This glossary is designed to help Cambodians who are working in Human Resources deal with the common terms used through the recruitment process. If you are an HR Manager, a hiring manager or a business owner, all of us at Top Recruitment Cambodia hope that you find this information useful.
Recruitment consultants need to gather a lot of information before they can open a search for their client. When an employer talks to a recruitment agency the recruiter or recruitment consultant they meet is trying to take what we call a Job Order. This is a set of instructions to perform a piece of recruitment work according to specified requirements.
Every employer has an employer brand and this brand is a key factor important when it comes to recruiting. Employer branding, simply put, means your reputation as an employer. We can say that the retention and performance of employees depends on the quality of leadership, but the employer brand is a feature of the company culture.
The importance of having a strategy when you are recruiting and we are going to tell you how you can create your own recruitment strategy. Any business activity carried out without a plan is likely to go wrong and recruitment is no different.
The difference in meaning between these terms is important and using them correctly will stop you getting confused. The recruitment area of the Human Resources function has a number of terms which have quite different meanings and it is easy to get them confused.
In this article we explain the answer to this simple question in a way that will help you understand that recruiting is a process, and to be successful it must be methodical. Recruitment is the process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate for a job opening. It should be carried out in a timely and cost-effective way.
If you have used a recruitment agency or applied to a job on-line then you should have a clear idea of what the job you are interviewing for is offering as a salary and package. Saying that, many employers do not reveal what they are going to offer – this might be because they haven’t completed a budget for the role or department, they might have some flexibility as they are hiring for multiple positions…
Nobody enjoys talking about their weaknesses or their failures. Thinking about the times that you made mistakes or times that you were just plain wrong can be negative and lead you nowhere. However questions about your weaknesses are often asked in interviews and you should be prepared tackle questions like this.
Many people are naturally cautious and careful about talking about how great they are. In an interview situation however it is your job to ‘blow your own trumpet’. The interviewer is likely to ask a question like:
“Tell me about your major achievements at XYZ Company.”
“What was your greatest success in Company ABC?”
You must be fully prepared to answer this question.
Congratulations, your CV has done its job and you have been invited to interview! Now it’s time to prepare.
You should be sure that you know everything you can about the company. If you went through an agency the recruitment consultant will tell you who the interviewer(s) will be. Use LinkedIn to find about the interviewer’s own career.