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Unit 8 Assignment 1 P1 P2 M1 D1
Unit 8 Assignment 1 – Asda
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to:
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8/A. D1 Evaluate the recruitment processes used and how they contribute to the
success of the selected business.
8/A.M1 Analyse the different recruitment methods used in a selected business.
8/A. P2 Explain how and why a business adheres to recruitment processes which
are ethical and comply with current employment law.
8/A. P1 Explain how a large business recruits and selects giving reasons for their
processes.
Introduction and background information on chosen business.
ASDA are a British supermarket, who’s headquarters are in Leeds, United Kingdom. ASDA
was founded in 1949 which was 70 years ago and was listed on the London Stock Exchange
in 1999 when it was bought by an American supermarket chain, Walmart for £6.7 billion
pounds. Between 2004-2014 ASDA was the second-largest supermarket chain in the United
Kingdom and has recently dropped to third behind Sainsbury’s and Tesco’s. They currently
employ over 165, 000 people and have a £21, 666 million pound revenue.
Define recruitment and selection (give reasons why)
Recruitment is the process of attracting, choosing and hiring a specific person for a job in an
organisation. Whereas selection is choosing someone who you want or someone who is
best suited to the job you require.
What is workforce planning? (Definition, research and example explained)
Workforce planning happens when businesses plan and try to require the services they need
beforehand. They look at the skills, knowledge and the number of employees they have and
make the necessary changes needed in order to become successful. The main objective of
workforce planning is to get the right amount of staff working for a business and recruit any
personal which may be needed. It is imperative that a business-like ASDA plan to improve
the performance of the employees as this will make them better than competitors.
There are many workforce planning examples a business-like ASDA could use such as;
forecasting and assessment, recruitment, contingent workforce, leadership development,
career paths, performance management, retention planning, redeployment, potential
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retirements, backfills, internal placements, metrics and identifying job and competency
needs.
Reasons why businesses recruit. And relate to chosen business. (Definition, research and
example explained)
There are many reasons why businesses recruit. One might be that an employee has left to
work in a higher position somewhere else. This is the reason why businesses carry out
workforce planning to find out if they need to recruit anyone else. Other reasons why
businesses may recruit are;
The business is growing: if the number of sales and customers are increasing, the business
will need more employees to help manufacture and produce more products. This will mean
that the business will have to recruit. Employees may be needed locally (to help in the
warehouses), nationally (to help with public relations) and internationally (to help with
relationships with other countries).
Job roles are changing: this is due to how rapidly technology is advancing. Self-service check
outs were introduced in the UK in 2002. This did not affect how many employees were
recruited or fired but it meant that employees could do other jobs in the workplace like
stocking the shelves or helping customers.
Systems are changing: if customers opt for different ways of doing things, then this will
reduce the number of employees needed in one specific place.
New vacancies are being created by more space or product development: employees may
be needed to as the market expands. Staff may be recruited to help the business as they
launch a new product.
Vacancies caused by leavers/staff turnover: this could either be because employees are
getting higher wages/salaries elsewhere or due to personal reasons. The place they have left
may not be filled as there could be other employees who could also take their job and
responsibilities.
Staff are being internally promoted: an employee being recruited to a higher position in the
business will result in the business having to recruit someone else to take the position which
has been left.
New offices or branches are being opened: a business may start of being small and once
they expand may need employees to work in different positions.
Seasonal fluctuations lead to a need for temporary staff: there are many events, festivals or
religious holidays in which a business may need to recruit staff which only work during this
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time. For example, ASDA will need to recruit staff in the winter as Christmas is one religious
holiday where they will be busy and need staff.
The recruitment process must be ethical and adhere to equal opportunities because
business who want to recruit should treat every candidate the same, without giving anyone
an increase chance of preforming better in an interview to help them. When they advise the
job role they must be honest and not give false information, they should maintain
confidentiality because not only can they be taken to court if they don’t but it makes a
candidate respect and trust the business, they should also make sure that the same
questions are being asked to every candidate whom are being interviewed so this gives
everyone an equal opportunity, finally the same criteria should be used for all applicants.
Use of job centres and agencies. And relate to chosen business – Do they use? How?
Reasons why. Why don’t they use them if they don’t? Specific contribution as to what they
do for the business.
Job centres and Agencies
Job centre was established in 2002. With the organisation’s headquarters being in Leeds,
United Kingdom, the Job Centres are a part of the Department for Work and Pensions that
bring working-age support services. The Job Centre are an executive agency in which report
directly to the Minister of State for Employment. This service provides support for those
looking for a job.
ASDA have an effective partnership with the Job Centre Plus. The Job Centre works with
ASDA to help support those who are unemployed. Job seekers can get a temporary
appointment, work part-time hours or arrange flexible working arrangements. Having a
partnership with the Job Centre will help contribute a lot to the business as ASDA will be
able to ask the Job Centre to help find any potential employees when they are looking to
hire for many different reasons.
This will make ASDA successful as they won’t need to advertise any job offers as the Job
Centre will take care of everything. A weakness may be that the people who use the Job
Centre may not be skilled or have the necessary requirements needed for a job. If ASDA do
accept the unskilled people, it will be time consuming for the business to train them money,
that could be used elsewhere. ASDA could limit how many applicants can apply to help
improve this area so they can advertise in a place where skilled people can apply.
Asda will make sure that the Job Centre follow the laws because not only will they get
negative publicity but they could face consequences from the government (as they are in a
partnership with the job centre and financially support them) which could be lawsuits which
the business could face, the government could conduct audits and give them large fines
which they have to pay off. All which ASDA will be responsible for if the Job Centre doesn’t
follow certain laws and regulations which are put in place.
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