Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to

recruitment and selection

Recruitment

Recruitment is the activity that establishes the relationship between the employer and
the applicant. Recruitment aims to create jobs for a large number of employees. The
recruitment process is simple and applicants just need to submit the application
without too much demand from the company. Human resource departments only need
to select the appropriate application and receive the candidate, so the process does not
take much time and expense by the candidates themselves.

To apply for a job by submission, candidates must fill out a full application form
including, job title, grade/level, reporting lines, key responsibilities and tasks

The personal requirements for the job are explained in the person specification

Includes required experience, qualifications, competencies or personal attributes (e.g.

strong verbal communication).

There are also forms of recruiting through the internet. Nowadays with the
development of the internet, anything can be accomplished online and recruited. To
keep up with the world trend, companies are also beginning to use online recruiting.
This way the candidates can fill in the profiles available on the network and send mail
to the HR department. It does not take too much time to apply as before. In addition,
recent graduates or those who need a job can receive job postings via the company's
official website or other social-friendly sites that the company is involved in.

Selection

Selection is the process of recruiting qualified personnel and matching vacant

positions. Unlike recruitment, selection will reject all unsuitable candidates. This is a
complicated and time consuming process. It also costs a lot of companies to offer
reasonable prices to invite candidates suitable for vacant positions. Often, the
selection process will occur after recruitment because after reviewing the recruitment
application, the candidate does not find the right candidate for the position they are
looking for, they will plan directly to recruit the candidate well suited.
Explain at least 03 strengths and weaknesses of each internal and
external recruitment; each main methods of selection.

Recruiting is the process of finding and selecting the right people, satisfying the
requirements of the position and long-term goals of the company. In order to
effectively recruit staff, the recruiter must have a thorough and well-rounded vision.
There are many recruitment methods, including internal recruitment and external
recruitment.

1. Internal recruiting is a form of recruiting staff available in the company to run for
the new position.

The first advantage of recruiting internally is the use of old employees so

employees are familiar with the work environment in the company. When
working in a familiar environment, we will be more relaxed in order to get a
better job. Secondly, because of a familiar working environment, there is not
much pressure. Employees will want to stick with the company for a long time,
meaning that loyalty to the company will increase. Next is the relationship
between the department staff together is quite cohesive, which is a favorable
point for the future post. When departments are linked, collaboration across
departments is much easier. Finally, the biggest advantage of recruiting is that
leaders, managers know the strength of their employees, so it is easier to assign
tasks to the most appropriate.

In addition to the advantages mentioned above, the recruitment also has certain
disadvantages. Because of being too comfortable with the work environment in
the company, the employees will relinquish, neglect the job does not complete
their work. In addition, work long enough in an environment where staff
members have the initiative to innovate in ways that fit the outside world. In
addition, employees have never been exposed to the way companies work, so the
professional experience for each industry is still less.
2. External recruitment is the recruitment of human resources outside of society
through recruitment announcements or referrals from acquaintances. Recruited
students are graduates, freelancers, employees of other companies...

Any recruitment method will have it advantages and disadvantages. Recruiting

new employees brings new ideas and innovations to the company. Besides, since
they have had time to work outside, they have a lot of experience from other jobs.
In addition, new people will always have new relationships from which to utilize
the relationship to find more potential customers. Moreover, outsourcing can
employ a large number of employees depending on demand.

External recruitment sometimes also has some problems. For example, when
recruiting new graduates we sometimes have to train them for the fundamentals
of the company. In addition, for newcomers they have not fully adapted to the
working style of everyone in the company, sometimes leading to the difficult
integration into the staff community. The most important thing is that the
management only knows about the new employees through the recruitment
process, never contacted work cooperation so it is difficult to assign assignments
when assigning tasks.

Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different

approaches to recruitment and selection, supported by specific
examples.

Specific examples should be analyzed in Vietnams cultural context

Established on 15/12/1993 and officially put into operation since 1995, after many
years of operation, Acecook Vietnam Joint Stock Company has grown to become a
comprehensive food products company. There are 100% invested capital and
production line from Japan. Acecook Vietnam consists of 7 branches and 11 factories.
The corporation is located in Ho Chi Minh City. With two factories in 2001, Danang
(1 factory) and Hung Yen (2 factories) set up branches in 2001. In 2003, two new
factories were established in Binh Duong. In 2004, Bac Ninh also rejoiced with two
factories that decided to build in order to improve production. Then in 2006, Acecook
Vietnam decided to open another branch in Vinh Long with 2 factories and finally in
2016 Ha Noi branch was born. In Vietnam, the company has a strong position in the
market, specializing in supplying instant noodles with high quality and nutrition.

Acecook is known as a company with 100% foreign capital so the way of recruiting
and working environment is almost identical to that of Japan. When working at
Acecook you can be creative, work in safe conditions, friendly colleagues and
especially superiors are very interested in your employees.

Acecook always prides itself on getting enlightened staff and training policies,
improving the level of staff. According to the representative of the company, while
working in the company, employees can rotate positions.

1. Internal Recruitment

Acecook is a foreign company so the way of working also has many differences with
Vietnamese companies. According to the information from the representative of the
company, at each term of office employees holding positions from the head or more
will swap positions. For example, the marketing manager will change positions with
the R & D manager. Even the general manager can change for one another. This is
also considered an internal recruitment form of Acecook - recruiting former
employees into the new position.

Strengths

The exchange of positions allows managers or department managers to better

understand the work of other departments, thereby enhancing knowledge and
experience in a variety of areas. In addition to the relationship between departments,
the closer the department is to each other, the cooperation between each other to work
together. For example, a former product manager can describe the specific work of a
production manager for a newcomer, between which they will exchange information
and lead to a new relationship.

Weakness

In the form of staff exchange of acecook almost the employees are actively responded
to and widely used by other companies. So, in my opinion, there is no weakness in
internal recruitment.

2. External Recruitment

Acecook is a large company and is constantly expanding production scale across the
country so acecook can solve the employment demand for most of the people of
Vietnam. Within a few months Acecook will open a recruitment phase for vacancies.
Individuals aged 18 and over in any part of the country can apply for a job only on the
basis of a high school diploma. This is a mandatory requirement for companies so it is
not too difficult to apply for a job at Acecook.. Acecook Vietnam is based on this
philosophy to recruit, cultivate, reward and develop talents. We connect talented
people and virtues together to bring delicious meals, safe, peace of mind, joy and
happiness to each family. ( Acecook Vit Nam - Cook Happiness) .

Strengths

Recruiting in such a way that save a lot of time and costs for the company. Employers
only need to sit there and wait for applicants to come to the site without having to
look around or get acquainted with prospective employees.

Weakness

This is the way to recruit staff passively, difficult to control. Although many people
apply for work, it is still very difficult to find a suitable person for a vacancy. Beside
that is a short-term measure to meet the company's shortage of human resources and
outsourced recruiters are often recruited for low positions such as workers, security
and labor in the company.

3. Internet Recruitment

Like other large-scale companies across the country, Acecook also has its own
website to post its activities, including job postings. Nowadays, the internet has
grown so strong that it has become an indispensable tool in daily life. Knowing that,
Acecook has applied the form of online recruiting.

Strengths
 Acecook will give you detailed information about the jobs you need and will put in
place an online application form that will make it easier for people to apply for a job
than the traditional job application lost information. This saves time for both
personnel and job applicants. It also saves a large part of the cost of delivering leaflets
or postings on recruitment news.

Weakness

Strengths will also have weaknesses. Anyone can apply online so sometimes there
will be people who are not serious about finding a job or just submit a job that affects
other candidates, reducing the chances of having a job be their job. Besides, as there
are no responsibilities when applying for jobs online, there are those who do not meet
the basic conditions still apply to overload the number of applications, but the quality
is very low. But generally online recruitment form is still Acecook in favor of its
inherent facilities, the inconvenience can overcome.

4. Selection

Acecook Vietnam offers employees competitive salary systems and dynamic

benefits, short and long term bonuses, and a friendly, cohesive working environment.

( Acecook Vit Nam - Cook Happiness) .

To attract talented people, Acecook has created special benefits for employees. In
addition to the basic benefits that most companies have, Acecook will have additional
vacations as a bonus after a tiring work day. For example, in addition to basic things

like health insurance, providing lunch for employees, additional bonuses on holidays,
New Year. Acecook also organizes one-time or one-off vacation trips for overseas
staffs, etc. In addition, Acecook also has training programs in conjunction with Japan
to attract talented people. Through training programs, employees have more
opportunities to stay in Japan to work or hold high positions in the company. This is
one of the attractions of Acecook for the young.

Strengths

In addition to attracting many talents to the company. The human-readable human

resource campaign indirectly shows everyone the true potential of Acecook. From
salary factors for employees to services such as grants, social health. Acecook proves
that the company is a place where everyone is involved.
 Weakness

The weakness of the selection structure is that it costs a lot of money to invest in
employee training programs. To attract employees, they must offer attractive benefits
that lead to increased costs for the company.

In short, Acecook has voted the top 100 most rewarding companies in Vietnam.

This is the result of an independent survey conducted by Vietnam's largest network of

senior managers and human resources - Anphabe (www.anphabe.com) and market
research firm Nielsen. 26,128 respondents in 24 industries. More than 500 enterprises
participated in the survey based on a set of criteria including 46 factors around 6 main
criteria: Salary, bonus, welfare; development opportunities; culture and values;
leadership team; quality of work and life; company reputation. To bring happiness to
the employees, Acecook Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for all
employees to work, for consumers. In parallel, employees are always created the best
working environment through emulation programs, rewarding regimes and
well-deserved benefits. In particular, Acecook has always provided a great source of
funding for in-country and offshore training for potential employees, as well as
regular professional training sessions.

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