Recruitment & Selection

Expectations
On time for every single lesson.
You need to catch up with missed work
before next lesson.
Bring Equipment to every lesson.
Bring books/folders to every lesson.
Be in correct uniform for every lesson.
All work is completed neatly and to the
best of your ability.
Behaviour is exemplary at all times.

Year 12 BTEC Business

Unit 1 Mrs Winter

Unit 2 Mr Young
Unit 38 - Both
Make sure you save your work in Folders in your area

Notes
Assignments
Work
Bibliography Neils Toolbox

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have printer credits.
You can top up at student services.
We will send you assignments via your MySandstorm email make
sure you save that work in your folders

Structure of Course
For Unit 1 and 2, the following
pattern of work with be typical:

Teaching 2-3 weeks

Mock assignment A 3 weeks
Feedback 1 week
Real assignment A 3 weeks

For the final Unit 38, one

teacher will cover part A and do:

Teaching 2-3 weeks

Mock assignment A 3 weeks
Feedback 1 week
Real assignment A 3 weeks

The other teacher will cover part

B and do:

Result from A and new teaching 23 weeks

Mock assignment B 3 weeks
Feedback 1 week
Real assignment B 3 weeks

This will be the case for each

teacher from now until February

You will be on track to

complete the course by the
Easter break

Teaching 2-3 weeks

Mock assignment B 3 weeks
Feedback 1 week
Real assignment B 3 weeks

The Plan For This Half

Term
W/C

Key Assessments
Year 12 BTEC

02-Sep

Teaching

07-Sep

Teaching

14-Sep

Teaching

21-Sep

Unit 1A & 2A Mock

Hand Out 21st

28-Sep

Completing

05-Oct

Unit 1A & 2A Mock

Hand In 9th

12-Oct

Feedback

19-Oct

Unit 1A & 2A Real

Hand Out 19th

26-Oct

Half Term

Must hit deadlines or

you will be kept behind
on the date to
complete it after
school.

UNIT 2: Business Resources

Physical
Resources
Human
Resources

Technological
Resources

Financial
Resources

PASS

MERIT

DISTINCTI
ON

P1 describe the recruitment

M1 explain how the

D1 evaluate how managing

documentation used in a
selected organisation

management of human,
physical and technological
resources can improve the
performance of a selected
organisation

resources and controlling

budget costs can improve the
performance of a business

P2 describe the main

M2 assess the importance of

employability, personal and

communication skills required
when applying for a specific
job role

employability, and personal

skills in the recruitment and
retention of staff in a selected
organisation

P3

describe the main physical

and technological resources
required in the operation of a
selected organisation

P4 describe sources of internal

and external finance for a
selected business

P5 interpret the contents of a

M3 interpret the contents of a

D2 evaluate the adequacy of

trading and profit and loss

account and balance sheet for
a selected company

trading and profit and loss

account and balance sheet for
a selected company explaining
how accounting ratios can be

accounting ratios as a means of

monitoring the state of the
business in a selected
organisation, using examples

Admin
Create a BTEC Business Folder.
Create a folder called Unit 1 & another
called Unit 2.
In each folder create two folders.
Call one Class notes and the other
Tasks

Job Adverts
Use the following website to find a
job you would be interested in doing.
http://jobs.theguardian.com/
What is included in the job advert?
What would you be
expected to do in the
role?

Aim & Objectives

Aim

Understand how businesses recruit

Pass

Order the seven stages of recruitment

and selection.
Explain the different stages of
recruitment and selection.
Create interview questions that assess a
candidates capability as a sales
assistant in Topman/Topshop.

Merit
Distincti
on
Distincti
on Star

Review peers interview questions and

suggest improvements

Put these in the correct order:

You are an entrepreneur looking to hire a new
worker. The recruitment process is the steps
that you have to take to hire someone new.

A worker leaves
their job
Put these steps in the right order:
The business looks
at the applications
The business creates a job
and short lists
description and personal
candidates
specification
A job
One worker is
Job applicants on the
advert is
offered the
short list are called in for
advertised job (as long
interviews
Applicants send in
in local
as they have
their application
newspape good
forms and CVs
rs
references)

Why might a member of staff leave

And the correct order is:

You are an entrepreneur looking to hire a new
worker. The recruitment process is the steps
that you have to take to hire someone
new.
A worker leaves
their job
Put these steps in the right order:
The business looks
The business creates a job
description and personal
specification
Job applicants on the
short list are called in for
interviews
Applicants send in
their application
forms and CVs

at the applications
and short lists
candidates
A job
One worker is
advert is
offered the
advertised job (as long
in local
as they have
newspape good
rs
references)

Why might a member of staff leave

7 stages of recruitment and selection

Answer the following questions:
What is a job description?
What is a person specification?
List at least 3 places a business can
advertise their job
What does shortlisting mean?
How do businesses decide which
candidate to shortlist?
Write down 3 questions
businesses might ask at interview
(be able to justify why they may
ask these questions).

Job Description:

Person Specification:

Recruiting a Sales Assistant For Topshop/Topman

Job Advert:

What would you

look for on a CV:

How would
you Shortlist?

Employee Benefits
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=
BOqObXoRxvg
Research benefits to
employees of working at John
How could
Lewis. Display in the table
offering this
Benefit
Description
of
Benefit
below:
benefit the
business?
Pension

When Staff Leave

What are the costs a Business would
have to pay when staff leave their
business?

Advertisin
g

Promotion
of Job
Advert

Time

Training

Redundan
cy

Benefits

Staff Turnover
Number of staff leaving in
a year
Average Number of staff
employed in that year
The higher the % the
worse it is. Why?

X 100

ASDA