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1 recruitment
HRthe activity of employing workers to fill vacancies or enrolling new members. Employment recruitment is composed of several stages: verifying that a vacancy exists; drawing up a job specification; finding candidates; selecting them by interviewing and other means such as conducting a psychometric test; and making a job offer. Effective recruitment is important in achieving high organizational performance and minimizing labor turnover. Employees may be recruited either externally or internally. -
2 internal recruitment
HRrecruitment carried out within the existing workforce. Internal recruitment gives employees opportunities for promotion and to develop new skills. -
3 employee referral program
HRa policy, popular in the United States, for encouraging employees, usually through cash incentives, to nominate potential job candidates as part of the recruiting process. Employee referral programs have been developed in an attempt to address the recruitment difficulties experienced by organizations in times of full employment. Although they can be very successful, there is a danger that if a referral program is relied on too heavily, only limited sectors of the potential labor force will be available for recruitment, which might lead to a reduction in the diversity of the workforce.The ultimate business dictionary > employee referral program
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4 Durão Barroso, José Manuel
(1952-)Academic, scholar, and politician who rose to prominence after the Revolution of 25 April 1974. Trained as an academic in the field of political science and law, Durão Barroso received a master's degree in political science at a Swiss university in the 1980s and continued to a doctorate in Portugal. For some years, he taught political science at the University of Geneva. A student of Portuguese government and politics, he entered academic life in Lisbon at various universities, including the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, and spent terms abroad as a visiting political science professor at Georgetown University in the United States.A leading member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) after 1993, he was minister of foreign affairs in the Cavaco Silva government in the mid-1990s. When Marcello Rebelo de Sousa withdrew from politics in 1999, Durão Barroso was elected in his place as chief of the PSD; he led the party in the October 1999 elections, won by the Socialist Party (PS) under Guterres. The defeat of the PSD in this election, whose final results were closer than predicted, cast a shadow on the leadership position of Durão Barroso, whose brittle style and manner of public speaking aroused controversy. The position of the PSD, however, still retained some strength; the results of the October 1999 elections were disappointing to the PS, which expected to win an overall majority in the Assembly of the Republic. Instead, the PS fell one seat short. The electoral results in seats were PS (115) to PSD (81). As the PS's hold on the electorate weakened during 2001, and the party was defeated in municipal elections in December 2001, the PSD's leader came into his own as party chief.In the parliamentary elections of 17 March 2002, the PSD won the largest number of seats, and Durão Barroso was appointed prime minister. To have a majority, he governed in coalition with the Popular Party (PP), formerly known as the Christian Democratic Party (CDS). Durão Barroso reduced government spending, which affected the budgets of local governments and civil service recruitment. These measures, as well as plans to accelerate privatization and introduce labor reforms, resulted in a public-sector worker's strike in November 2002, the first such strike in 10 years. Durão Barroso decided to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a freeze on the wages of employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than 50 percent of the workforce.In 2004, he became president of the Commission, European Union (EU). He took up the office on 23 November 2004, and Pedro Santana Lopes, then the PSD mayor of Lisbon, became prime minister. Portugal has held the six-month rotating presidency of the EU three times, in 1992, 2000, and 2007.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Durão Barroso, José Manuel
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5 affirmative action
HRpreferential treatment, usually through a quota system, to prevent, or correct, discriminatory employment practices, particularly relating to recruitment and promotion. The term is widely used in the United States, whereas in the United Kingdom, positive discrimination is the preferred term. -
6 application form
HRa form used in the recruitment process to enable a job candidate to supply information about his or her qualifications, skills, and experience. Employers may ask a candidate to complete an application form instead of, or as well as, providing a résumé. Application forms should be reviewed regularly to ensure that questions asked take account of current legislation, accepted good practice, and internal organizational developments. These questions should be job-related and avoid unjustifiable intrusion into a candidate’s personal life. -
7 assessment center
HRa process whereby a group of participants undertakes a series of job-related exercises under observation, so that skills, competencies, and character traits can be assessed. Specially trained assessors evaluate each participant against predetermined criteria. Various methods of assessment may be used, including interviews, psychometric tests, group discussions, group problem solving exercises, individual jobsimulated tasks, and role-plays. Assessment centers are used in selection for recruitment and promotion, and in training and development, and aim to provide an organization with an assessment process that is consistent, free of prejudice, and fair. -
8 ethnic monitoring
HRthe recording and evaluation of the racial origins of employees or customers with the goal of ensuring that all parts of the population are represented. When ethnic monitoring is conducted as a part of the recruitment process, candidates are asked to indicate their ethnic origin on an anonymous basis. Information thus supplied is removed from the application as soon as it is received by the prospective employer. -
9 executive search
HRthe identification of suitable external candidates for senior positions on behalf of an organization by recruitment agents or consultants, often using headhunting techniques. Executive search consultants work from personal recommendation and lists of their own contacts, and monitor rising stars or key personnel in particular organizations or professions. The number of potential candidates is usually limited because of the specialty or seniority of the post, so that the search takes place within upper salary ranges. Executive search consultants rarely advertise because the publicity may be unfruitful or detrimental to the organization for which they are working, and they do not find posts for individual job hunters. -
10 graphology
HRthe study of handwriting styles in an attempt to identify personality traits and to predict how somebody may react in particular situations. Graphology is sometimes used as part of the recruitment process. Because it cannot be substantiated, it is not recommended as a formal test and tends to be used informally. -
11 group selection
HRa method of recruitment in which candidates are assessed in groups rather than individually. Group selection can take place in an assessment center. It should not be confused with a panel interview, which involves one candidate but several interviewers. -
12 interviewing
HRthe practice of asking questions of another person in order to gain information and make an assessment. Interviewing is a selection tool used in recruitment to assess somebody’s suitability for a job. A structured interview relies on asking the same job-related questions of all candidates and systematically evaluating their responses. There are two principal models: the behavioral interview, which strives to find out how applicants have behaved in the past in similar situations; and the situational interview, in which they are asked hypothetical questions to determine how they might act in the future. Interviewing is a technique also used in counseling, performance appraisal, and as part of a disciplinary procedure (see discipline). -
13 lifetime value
Gen Mgta measure of the total value to a supplier of a customer’s business over the duration of their transactions.In a consumer business, customer lifetime value is calculated by analyzing the behavior of a group of customers who have the same recruitment date. The revenue and cost for this group of customers is recorded, by campaign or season, and the overall contribution for that period can then be worked out. Industry experience has shown that the benefits to a business of increasing lifetime value can be enormous. A 5% increase in customer retention can create a 125% increase in profits; a 10% increase in retailer retention can translate to a 20% increase in sales; and extending customer life cycles by three years can treble profits per customer. -
14 Myers-Briggs type indicator
HRa psychometric test that identifies four basic preferences in people’s behavior. The indicator was created in the 1940s by Katherine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs-Myers. It is based largely on the Jungian theory of personality types. The four preferences identified are made up of pairs of opposites: extraversion and introversion; sensing and intuition; thinking and feeling; and judgment and perception. The indicator provides a framework allowing people to understand themselves and others more fully, as well as encouraging the appreciation of different styles and perceptions. It is often used in team building and in the recruitment process.The ultimate business dictionary > Myers-Briggs type indicator
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15 occupational psychology
HRthe branch of psychology concerned with the assessment of the well-being of employees within their work environment in order to improve performance and efficiency, job satisfaction, and occupational health. The eight main areas of occupational psychology include: human-machine interaction; design of working environment; health and safety; personnel recruitment and assessment; performance appraisal and career development; counseling and personal development; training; motivation; industrial relations; and organization change and development. -
16 personnel management
HRthe part of management that is concerned with people and their relationships at work. Personnel management is the responsibility of all those who manage people, as well as a description of the work of specialists. Personnel managers advise on, formulate, and implement personnel policies such as recruitment, conditions of employment, performance appraisal, training, industrial relations, and health and safety. There are various models of personnel management, of which human resource management (see HRM) is the most recent. -
17 psychometric test
HRa series of questions, problems, or practical tasks that provide a measurement of aspects of somebody’s personality, knowledge, ability, or experience. There are three main categories of psychometric test: ability or aptitude tests, achievement tests, and personality tests. A test should be both valid—it should measure what it says it measures—and reliable—it should give consistent scores. However, no test can ever be 100% accurate, and should be viewed more as a useful indicator than a definitive verdict on a person’s skills or potential. Tests are used in recruitment, to ascertain whether or not a candidate is likely to be a good fit for a job, and in employee development, and their administration and interpretation must be carried out by qualified people. Tests are increasingly taken, scored, and interpreted with the aid of computer-based systems. A test may also be referred to as an instrument, and tests can be grouped into a test battery. -
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19 skills shortage
HRa shortfall in the number of workers with the skills needed to fill the jobs currently available. A skills shortage may be caused by a lack of education and vocational training, or by wider social and economic factors such as new technological developments. A skills shortage may affect a region, an industry, or a whole country. Skills shortages of this type need to be addressed at national level through effective manpower planning and the development of strategies for adult education and vocational training. An organization may suffer from a skills shortage as a result of poor recruitment and employee retention policies, or through inadequate provision of training and employee development opportunities. -
20 supervisory management
Gen Mgt, HRthe most junior level of management within an organization. Supervisory management activities include staff recruitment, handling day-to-day grievances and staff discipline, and ensuring that quality and production targets are met.
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