Recruitment and selection
Assignment Introduction
This assignment provides you with the understanding and skills needed to manage the recruitment and selection process to ensure the appointment of suitable personnel.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this assignment you will:
1 Be able to analyse personnel requirements for job vacancies
2 Understand how employment legislation affects the recruitment of personnel
3 Be able to participate in recruitment and selection activities
4 Be able to propose improvements to recruitment and selection processes in an organisation
Assignment
Focusing on a work role, previous work experience or a voluntary work position, using examples from your own workplace experiences where possible, and drawing on your studies of this subject, please answer ALL four sections below and please complete the reflective statement.
Deadline for Submission: Please see your time table
Please answer ALL four sections:
Section 1
Word Length: Approx. 375 words
Analyse personnel requirements for job vacancies
You will need to:
? analyse the personnel requirements for a specific vacancy within an organisation
? produce a job description for a specific vacancy within an organisation
? produce a person specification for a specific vacancy within an organisation
Section 2
Word Length: Approx. 375 words
Explain how employment legislation affects the recruitment of personnel
You will need to:
? explain the purpose of current employment legislation when recruiting personnel
? evaluate how employment legislation is incorporated into organisational policies and procedures for the recruitment and selection of personnel
Section 3
Word Length: Approx. 375 words
Explain how you would participate in recruitment and selection activities
You will need to:
? prepare documentation for a selection interview for a specific vacancy
? participate in a selection interview for a specific vacancy
Section 4
Word Length: Approx. 375 words
Identity how you would improve recruitment and selection processes in an organisation
You will need to:
? critically evaluate the recruitment process in an organisation
? propose justified improvements to the recruitment process in an organisation

NB: Please base the assignment on the HEALTH CARE SECTOR e.g. reccruiting care workers.
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Referencing Requirements:
-harvard reference system
-Supplementary Resources
Books
Fitz-Enz J €“ The New HR Analytics: Predicting the Economic Value of Your Company’s Human Capital Investments (Amacom 2010) ISBN: 0814416438
Boudreau J €“ Retooling HR: Using Proven Business Tools to Make Better Decisions About Talent (Harvard Business School Press, 2010) ISBN: 142213007X
Davies J, Kourdi J €“ The Truth About Talent: A Guide to Building a Dynamic Workforce, Realising Potential, and Helping Leaders Succeed (Wiley & Sons 2010) ISBN: 0470748826
Mullins L €” Management and Organisational Behaviour (FT/Prentice Hall, 2010) ISBN: 027372861X
Armstrong, M €” Armstrong’s Essential Human Resource Management Practice: A Guide to People Management (Kogan Page, 2010) ISBN: 074949891
Meister J, Willyerd K €“ The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today (Collins Business, 2010) ISBN: 0061763276
Searle R €” Selection and Recruitment: A Critical Text (Palgrave McMillan, 2003) ISBN: 0403921466
Journals and newspapers
Management Today (Chartered Management Institute)
People Management (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development)
Human Resource Management Journal
People Management Personnel Review Personnel Today
The Guardian, Times, and other quality broadsheet newspapers
Websites
www.hrmguide.com USA HR Management site, offering a huge range of articles, reports, advice sections, templates, checklists, and links to related sites
www.hrmguide.co.uk UK HR Management site, offering a huge range of articles, reports, advice sections, templates, checklists, and links to related sites
www.mindtools.com wide range of management advice and articles
www.managementhelp.org wide range of management advice and articles
www.work911.com wide range of management advice and articles
www.acas.org.uk Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
www.bized.co.uk Provides business case studies appropriate for educational purposes
www.cipd.co.uk Chartered Institute of Personnel and development website with a range of learning resources
www.compactlaw.co.uk Employment questions and answers
www.cre.org.uk Commission for Racial Equality
www.drc-gb.org.uk Disability Rights Commission
www.dti.gov.uk Department of Trade and Industry
www.employment-studies.co.uk Institute for Employment Studies
www.eoc.org.uk Equal Opportunities Commission
www.guardian.co.uk Provides links to news items and reports
www.hse.gov.uk Health and Safety Executive
www.incomesdata.co.uk Up-to-date intelligence on employment issues (Incomes Data Services)
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk Bi-monthly journal of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
www.personneltoday.com Relevant articles and statistics
www.trainingjournal.com Relevant articles on current training and development topic

You can also use other relevant references.