment
Full Time Employment
Part-Time Employment
Permanent – last as long as the business
Temporary – Lasts for a short period of time
Types of Employment
Flexi-Time – Full or Part-Time jobs.
The employee can choose when the will be
at work.
Core time applies
This is when the employee must be at
work.
Look at the following….
What Type of Employment would suit these
jobs? Say why you think this.
Job Description
Job Description is basic information about the
job. For example it will include;
•Job Title
•General Tasks
•Responsibilities
•Location
•Salary
•Hours of Work
•Holiday Entitlement
Person Specification
A Person Specification is a profile of the ideal candidate
for the job - information on the type of person that they
want for the job.
Information such as;
•Qualifications
•Skills Required
•Qualities
•Experience
Why do we need them?
Job Description and Person Specification
help:
•HR Department to prepare a suitable Job Advertisement
•The interviewer to prepare questions which are relevant to
the job before the interview takes place.
•HR employees can check application forms to see that
applicants fit the job criteria
•Allow people to see if they want to apply for the job
•Allow people to check if they are suitable for the job
Recruitment
Businesses need to make sure that they;
Advertise the job in the correct places and
correct times.
Ensure that the application form will provide
all of the information that the business needs
Job adverts should be short and
accurate.
They should also provide what??
Job
Person
Description
Specification
Where would YOU place
a job advert??
Nowadays many firms include all of the ‘Fringe
Benefits’
Gym Membership
Pension Scheme
Private Health Care
Company Car
Application Forms
Do we need them??
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
What is a CV and
why do we need to
have one?
It’s a short summary all about you!!
So what's in it?
• Education/Qualifications
• Employment Experience
References
References are used to make sure that the
information that the applicant has given about
him/herself is true and accurate.
References are often people who have worked
with you in previous jobs i.e. Manager
Methods of Recruitment
Internal
This is where the business recruits people
from within the company i.e promotion
What happened here??
What is going to happen here??
Advantages
• Employees can develop in the company
• Employees are already familiar with the
company
• Employee strengths and weaknesses are
already known
• No expensive to do
• Improves staff moral
Disadvantages
• Could be better people outside the company
that can do the job
• Another vacancy arise as the company will
need to fill the job that the person left
External
Recruitment
This is recruitment that is out with the
company.
Why is this a good thing??
•The company can find better qualified people for the
job
•It is sometimes good to bring some new people in
(New Blood) as it can freshen things up in the
business
The Selection Process
Interviews
Can be carried out in several ways:
One to One
Panel Interview
Group Interview
Successive Interviews - one after
the other if successful
Here’s Some Unsuccessful
Applicants
What Makes a Good Interview??
• Put candidates at ease and explain how the
interview will be conducted.
• All candidates should be asked the same
questions.
• Give the candidate opportunity to ask
questions
• Keep the interview running at a good pace
Good/Bad Impressions
Good first impressions are very important at
interviews as they can affect your chance of
success.
Dress Code
Looking Uninterested
Monitoring Interviews
Some businesses use Interview
Checklists of Identify qualities of the
candidate.
Learning
Intentions
By the end of the lesson you will be able to:
• Understand what is meant by the term
Appraisal.
• Understand the Appraisal Interview Process
Appraisal
Is a techniques used by companies to evaluate the
performance of their employees. Formally or
Informally.
Formal Appraisal – is a meeting to discuss employee
performance. (Usually yearly)
Informal Appraisal – Manager will make judgements on
a daily basis. Employee isn’t told this is happening.
Formal Appraisal
A criteria is set to judge the employee’s
performance.
By doing this this means that the company will
be able to:
Identify strengths and
weaknesses
Is the employee ready for
promotion?
Asses the Recruitment/Selection
process
Identify any training needed
Award a rise in salary
Target Setting must be
•Precise e.g. I am going to do more revision.
I am going to do more revision in Business Studies as
I have a test coming up soon.
•Relevant and work related.
•Accompanied by a statement of how the and when
the target will be achieved
SMART
Targets must be SMART:
•S Specific
•M Measurable
•A Agreed between appraiser and
employee
•R Realistic
•T Time related
Task
You have to interview someone in the class and give
them an Appraisal in Business Management
Asking them how they think they have gotten on in
the subject and general questions
Then you must agree on 2 targets – remember they
must be SMART!!