Recruitment

SECTION 1

INTRODUCTION (Unit Descriptor)

In this module the students will learn the skills and knowledge required to manage all aspects of the recruitment selection and induction processes in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.

SECTION 2

Develop recruitment, selection and induction policies and procedures

Strategic, operational plans and policies

Strategic plan outlines the mid to long term (3-5 years) business direction that encapsulates vision, mission, goals and strategies. This will become the foundation of the operational plan which is prepared to implement the strategic plan on annual basis. The operational plan consists of goal, strategy and tactics from all business functions that the firm has.

In order to achieve the goals of the operational plan, from human resources perspective, all department heads must formulate the manpower plan as part of resources management. All business plans require resources such as budget, people and time.

Following the manpower plan, depending on the organisation’s policy & procedure, the organisation can now start with the recruitment and selection process. In the recruitment process, the organisation normally starts with the recruitment analysis that involves the following activities:

Organisational analysis

As mentioned above, the recruitment process must be started with analysing the strategic and operational plan. Further, at this stage, we also relate the recruitment with the organisation’s policies such as:

Application processing

Anti-discrimination and equal employment opportunity policy

Privacy and confidentiality policy

Interviewing

Reference check

Use of external agency

OHS policy

Bullying and harassment policy

Reward and compensation policy

Probation policy

Termination policy

Applicant’s consent form policy for police and criminal checks, especially for roles that involve working with children

In this analysis, the organisations also normally consider the internal...