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Equal opportunity is one of our nation’s core values and should be a core company policy. In this section, we’ll summarize employment discrimination legislation and highlight interpretation and enforcement changes The Law and Discrimination A SHRM article ...

Why learn about recruitment and selection strategies, processes, and laws? While we tend to focus on products and experiences—for example, the latest iPhone or streaming series—it’s important to remember that it’s people who make the magic happen. It’s people...

Learning Objectives Be able to name and discuss the steps in the selection process. Be able to explain why criteria development is an important part of the selection process. Give examples of types of criteria that can be developed. Describe the advantages...

  The Interview Many of us have or will sit in a waiting room with our best clothes on awaiting a job (or school) interview. You can feel your palms sweat and thoughts race as you wait for your name to be called. You look around at the office environment and...

Innovatank Case - Chapter 7 - HRM- Planning for and Recruiting Human Resources

Whether your framework is personnel policies or software settings, the selection process involves moving candidates through the recruiting process and identifying the best candidates for the job. Along the way, screening and assessment techniques are used to e...

Technology and Recruiting In a recruiting best practices document, database management systems provider Oracle states that implementation of recruiting best practices and supporting technology “can potentially reduce your time to hire by up to 50 percent and ...

Job Analysis In order to advertise a job, you first have to understand what that job entails (at least to best current knowledge, as jobs are often shifting in their scope). Job analysis is often done with the help of Industrial and Organizational (I-O) psych...

A positive employer brand is important for two primary reasons: it affects an organization’s ability to attract and retain talent and it has financial and productivity implications.             In a Harvard Business Review article, Global VP of Linked...

There are three broad theories of good job design related to human motivation: job relevance, job enlargement, and job enrichment. In order for employees to have a sense of accomplishment in their work, “the job needs to be designed so that the tasks have a cl...

The Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) The CHRA became effective in March 1978. It proclaims that “all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their n...

A job description is a written statement of what a position entails: what is done, how it’s done and under what conditions. Wright State University’s (WSU) Human Resources department notes that “when well-written, [a job description] produces a realistic pictu...

Purpose of Job Analysis The purpose of job analysis is to establish what a job entails, including the required knowledge, skills and abilities or KSA as well as job duties and responsibilities and the conditions of the job. Job analysis is essential documen...

Predicting the demand and supply of labor in the future requires an understanding of not only business requirements and current resource capabilities but the availability or supply of relevant talent in the market. The organization’s demand for labor will be b...

Why Assess Your Current Human Resources? Assessing current human resources involves developing a profile of the workforce that includes staff levels, demographics, and competencies (aka KSA or knowledge, skills, and abilities). CalHR recommends developing a...

Business Strategy and Workforce Planning What is Workforce Planning? The role of human resource management is to ensure that an organization has the talent—the right combination of skills, knowledge, aptitude and attitude—to achieve its strategic goals. The ...

Innovatank Case - Chapter 6 - HRM- Legal Side

The Black Lives Matter movement and the call for a ‘new’ police In the Spring of 2020, while the pandemic raged on, people from around the world rallied around a common cause: Black Lives Matter. This social movement has focused on a quest for liber...

Harassment and discrimination among faculty and researchers in Canada's postsecondary institutions Harassment and discrimination can exist across all Canadian workplaces, occurring in any type of occupation and setting, including postsecondary institutions. T...

Principles of Selection Before reviewing resumes and applications, a company must have a clear idea of the person they want to hire for the position. Obviously, the job specifications derived from the job analysis will help to understand the qualifications (K...