Unit 6: Preparing for

Employment in Travel and

Tourism

Assignment 2
 Lesson Objectives
1. Launch Assignment 2

2. Establish the
requirements P3 and
form working groups

3. Start working on P3
presentations and
researching good
practice examples
 Assignment 2 Part 1

Describe the stages of the recruitment and

selection process, identifying good practices

The recruitment agency has provided you with

two blank handbooks, one for the
organisation and one for the applicant. They
would like you to complete the description
under the appropriate headers
 The recruitment and
selection process

Last lesson’s homework:

•Complete the stages of the recruitment process
•Examine the good practices, from the perspective of the
recruiting organisation – the importance of:
• Interview technique
• Interview preparations
• Equal opportunities
• Communications
 Recruitment and Selection Process

Last lesson you also

produced a simple flow
chart, showing the
recruitment procedures in
order to recruit a new
employee.
This week you must do the
same, for the processes
an applicant must follow
 The applicant’s recruitment and
selection process

Applicants for jobs in travel and tourism must be familiar with all the stages of the
recruitment and selection process too, this ensures that they are prepared for what
will happen during the job application process, especially as getting a job that you
really want involves hard work and prior planning, and a lot of competition!
1.Researching opportunities
2.Producing a CV
3.Speculative enquires
4.Responding to advertisements
5.Completing application forms
6.Preparing for interviews
7.Attending interview
8.Responding to job offers
9.References
 The applicant’s recruitment and
selection process

You will need to research each of these stages and include

areas of good practice from the perspective of the
applicant - the importance of the quality and content of a
CV, application letter and application form, the importance
of preparing for an interview and the image it gives to a
prospective employer and how to respond to questions
asked
 What have you learnt today?

Draw a triangle, like this one

Fill in each section with:
•Something you have learnt
Something you’ve
today
learnt today
•Something you need to
think about for next
time
Key words Something
•Three key words
for the to think
from the lesson lesson about for
next time
 Useful Sources

Block One Careers Centre: Liz Clifford, Deborah Maley or Deb

Wall
Level Three Travel and Tourism Textbooks Book One
Websites on recruitment.