Recruiting Intro: Trends, Opportunities, & Challenges

Introduction What is Recruiting & Selection? The process of identifying, attracting, and acquiring a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization’s effectiveness.

Introduction What is Recruiting & Selection? Internal Factors that Impact R&S: Mission & Objectives Policies Organizational Climate Management Philosophy Other Functional Areas

Introduction What is Recruiting & Selection? External Factors that Impact R&S: Legal & Political Environments Labor Market Economy Customers Competitors Technology Society Unions

Introduction The Recruitment & Selection Process There are 3 main steps in the Recruitment & Selection process: 1.Analyzing 2.Recruiting 3.Interviewing & Testing

Introduction The Recruitment & Selection Process During the Analysis step you’ll engage in the following activities: Realizing you have a need for someone Job Analysis Writing/Updating Job Descriptions

Introduction The Recruitment & Selection Process During the Recruiting step you’ll engage in the following activities: Advertising Receiving and categorizing application materials

Introduction The Recruitment & Selection Process During the Interviewing & Testing step you’ll engage in the following activities: Candidate testing Interviewing Extending an offer

Introduction Theory vs. Practice According to Managers – Academics: Have their own interests Chase trivial or useless knowledge Aren’t solving “real” workplace problems According to Academics – Managers: Want simple answers to hard problems Don’t like the answers given to them

Introduction Theory vs. Practice Three examples of the difference in focus – 1.Employment testing 2.Interviews 3.Selection

Introduction Theory vs. Practice So what was learned through this study? 1.Mgrs don’t believe their own “bull” 2.Mgrs DO believe their own “bull” 3.There’s a BIG difference in “say” and “do”

Chapter 1 The Changing Workforce Demographic Changes – Age Attitude Technology Ethnicity Education Gender

Chapter 1 The Changing Workforce Low wage workers – Result of changing nature of employment Challenges for employers Attracting and retaining

Chapter 1 The Changing Workforce Special Interest Groups – Older Workers Younger Workers Women “Minorities” Disabled Immigrant Workers

Chapter 1 The Changing Workforce Workplace Illiteracy – 1.Application distribution & completion 2.Provide Job Descriptions 3.Testing 4.Conduct reference checks 5.Conduct effective interviews

Chapter 1 R&S Challenges for Future HR Mgrs 1.Finding increasingly specialized employees 2.Balancing needs of firm & needs of employee 3.Provide a safe, secure workplace 4.Contend with a fluid legal environment 5.Compete with non-traditional competitors

Chapter 1 Challenges for the Future What can firms do? 1.Throw out the book – it’s a new game 2.Opportunity vs. job security 3.Flexible work schedules 4.“Non-traditional” structures & relationships 5.Policies and procedures that guide, not control 6.Be creative in recruiting