Here are some key points to consider in this case study situation:
- Both candidates seem well-qualified for the position based on their qualifications and interviews.
- Making assumptions about Sarah's future availability due to her pregnancy could be considered unfair discrimination. There is no guarantee she would need extensive time off.
- Similarly, making assumptions that Jeff would not need time off ignores that family situations can change for any employee.
- Providing flexibility for employees' family needs benefits both the individual and overall productivity. Happy, supported employees are likely to be more engaged and committed to their work.
- The university could help by offering benefits like paid family leave, backup childcare, flexible work arrangements, etc. This would make
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Recruitment, Selection, Promotion
1. L E T U S A L L
S T A N D F O R T H E
P R A Y E R
Opening
Pr ayer. mp4
3. Objective
Discuss the Nature and Importance of HR Recruitment
Discuss the Importance of Promotion
Discuss the Screening and Selection Process
Elicit IDEAS from YOU…INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS
References:
www.managementstudyguide.com
www.youtube.com
www.slideshare.net
Martires, C. (2004). Human Resources Management, 3rd
ed.
Robbins, S. & Judge, T. (2013). Organizational Behavior,
15th ed.
5. Discussion…
Collaborative learning by answering the following questions…
• What is Recruitment?
• Who will initiate the Recruitment?
• Why we need to Recruit?
• How do we Recruit?
6. Points to ponder…
Recruitment is the search for potential
applicants for actual and anticipated vacant
positions in organization (Martires, 2004).
• Recruitment: It aims at attracting applicants
that match a certain Job Criteria - this involves
deciding upon the final candidate who gets the
job (managementstudyguide.com).
• Let us hear on what an expert will say!
Recruitment_Video.wmv
7. Sources of Applicants
1
I. Internal. The organization itself is the first and
easiest source because its first hand knowledge
of its workers who have bee tried and tested.
Using this source saves recruitment, screening
and selection expenses on the part of the
organization.
II. External. This source is mainly tapped when
the positions whose job specifications cannot be
met by existing personnel. Commonly used
external sources are:
1. Educational Institutions
2. Employment Agencies
3. Recommendations of Present Staff
4. Walk-in Applicants
5. Consulting Firms
6. Professional Associations
7. Other Companies (Competitors)
Are there any new in
recruiting?
Recruitment has
Changed - Online
Recruitment
Software.mp4
9. Screening and Selection Process
After enough applicants are recruited for a particular position, screening
begins.
10. Screening and Selection Process
After enough applicants are recruited for a particular position, screening
begins.
From the book – Org. Behavior by Robbins &
Judge
15. Did You Know?
PROMOTION
Involves the reassignment of an
employee to a higher level job. This also
refers to the upward or vertical movement of
employees in an organization from lower
level jobs to higher level jobs involving
increases in duties and responsibility, higher
pay and privileges.
For additional explanation let us watch
this video employee promotion.mp4
16. Basis or Criteria Used for Promotion
1. Seniority – length of service
Straight seniority – the length of
service of an employee is the sole basis for
determining who gets the promotion.
Qualified seniority – the more
competent employee as compared to another
employee with longer service will be the one
promoted.
2. Current and past performance
3. Competency or merit determined by the
ratings or evaluations received by the
employees.
19. Case Study
You have just received your first NIH grant and you
need to start producing results. You decide to hire a
technician, so you place an ad in Science and in your
local job listings and you receive a pile of applications.
You settle on two candidates as being the best fit for
the job. One, Sarah, worked as an undergraduate in
the lab where you were a postdoc and you know her
work. She is excellent. The second, Jeff, you have
never met, but his recommendations are outstanding.
Although he has research experience, it is not quite in
your area, but you expect that you will be able to train
him quickly in your lab’s techniques. You interview
both candidates and you like them both – they seem
like conscientious, smart, energetic scientists.
Everyone in your group liked them, although they were
able to talk more about their science with Sarah
because she had worked on a project that was closely
related to theirs. You think that either candidate would
be great, although Sarah could probably hit the ground
running and Jeff would take some time to get going.
However, at the interview, from looking at Sarah, you
realize that she is pregnant (she looks to you like she
is about five months along) and you are concerned
that she will need time off and you can’t afford it; you
need to be productive if you are to achieve tenure and
renew your grant. So you decide to hire Jeff.
Questions:
1. Who would you have hired? Why?
2. Are you making any assumptions
about Sarah (that she is pregnant, that
she will take time off)?
3. Are you making any assumptions
about Jeff (that his wife is not
pregnant, that he won’t take time off)?
(Imagine that you hire Jeff and he
announces that his wife is going to
have a baby in a few months but can’t
get any time off from work, so he
wants to work half-time for a few
months to take care of the baby. How
would you feel?)
4. Are you being fair? Why?
5. Are there benefits for everyone in
the lab and for productivity to
providing flexibility and supporting the
rights of employees to have family
lives?
6. What is the responsibility of your
university? What could your university
do to make it easier for you and your
employees to combine family and
science?