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The role of the management in relation to human resources is to ensure the recruitment and
retention of staff is successful. This means that the managers initially identify what they
require, if they want to use their resource (employee) to meet the demands for the business.
This is done through the recruitment and selection process. (Job description, person
specification, application form, interview, work assessment). The manager can decide if
this candidate will meet the needs of the business. Matching their skills to the requirements
of the job. This can be done through identifying were candidates match the requirements
after different assessments.
Cadbury recruits a number of people for specific roles. They have a graduation
programme, which allows graduates to start challenging roles. They give a lot of support to
their graduates and each individual has a regular performance review and personal training
and development programmed tailored to their specific needs. Cadbury has noticed the
growing tendency to recruit online. This shows Cadbury is efficient due to them widening
their options and following the relevant trend in the market to allow them to benefit on
numerous aspects. With them observing this new method it has allowed them to reduce
cost per hire and increase brand visibility throughout the recruitment process. Recruiting
online is found to be much easier for the applicants, as well as for the company sake. Their
online recruitment process includes verbal and numerical reasoning tests in place of
paper-based versions. The online tests give objective evidence about applicants to help
Cadbury shortlist the best candidates. Psychometric assessment has always been apart of
Cadburys recruitment process. Which essentially provides the employer with the ability of
the candidate. Paper-based tests, however where found to be unwieldy and time
consuming. Candidates used to spend 90 minutes taking the assessment test. They have
now discovered through testing, the online method, it has cut this down to a 45 minute
online test prior to the interview stage. This ultimately allows them to get more value form
assessment days, due to candidates being able to spend more time on job-related exercises.
Following on form the online application is Cadbury feels your application meets the
screening criteria, you will be requested to take numerical and verbal tests. If the test
scores compare favorably with other candidates and your application form impresses them,
you will the be invited to an interview at one of their sites. Successful candidates will then
be invited to their final assessment event.
