Recruitment Planning and Advertising

Tesco’s
In order for Tesco’s to attract the correct type of potential employees, they advertise both internally and externally allowing a lot of different people to see it. Tesco’s advertise jobs differently depending on the position available.

Because Tesco’s operates on such a large skill they need a wide range of both store-based and non-store employees. To ensure the store is running with ease continuously there needs to be checkout staff, stock handlers, supervisors as well as specialists such as pharmacists. There needs to be employees who are skilled in stock management and logistics to work within the distribution depots as well as those who work in the head office.

Recruitment Planning
Reason for Recruitment
Because the company is continuously expanding they need to recruit on a regular basis, positions also become available for other reasons such as:
• Company changes their processes and technology creating new jobs
• Employees leaving the company when retiring or resigning
• An employee getting a promotion within the company.

Internal Recruitment
This is when Tesco’s would recruit a member of staff from within the business who has applied for the available vacancy. By carrying out this process there are various amounts of advantages;

• Much quicker and cheaper process.
• Tesco’s would already know the strengths and weaknesses so an interview.

However, internal recruitment would also have some disadvantages to it. By employing someone who already works for the business, no new ideas would be getting brought to the business therefore nothing could become improved due to their ideas having already been inputed.

External Recruitment
This is when Tesco’s would be looking to employ someone from outside of the business, this is when Tesco’s would have to advertise their vacancies and go