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Human resources
Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.
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Human resources
Recruitment
Business administration; Human resources
The process of identifying possible candidates for a job vacancy. It should start, ideally, with a job analysis, after which a job specification should be drawn up. Likely candidates to meet the ...
Unfair dismissal
Business administration; Human resources
The verdict of an industrial tribunal which is sought by an employee who feels he or she has been wrongfully dismissed by his or her employer. The employer has to show that the dismissal was fair and ...
Job transition
Business administration; Human resources
The process of moving from one job to another, either within the same organisation or between organizations. A time of heightened psychological activity and stress.
Head-hunting
Business administration; Human resources
The process of looking systematically for talented people and offering them an incentive to move to another organization. A more general form of executive search.
Career anchors
Business administration; Human resources
A concept developed by the American theorist of organisational psychology, Edgar Schein, to study the guidelines and priorities in the working life of a manager. It deals with the way in which a ...
Zero-hours contract
Business administration; Human resources
A contract of employment where the worker has to be available to the employer for a certain period of time even though his or her services may not actually be called upon. As the worker is only paid ...
Vocational guidance
Business administration; Human resources
A branch of occupational psychology which helps people to choose an occupation or a career which will be of mutual benefit to them and their prospective employers. It makes use of the interview ...
