TYPES OF CONTRACT

Explain the following types of contracts, including advantages and disadvantages

Full-time- This is when someone has to work a minimum hours which has been defined by his/her employer. It does come with benefits which is not usually offered to part-time, temporary or flexible hours. Some of these benefits are annual leave, sick leave and health insurance. They’re often considered careers and usually pay more than part-time jobs. They also carry more hours per week.

Part-time- This is when someone carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job, they work fewer than 30 or 25 hours per week. There are many reasons for working part-time for example having your hours cut back by an employer and being unable to find a full-time job. Part-time jobs can be advantages for students, because they’re studying in either college or university they might need the extra money but they’d have to work around their time table hours.

Freelance- This is someone who is self-employed and isn’t committed to a particular employer long term. They’re sometimes represented by a company or an agency. Some can be completely independent though. Careers which a lot of people are self-employed are music, journalism, publishing, screenwriting, filmmaking, editing, photography, event planning or management, graphic design and more. Advantages of being self-employed are the flexible hours, the control over jobs and clients, work whenever and where ever you want and you keep all the profits. But being a freelancer means you’re taking the risk of not getting paid. Also being your own boss and working from home means that it can be difficult to distinguish between your work time and your personal life.

shift work- This is and employment practice design to make use of all 24 hours of the clock every day. The practice divides the day into shifts. Periods of time during which different workers take up their posts. This can include long-term night work and work schedules in which employees change shifts, You might get less hours when the shift changes or rotates.

Permanent- Permanent employees are paid directly by the employer, in addition to their wages they sometimes receive benefits which include health care, paid vacations, holidays, sick time or contributions to retirement. They’re sometimes allowed to switch job positions within their companies. They’re given a variety of benefits which includes health insurance.

Temporary- This refers to a situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time. They may work full time or part time, depending on the individual case. Sometimes they can receive benefits such as health insurance, but usually benefits are only given to permanent employees.

Voluntary- This is intended to promote good or improve human quality. In return this activity produces a feeling of self worth and respect but there is no financial gain. A lot of people volunteer to get better skills , to socialize and for fun. It can also help to get better contacts for possible employment and it can look good on your CV. A variety of volunteers are trained in the areas they work.

Casual- This is known as a neologism which describes a certain type of employment relationship between and employer and employee. There’s no agreed contract on what type of working arrangement constitutes contingent work, it is usually considered to be work within one of the following:

1. Temporary or without job security,

2. Part time,

3. Paid on a piece work basis.

Hourly paid – This is when an employee is paid an hourly wage for their services on minimum wage. Hourly workers may often be found in service and manufacturing occupations, but are common across a variety of fields.

Piecework- piece work is any type of employment in which a worker is paid a fixed piece rate on what they do regardless of the time. This is a form of performance- related pay.

RECRUITMENT WITHIN THE CREATIVE MEDIA

SECTOR (EXPLAIN WHAT IS PLUS THE

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES)

Job centres & careers advice- Job centres are used by the department for

work and pensions for its working-age support service within the UK.

They don’t cost any money and they can help you find a job or even

help if you want to start your own business but if you’re looking for a

higher grade job they usually aren’t advertised in a job centre. Careers

advice offer advice, guidance and counselling on careers. Some people

use the services for a number of purposes such as job hunting,

changing careers, getting promotion, building career skills, returning to

work after a career break or professional development.

Local & national press- National press are usually non-profit organisations

which is national it can contain news from around the world where as

local would be the journalists getting local news and etc…

personal contacts & word of mouth- Personal contracts is a classification factor which indicates the nature, purpose, frequency and difficulties of personal relationships for example in the news you could have personal contacts who find you the news in magazines etc… Where as word of mouth is gossip which is spread by spoken communication.

Networking – This is an activity from groups with like-minded business people recognize, create or act upon business opportunities. There’s several prominent business networking organizations which create models of networking activity that allows the business person to build a new business relationship and sometimes generate business opportunities. It can be a more cost-effective method of making a new business than advertising or public relations effort, because networking is a low cost activity. It contains more personal commitment than money,

Internet- The internet is a worldwide web and when promoting a business it can be good because it will be worldwide even though certain countries certain things can’t be shown. Also when someone is looking for a job a lot of people look on the internet to see if anything is going and this can be a good way to promote a job going in a business.