22. Recruitment 2: The recruitment process CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

22. Recruitment 2: The recruitment process

This text about the recruitment process below has been divided into three parts. Complete each part with the words and expressions in the boxes. The first answer for each part has been done for you. Some of the words and expressions have already appeared in Recruitment 1 on the previous page. Part 1 When a company or organisation has a 1. ________ vacancy ________ for a job, and it needs to 2. ________________ a new member of 3. ________________, it usually advertises the post. It does this 4. ________________ (for example, in the company magazine or on a company notice board) or 5. ________________, either in the 6. ________________ or 7. ________________ section of a newspaper, in specialist trade 8. ________________or through a 9. ________________which helps people to find employment. There are two main types of agency. The first of these is the 10. ________________, usually found in a school or university. These work closely with employers to let potential employees know about the jobs that are on offer (also included in this category are 11. ________________, which are provided by the state, and which can be found in most main towns in Britain and other countries). The second is the 12. ________________, which are independent companies, and employers have to pay these agencies for each employee they successfully provide. A job advertisement has to give an accurate 13. ________________of the job and what it requires from the 14. ________________ (the people who are interested in the post). These requirements might include 15. ________________ (academic, vocational and professional), work 16. ________________in similar lines of work, and certain 17. ________________ (for example, it might say that you need to be practical, professional and have a sense of humour). The advertisement will also specify what 18. ________________ (basic salary, commission, regular 19. ________________, etc) and 20. ________________ (paid 21. ________________ , free medical insurance, company car, etc) the company can offer in return. The advertisement must be careful it does not break employment laws concerning sex and racial 22. ________________ : some companies emphasise in their job advertisements that they are 23. ________________employers (or 24. ________________employers in the USA), which means that they will employ people regardless of their sex, skin colour, religion, 25. ________________, etc. Part 2 The job advertisement will usually ask people interested in the post to send their 1. ______      CV  __________ with a 2. ________________ letter or a letter of 3. ________________, or they will ask people to write or call for an 4. ________________form. The managers of the company will look at these, and go through a 5. ________________procedure, where they choose or 6. ________________applicants. They then prepare a 7. ________________of possible 8. ________________: these are the people who will then be invited for an interview. Interviews usually take one of two forms. The first is the 9. ________________interview, with one applicant and one employer talking together. The second is the 10. ________________interview, with one applicant being interviewed by several people at once. There may also be tests to see whether the applicant is suitable for the post. There are several of these, including 11. ________________tests (which consider psychological aspects of the applicant), 12. ________________tests, (which test the applicant's skills and knowledge, and his / her potential for acquiring more skills and knowledge), 13. ________________tests (where several applicants are put into an imaginary situation and decide how to deal with it), and 14. ________________tests (in which an applicant has to deal with a number of imaginary tasks similar to those s/he would face in the job). Applicants may also have to go for a 15. ________________test (also called a 16. ________________) to see whether they are healthy enough to do their job. Part 3 Many employers use a 1. ______ seven-point plan __________ when they recruit for a new post. They look at different aspects of the applicant to decide whether or not s/he has the correct 2. ________________for the job. These include physical 3. ________________ (for example, is the applicant smart and well-presented?), educational qualifications, general 4. ________________, special 5. ________________, hobbies and outside 6.________, mental and emotional 7. ________________and family 8. ________________ . If a candidate gets through the above stages, s/he will be asked to provide 9. ________________from people who know him / her, and if these are positive, s/he is then 10. ________________the post. Before s/he actually starts working, s/he may go through an 11. ________________to learn more about the company and the post. Sometimes, s/he may be given a 12.________ contract and have to complete a 13. ________________period, where the employers make sure that s/he is suitable for the job before being offered an 14. ________________or 15. ________________contract. After s/he has been with the company for a while, there might be a 16. ________________session, to assess how s/he is getting on in the post.

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