OPTION ONE: JOB AGENCY. Working individually, either physically visit the local office of your state employment agency or visit their local website. Answer the questions listed below and use the associated headings in your paper (using proper APA formatting).
a.Agency Jobs: What types of jobs seem to be available through this agency, predominantly?
b.Source for Applicants: To what extent do you think this particular agency would be a good source of professional, technical, or managerial applicants?
c.Application Process: What sorts of paperwork (or computer input) are applicants to the state agency required to complete before their applications are processed by the agency?
d.Services Provided by the Office: What other services does the office provide?
e.Opinions about the State Agency: What other opinions did you form about the state agency?
f.Personal Experience with a State Employment Agency: Note: you may also include your own personal experiences with this or another agency, if applicable.
2.OPTION TWO: HRIS and JOB ADS. Working individually, examine internal and external recruitment sources (e.g., employee referrals, online job boards, resume banks, newspapers, professional journals), and uses of HRIS systems in the recruitment process (e.g., online applications). Answer the questions listed below and use the associated headings in your paper (using proper APA formatting)
a.Internal and External Recruitment Sources: Examine at least four internal and external recruitment sources. Provide a brief description of each recruitment source, identifying at least one strength and one weakness that an employer might face when using the resource for recruiting purposes.
b.Evaluation of Job Ads: Evaluate three job ads (i.e., Internet, newspaper, professional journals) using the four criteria introduced in the textbook to guide construction of job ads - AIDA (attention, interest, desire, action). Refer to page 165 in the course textbook. Include a copy of the job ads in the appendices section of the paper and/or include the web links.
c.Job Ad Appeal: Do any of the job ads appear to appeal to women, minorities, older workers, and single parents? How so? Why? If not, why do you think they do not?
d.HRIS Systems: How do HRIS systems help or hinder the recruitment process? First, answer the question from an employer's perspective. Second, answer the question from a prospective employee's perspective.
3.Required Article for Option One and Option Two: locate at least one article in a peer-reviewed or professional journal that supports the assignment selected (Option One or Option Two above) so that additional depth of understanding of the selected topic may be included in the research paper.