Recruitment, Selection and Retention on J Sainsbury Plc.

Sainsburys is currently the second largest chain of supermarkets within the UK, with a current supermarket sector share of 16.9%. Sainsbury’s was founded in 1869 and today operates in over 1,200 supermarket and convenience stores, and has over 161,000 employees. We will be looking at a number of areas internally and externally and see how they are effectively or not effectively performing.

Sainsbury’s goal is to reflect they commitment to meeting customers’ needs; however, they want to shop food, clothing, general merchandise and services also they vision is to be trusted retailer where people love to work and shop. They strategy plan is to know they consumers better than anyone else, be there for them whenever they need them also offering great products and services at fair prices. They colleagues make the difference; they value makes them different.

Suppliers- Suppliers are also main stakeholders who influence the purpose of Sainsbury’s. Suppliers want their prompt payment. They supply steady orders and get paid by Sainsbury’s. They work for such company’s who respect them and value them.

Tesco advertised the post internally on its intranet for two week and If it does not found any suitable people then their will advertised their job vacancy externally.

One internal and two external ways that I could recruit for this role are through an internal

J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury) is a retail chain based in the UK. Sainsbury is engaged in grocery retailing through its supermarkets and convenience stores principally in the UK. The company operates its business through three divisions, namely, Retailing, Financial Services and Property Investment. Sainsbury serves its customers through a chain of 537 supermarkets and 335 convenience stores under the brand Sainsburys, and financial services via Sainsburys Bank. Sainsbury offers around 30,000 food and non-food products and services. The company is headquartered in London, the UK J Sainsbury plc Key Recent Developments Mar 11, 2010: Sainsbury launches first bakery college in the UK Mar 08, 2010: Sainsbury to add

J Sainsbury's aims and objectives Their business is now focused very much on Sainsbury’s Supermarkets and Sainsbury’s Bank following the sale of Shaw’s

A case study into the recruitment and selection processes at Tesco and how they link to business success.

External - Candidates are sought from outside of the organization (not current employees) through methods such as want ads, head hunters (recruiters), job fairs, on-campus recruiting, etc... Advantage - allows firms to acquire new perspectives, expertise, and capabilities that they do not currently possess.

This is a quick and easy way to notify the market about the available jobs in the company and attract a large number of candidates. Newspaper ads are also less costly compared to using headhunters for finding the right candidate.

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Advertisements are the most common form of external recruitment. They can be found in many places (local and national newspapers, notice boards, recruitment fairs).

Sainsbury has developed different supply chain channels to manage the complexity faced due to different store formats such as country town, Sainsbury local. Sainsbury believes in continues improvement and aims to achieve it in many different ways. Sainsbury recognise the importance of its people who plays a major role in delivering excellent business. The logistic staffs of Sainsbury tend to work in flexible and well maintained environment. One of the collaboration of Sainsbury is to focus on the demands of the consumers and maintain a healthy relationship with the suppliers and other partners. Above all Sainsbury is committed in reducing the impact of its operation towards the environment (J. Sainsbury Plc-b, 2002).

Opportunity- If Sainsbury were been able to transfer their brand into Egypt market, it would be the biggest opportunity in conducting their business as Egypt is perceived as a market

Sainsbury’s customers give most credit to the company’s passion for healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food .Despite the present economic conditions the company stands by its quality related objectives. Good food at fair prices, providing a satisfying shopping experience, spreading and reaching out to customers by opening new stores at various locations. Hygiene anh heath and safety issues given utmost importance .