Reasons for Recruitment
Reasons for Description Example of a business
recruitment
The business is growing More demand for stores or Lidl expanding in the London are opening “X” amount of new stores
outlets to meet demand
Seasonal fluctuations When employees takes holidays Nike has seasonal fluctuations during the year, which means that they need to
and businesses hire extra people recruit people to cover those positions in the mean time
for those seasons
New offices If new offices are created, new Zenefits opening a new office in Scottsdale, has created 1,300 new jobs
staff will be needed in order to
work in there
Internal promotions When someone gets a job better John Lewis internal promotions occur quite often, and they need people to cover up
than his previous within’ the those positions, that’s why they need to recruit new staff
business, this creates new
vacancies
Job roles are changing Advances in technology are For example, supermarkets such as Morrison increased their staff even though they
influencing how job roles are introduced electric supermarket checkout counters which don’t need people. They
performed. replaced that people and recruited new ones to stock the shelves.
System are changing Massive development in IT, Many people book hotels or flights online, so companies such as British Airways
need more people with ICT create new systems which are easily available for all type of people, or 24 hour
skills shops with delivery included or online shopping like JD Sports / Footasylum / Foot
Locker
New vacancies are being People may leave for personal In companies such as Apple, there are a lot of females working for them, and if they
created reasons, such as raising a family get pregnant, they have to take their time out of the company to take care of the
and this creates a new vacancy child, and therefore new vacancies are created
Vacancies caused by staff People may leave for maternity, In companies such as Bosch, a lot of elderly people still works there, which means
turnover serious illness, resignation or that soon they’ll retire and will create new vacancies
retirement