Tham khảo tài liệu 'the key concepts routledge key guides by chris rowley and keith jackson_4', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | RECRUITMENT level jobs the pay range might be very wide and individual agreements on pay are made while for operative or lower level jobs there will be a fixed wage rate with no scope for negotiations. 5 When are the recruits to be in post If the recruits are to be in place next year but it is likely to take a year to find candidates select the most suitable and wait for them to serve notice with existing employees then the recruitment must start soon. If however it is expected that there will be suitable candidates able to join in a month the recruitment will start nearer the time when the employees have to be in post. Using outside agents Usually the employer has HRM staff that handle recruitment but recently more organisations have considered outsourcing this work to recruitment agents as this recruitment does not fit the strategic orientation of HRM. A useful guide to selecting recruitment agents was produced by People Management 2005 . If HRM staff handles the recruitment then the costs are generally fixed the HRM staff receive their regular salary while an agent will charge a fee based on a percentage of the successful candidate s salary usually from 8 per cent for junior staff recruited in large numbers to per cent for top executives identified by selection agents . When the HRM staff conducts recruitment although their salary costs are fixed the employer will have to pay for advertising costs which are usually included within the fee paid to an agent . Advertising costs can be substantial an advertisement in a Sunday newspaper jobs section will cost over 5 000 so the cost advantage of using HRM staff to recruit can be substantially diminished. But as mentioned in the context of a candidate s pay the expense of employing staff is substantial and the cost of employing the wrong candidate especially in senior roles can cripple a business. The recruitment plan must include an outline timetable including when to advertise brief recruitment agents what .
