Why Businesses Recruit Employees

Why Businesses recruit employees?

Businesses recruit workers for a number of reasons, such as:

to acquire particular skills, for example in a new technology.

to get more staff for expansion or new products or markets.

to replace staff who leave due to retirement or to move to another job (staff turnover).

Put the recruitment and selection process into the correct order below:

application forms, interview, job advertised in appropriate media, job description, selection short-listing , vacancy arises, vacancy filled, workforce planning

Different types of employees: Full-time, part-time and temporary employees

A full time employee works a number of hours equal to a normal working week, usually between 35 and 40 hours each week. Recruiting full-time employees gives an entrepreneur advantages: the employees are available for a lot of hours and can carry out a large number of tasks during that time. They will also become more experienced in how the business works and may be able to make decisions and make suggestions for improvements. This can help the business become successful. Giving empowerment (enabling them to make decisions) to employees means they are going to be more motivated and therefore more productive. However, they are more expensive for a business to have full time employees as their total pay will be high than that of someone who works fewer hours.

Part time employees only work for a limited number of hours and certainly for less than the normal working week. For example, a person who has to look after school-age children may only work when the children are at school. This may mean only working for 20hours a week. Part time employees will be paid less as they do not work as many hours as full-time employees. However, they can help a business at busy periods during the week.

Temporary employees are only employed for a certain period of time, perhaps 1 or 2 months. Their employment might be part time or full time during this period. A business will recruit temporary employees to help out during busy periods. E.g. during Christmas time in shops.

Advantages of Full - time workersAdvantages of Part – time workersFewer staff in total will be needed as they work more hours per weekThe number of customers may not justify a full-time worker, so a part-time workers saves on wagesLower recruitment and training costsTwo workers may be more flexible than one full-time worker (e.g. able to cover for absence)Easier to manage and control fewer staffPart-time workers can be asked to work at busy times of the day or week. This could lead to better customer service and a competitive advantage.Workers may feel more secure and motivated having a full-time job and earning more money than if they worked part time.Some workers may prefer part-time employment, for example, if they have children to look after.If a worker has two separate part-time jobs they may have divided loyalties – this should not be a problem with full time workersJob description & Job specification

A job description is a brief de