HR Assessment – Task 2

Outcomes 2 & 3

Escape to the Wild Report

To ensure Escape to the Wild’s continued successful and profitable expansion, the

Managing Director has expressed his wish for the company to take on a more

Strategic approach to the way it recruits trains and promotes its employees.

To implement this new strategic approach a human resource function should be

introduced.

The following describes four activities the human resource function will undertake in order to support the company’s expansion and success:

Recruitment & Selection

The purpose of recruitment and selection is to reduce the risk of poor selection and

attract well qualified candidates to the job. Systematic planning and preparation will

increase the likelihood of employing the right person for the job. Recruitment and selection is crucial to the organisations success and selection techniques such as psychological tests, practical tests and numeracy tests can be used to determine the best candidate for the job.

Recruitment and selection activities include: employment law, job descriptions, personal specifications, advertising, applications, interviews, tests, references and

acceptance/rejection letters.

The implementation of a recruitment and selection process within the human

resource function for Escape to the Wild would reduce the amount of work for the

Finance Director and the finance section. The Finance Director would no longer

have to issue all employment contracts freeing him to focus on more finance related

activities. The finance section would spend less time on staff related issues they are

not equipped to deal with and focus more on the financial side of the business. The

Managers would also have clear guidance and support from the HR staff with

regards to the recruitment of new staff and the administration related