Recruitment and Selection

Carrie A. Picardi - University of Bridgeport, USA

Other Titles in:
Human Resource Management | Occupational/Industrial Psychology | Recruitment

June 2020 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

The workforce is changing and talent management is more important than ever. Recruitment and Selection: Strategies for Workforce Planning & Assessment unpacks best practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating strategies for hiring the right people. Using a proven job analysis framework, author Carrie A. Picardi uses her academic and industry experience to teach students how to assess candidates in an accurate, legal, and ethical manner. With clarity and relevance, this book truly bridges theory and concept with practice in an engaging manner and will benefit students who need to hit the ground running to successfully manage workforce needs and activities in a myriad professional settings.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1. Introduction to Workforce Planning and Assessment

What is “Work”? The Organization of Work and Jobs

The Evolution of Work Structure

Organizing the Work: Jobs and Job Families

The Logistics of Work

Strategic Job Redesign and Its Benefits

The Role of Human Resources in Workforce Planning and Assessment

Organizational Best Practices: Spotlight on Job Rotation at HSBC

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

2. Legal Compliance and Ethical Considerations

Legal Compliance in Workforce Employment Decisions

U.S. Legislation and Equal Employment Opportunity

Assessment of Legal Compliance in Workforce Employment Decisions

Ethical Employment Considerations

Organizational Best Practices: Embracing Workforce Diversity at MasterCard

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

3. Job Analysis and Design

Phase 1: Identify the Job to Examine

Phase 2: Determine Appropriate Information Sources and Collect Job-Related Data

Phase 3: Organize and Analyze Data

Organizational Best Practices: Discovering Data in New Places—Job Analysis Leverages Social Networking Tools

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

4. Job Description and Competency Model Development

Job Descriptions in a Perfect World

Job Description Structure and Format

Competency Models

Organizational Best Practices: Examining Global Leader Competencies at McKinsey & Company

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

5. Job Evaluation

The Job Evaluation Process

Step 1: Obtain Job KSAOs, Qualifications, Working Conditions, and Essential Duties

Step 2: Examine Compensable Factors Using the Rating/Weighting Evaluation Method

Step 3: Add Factor Points Together to Determine Overall Job Value

Spotlight on Hay Group—Pioneer in Job Evaluation

Determining Compensation using Job Evaluation Data

Legal and Ethical Considerations for Job Evaluation

Organizational Best Practices: Behind the Scenes of an Online Salary Survey—Payscale’s Data Methodology

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

6. Recruitment Strategy

Factors Affecting Recruitment

Recruitment Strategy: An Internal Approach

Recruitment Strategy: An External Approach

Recruitment Legal and Ethical Considerations

Organizational Best Practices: Groupon’s Innovative Recruitment and Its People Blog

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

7. Selection and Interview Strategy

Interview Strategy and Process

Developing Effective Interviewers

Legal and Ethical Considerations in the Interview Process

Organizational Best Practices: A Holistic Interview Process at Whole Foods Market

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

8. Selection: Simulations and Assessment Centers

Simulations

Assessment Centers

Legal and Ethical Considerations for Simulations and Assessment Centers

Organizational Best Practices: Spotlight on Vodafone’s Assessment Center Strategy

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

9. Selection: Employment Testing

History of Testing in Occupational Selection

Assessment of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Personality Assessment

Honesty and Integrity Assessment

Administration of Tests and Assessments

Test Score Interpretation for Selection Decision Making

Validity and Reliability of Testing Measures

Legal and Ethical Issues of Employment Testing

Organizational Best Practices: Identifying Strengths and Talents, the Facebook Way

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

10. Making the Hire—Final Assessment of Candidate–Job Fit

Biodata and Application Forms

Spotlight on Technology: Implications of Using Social Media Content in Hiring Decisions

Background Checks

Reference Checks

Preemployment Testing

Making a Job Offer

A Final Word: Transitioning from Job Candidate to Employee

Organizational Best Practices: Technology-Driven Reference Checks? There’s an App for That

Chapter Summary

Key Terms

Appendix

Glossary

References

Index

Supplements

Instructor Resource Site

study.sagepub.com/picardiRecruitment

Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:

Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides that offer flexibility when creating multimedia lectures so you don’t have to start from scratch but you can customize to your exact needs.
Test banks in Word format provide a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.

The text is very good. It has good academic content and cases.

Ms Laura Salas Arbelaez

Business Administration, Universidad Del Valle (US BU)

September 25, 2019

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