Bénis Munganga
CN340
Dr. Mary Pilgrim
May 5th, 2017
Final Paper
When I first saw the final paper assignment posted, I directly decided that I was going to start reading the chapter that goes over the recruiting interview which winds up to be Chapter 7 in the textbook “Interviewing Principles and Practices”. I chose this chapter because I thought it would be interesting to know how the recruiting process differs from one organization to another or from one country to another, given that I chose to interview people from outside the United States. I also picked this chapter because I realized that recruiting is the most used tool in order to decide whether a prospective employee will be a good fit to a given position in a given organization.
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Like I stated before in the introduction, it allows to evaluate the different reactions of candidates; namely how they react toward a stressful situation and how well they respond to questions. It also allows to know whether a candidate is motivated about the job he/she is applying for. It then becomes clear or easy for the recruter to decide whether a certain candidate will be a good fit to the organization given his/her qualifications. Thus, this type of interview requires some preparation from the interviewer. The preparation is basically reviewing the EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) laws that allow the recruiter to avoid any kind of discrimination, developing an applicant profile by means of competency-based, behavior-based and talent-based techniques, and finally assessing what applicants want in an interviewer (friendliness, honesty…) and in a position that they are applying for (environment and culture in the organization). On top of preparation, the recruiting interview requires some kind of structure. A good recruiting interview needs to be highly structured. Otherwise, it won’t allow the recruiter to get as much information as possible from the interviewee. Along with the type of structure, the recruiting interview allows to have a broad selection of question sequences. To be more specific, the funnel, inverted funnel and tunnel sequences are the mostly used to allow a smooth movement from …show more content…
It was a great opportunity for me to pull out information from what I learned in class and put it in practice. This helped me understand much more about what is going on under the recruiting process. I was really surprised to know that numerous elements such as employment laws are taken into account while preparing and conducting the recruiting interview. Knowing all this information about recruiting is like preparing my mind to what I will encounter in the future as a job candidate. Whether someone will be offered a job in the future or not in a certain company, I will be able to understand that a thorough process was followed to judge if they’ll be a good fit to the company or
Recruitment: It is the process of identifying and attempting to attract candidate who are capable of filling job vacancies appropriately (Kathryn M. Bartol and David C. Martin, 1988)
The objective is to address the needs and the concerns of the organization to develop an effective method to recruiting. This method must be beneficial economically, as well as, productive in recruiting the best possible talent needed. A strategy must be developed along with a guide that will be shared by all locations and at all levels. In creating this method, different forms of recruiting will be employed to ensure that the target audience is reached effectively.
Throughout this semester this class has allowed me the privilege to get to know people who I would have never talked to on a personal level while also having the chance to advance my interviewing skills while getting to know them. Not only did these interviews and experiences display my strengths such as being able to adapt to certain situations but even more importantly it helped show me my weaknesses. After one interview and the next, I had to learn what role I had to play as within each interview I had to adapt to find my specific role as it varied from one to the next. Having the opportunity to interview a handful of people from the beginning of this semester to now has also taught me that the person you are interviewing can have a tremendous effect on if the interview goes successfully or not for reasons that I will elaborate on further in my paper. Lastly, one of the greatest lessons I learned about while interviewing people would be how to properly prepare to make sure the interview itself go as smoothly as possible. All of these factors have helped me grow in becoming a better interviewer and have helped me grow as a person.
During my reach into the hiring issues at ABC Inc., it was found necessary to research and read more in today’s hiring process with the current job market. The following is an introduction of one specific company that recently requested a case study of a current internal hiring process that took place or did not take place. In this situation, a new campus recruiter was expecting to bring on 15 new hires to complete for orientation to work in the Operations department. When the operations supervisor contacted the new recruiter and checked on the status of the recruiting process, they were assured that all requirements would be in place.
Locate the website of a company that employs people in your area. Based on the information displayed on the website, what can you tell about how the company recruits and selects employees? How does the information you located on the website relate to the information presented in this week’s reading assignment and lesson materials? Where else could you look to locate more information about the recruiting and selection process for this company?
2. Why do you want to work in recruitment, and more specifically, why do you
Recruiting can be viewed as a screening process. This is especially true during periods of high unemployment, when the job market is characterized by an oversupply of talent. Under these conditions, the recruiting function in an organization is to eliminate unqualified people as much as to seek out talent. To improve the quality of an overall recruiting process, each step of the process must be designed to maximize the probability that the candidate ultimately selected meets the expectations of the hiring manager. One way to do this is to maximize the chances that an unqualified candidate is screened out at each step. The following are some key areas in which to focus on quality (Ibid.).
The recruitment process is multifaceted. Recruitment begins from the time an organization or human resources manager must determine a recruitment plan. A recruitment plan must include the avenues in which recruitment will be pursued. The recruitment process also includes shortlisting any qualified candidates from the responses, and the entire interview process (including multiple rounds of interviews). This aspect of human resources management is all about attracting the best and the brightest of candidates, convincing them that the organization is the best fit for their career aspirations, and capturing or finally hiring the candidate. This process is not only intended to fill a vacant position, but to also help build the strength of the organization overall.
Recruitment and selection process held an important role for building a strong sales force performance. This process requires the company to invest through human capital as an important resource. The objective of this process is searching for qualified candidates to fulfil the right positions and hopes that they can make long-run returns for the company. Even though there is no right or wrong way how the company chooses the right candidates for certain positions, every single step in recruiting and selecting candidates should be taken carefully in order to get the right person in the right position.
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This essay will review the impact that the latest advances in technology have had on the recruitment and selection process. “Recruitment is the process of having the right person, in the right place, at the right time” and is crucial to organisational performance. Recruitment is a crucial activity, and a number of areas of a company are usually involved in the selection
The recruitment literature according to Breaugh and Starke (JoM, 2000) had been bombarded by criticisms for the lack of substantiated research materials and unanswered questions. The Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology by Guion 1976, devoted one chapter only about recruitment process despite the numerous studies published during 1976. There were questions circulating in the recruitment literature which failed to address the key factors
The first article in this analysis was from the Small Business chronicles. Essentially, the author highlighted how important recruiting ideal candidates is, whether the organization is looking to fill a top executive position or an entry-level position. The article delineates several steps to find the best candidates, all as a part of building and following an effective recruitment plan. Basically, the author postulates that with the proper plan in place, the organization can proceed through the recruitment plan smoothly, finding the candidate that fits the position impeccably, without wasting time analyzing those who are unsuitable (Simmons, n.d., para 1). Essentially, the success of hiring the best candidate relies on a solid recruiting plan.
The next area of discussion of human resource management staffing is recruitment. Recruitment is the process of attracting people who might make a contribution to the organization. It is often stimulated when an existing employee leaves an organization or when the organization is expanding. So recruiting can be defined as the process of generating a pool of qualified applicants for organizational jobs (Mathis & Jackson, 2008). It is important that human resource managers understand labor markets.
HR managers will be faced with the challenges of recruiting and retaining the right employees for their organization. The first step would be identifying your organizational culture and the cultural and skill competencies required for success. This will give the recruiters the guidelines by which to assess viable candidates. In developing these objectives for creating an effective recruitment process, we will have to have in place a process that differentiates us from other companies. This strategy for success will provide candidates with sufficient and correct information about job expectations. The following will be address as part of the strategy: