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Personnel Planning, Recruiting, and Talent Management

Overview: Even with the recession, employers are having trouble finding and hiring employees. The main purpose of this chapter is to explain the tools employers use to build a pool of hirable job candidates. The main topics we cover include The Talent Management Framework, The Basics of Job Analysis, The Recruitment and Selection Process, Workforce Planning and Forecasting, Recruiting Job Candidates, and Developing and Using Application Forms.

1. What items are typically included in a job description? What items are not shown?

2. What is job analysis? How can you make use of the information it provides?

3. We discussed several methods for collecting job analysis data. Compare these methods, explain what each is useful for, and list the pros and cons of each.

4. Explain how you would conduct a job analysis.

5. Compare five sources of job candidates.

6. What types of information can an application form provide?

Testing and Selecting Employees

Overview: Everything about the candidate looked great, except that after they hired him, they discovered he didn't really have that college degree. Recruiting is futile unless the manager has the tools to select the right employees. The main purpose of this chapter is to explain how to use the basic employee selection tools. The topics we cover include The Basics of Testing and Selecting Employees, Using Tests at Work, Interviewing Prospective Employees, and Using Other Selection Techniques.

7. Explain what is meant by reliability and validity. What is the difference between them? In what respects are they similar?

8. Write a short essay discussing some of the ethical and legal considerations in testing.

9. Why is it important to conduct preemployment background investigations? How would you go about doing so?

10. For what sorts of jobs do you think computerized interviews are most appropriate? Why?

11. Give a short presentation titled "How to Be Effective as an Interviewer."

12. Briefly discuss and give examples of at least five common interviewing mistakes. What recommendations would you give for avoiding these interviewing mistakes?