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8 Recruitment, selection

and training of workers

Introduction
Objectives

You probably know people who are looking for a job, or who have recently started
In this chapter you will
a new job. You will have teachers who leave your school or college and need to be
learn about:
replaced so that subjects can continue to be taught. All of these are examples of
■ methods of recruiting and situations that involve recruitment of staff .
selecting workers
When workers start a new job, they will need some training so that they produce
■ the importance of training work that is up to the standard required.
■ methods of training
In this chapter you will find out how organisations recruit workers and why it is
■ reasons for reducing the size of
important that they receive training when they first start their job. You will also look
the workforce at the importance of training to existing workers as the needs of the job change.
■ legal controls over
employment.
Methods of recruiting and selecting workers

The success of any business depends on a number of factors. One of the key factors

to business success is having the best possible workforce. A business is unlikely to
achieve its aims and be competitive unless it recruits the right number of workers
106 with the right skills.

Figure 8.1 It is important to have the best possible workforce

Recruitment and selection

All businesses will, at some point, have to recruit new workers. They may need
more workers because the business is growing in size, or they may need to fi ll a

vacancy where a worker has left the business.