RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

Prof. REIDY HERRERA /Dpto. Socio-Humanístico/Sección de inglés

Reading # 5 /unit: 5

Maturín,15-03-2018

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

when there is a vacancy in a company, it is the job of the Personnel Manager and his department manage the recruitment of a new employee. One way an organization can find staff for jobs vacancies is to recruit in company. Management can inform people of new appointments by means of the firm's notice board or news bulletin. Another possibility is to ask for recommendations from departamental managers and supervisors. If it is necessary to recruit outside the company, the personnel department may use commercial and goverment employment offices or consultants. It may prefer to put its own advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

It is usual for an advertisement to give a short description of the job, conditions of work and salary, and to invite introductory letter from applicants. After studying these, management decides who receives an application form.

In order to assess the applications, managers can work from a personnel specification such as Rodger's Seven-Points Plan. They do not choose applicants who do not have a good profile. For this reason, it is i mportant that the application form request clear information about such thing as the applicant's age, education, qualifications and work expirience. It must also ask for references from other employers or people who know the applicant well. This information helps management to make a final decision on the number of applicants they can short-list for interview.

The staff who hold and interview together are called an interview 'panel'. It is important that they know what information they need to get from the applicants. This comes from a careful reading of job description, personnel specifications, and applications. To help the panel in their selection, some companies use an interview assessment form. This is used by the panel during the interview when each applicant is checked under the same point on the form.

Many employers say that the success of a good business begins in the Personnel Manager's office.

READING ANALYSIS

1.- Pre-reading strategies

1.1.-Skimming the text and make at least three quetions about the passage.

1.2.-Scanning the text looking for:

1.2.1.-Key words (words that are repeated).

1.2.2.-Definitions.

1.2.3.- Hightlighted words, e.g words in bold or italic.

2.- Reading strategies

2.1.- Determine the type of material. looking for familiar format like introductory/body/conclusion.

2.2.- Process signal words.

2.2.1.- Circle or highlight main ideas.

2.2.2.- Highlight supporting ideas.

2.3.- Identify and highlight the topic sentence.

2.4.- Look for unknown words.Use the dictionary online to look them up.

3.- Post-reading strategies

3.1.- List the main points of the passage.

3.2.- Make a comment based on the reading in relation to your career. (use only Spanish).

3.3.-Make 5 questions about the text and answer them briefly. (use only Spanish).

3.4.- Make a summary (no more than 8 lines).