fundamentals of recruitment and selection report

Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to learn about the fundamentals of recruitment and selection by researching and preparing a report on various topics. Topics include organizational strategy, talent management, recruitment, selection, employee engagement, legal considerations and job analysis. Use your research to answer the questions for each topic. Explain your findings, give examples and use direct quotations where applicable.

Research guidelines
You must have a minimum of 4 references from a variety of credible sources like the following:
• Peer reviewed journals and articles
• Highly qualified authors
• Publications prepared by Human Resources associations in Canada
• Websites for Employment Standards in your province, Human Rights Commission in
your province, Canadian Human Rights Commission and job analysis tools (see links below).
Here are some resources to get you started:
• Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Canada: https://cphr.ca/
• Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Alberta: https://www.cphrab.ca/
• Alberta Employment Standards: https://www.alberta.ca/employment-standards.aspx
• Alberta Human Rights Commission:
https://www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca/Pages/default.aspx
• Canadian Human Rights Commission: http://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/index.html
• Government of Canada Human Resources Management:
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business/hire/humanresourcesmanagement.html
• National Occupational Classification (NOC): http://noc.esdc.gc.ca/English/home.aspx

Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:
• Assess the importance of aligning organizational strategy with the recruitment and selection process.
• Examine the legal framework of Human Resources Management from the federal and provincial perspectives.
• Distinguish between the recruitment and selection process which includes who should be involved in each step.

Directions:
Format:
Your report must be professional and well formatted with headings, bullets, tables, etc. Keep your writing specific and concise so that each sentence is effective in building your case. Include an introduction and conclusion to the report. Report should follow APA style and be 3- 5 pages long (900 to 1400 words in length), not including the title and references pages

Introduction
Provide an introduction to the topics that your report will cover. Organizational Strategy
• Define organizational strategy, recruitment and selection.
• Assess the importance of aligning organizational strategy with the recruitment and
selection process. Why is it important to do this? What are the advantages? What are the potential results, consequences or risks if you don’t align organizational strategy with the recruitment and selection process?
• What are the steps to align organizational strategy with the recruitment and selection process?
Talent Management, Recruitment, Selection and Employee Engagement
Talent management, recruitment, selection and employee engagement are all interrelated in the field of Human Resources.
• In your own words, define talent management and employee engagement.
• Explain how talent management, recruitment, selection and employee engagement are
connected to each other.
• Distinguish between the recruitment and selection process and identify who should be
involved in each step.
• Explore the impact of hiring practices on employee engagement. Does the employees’
perception of their company’s hiring practices affect their level of engagement? Why or why not?
Legal Considerations
• Examine the legal framework of Human Resources Management from the federal and provincial perspectives. What are the considerations in general and specifically in relation to recruitment and selection? What are the key issues and employer obligations? What are the similarities and differences between the provincial and federal perspectives?
• Define the term “legally defensible”. Why is it important to make hiring decisions that are legally defensible? How can you ensure that hiring decisions are fair and free from bias and discrimination?
• What value does the job analysis process bring to recruitment and selection?
• What are the various job analysis methods?
• How can you ensure that a job analysis is legally defensible?
Sites for job classification systems such as NOC and O*NET provide information on positions that can be used for job analysis.
• Choose one of the following four roles and search for it on both of these sites. What Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other attributes are necessary for the role that you have selected?
o Compensation Analyst
o Organization Development Specialist (in Human Resources) o Marketing Manager
o Customer Service Representative (in a retail store)
• What are the advantages and drawbacks of using sites such as NOC and O*NET? Conclusion:
Write a conclusion summarizing your report. References:
You must have a minimum of four (4) sources of information for this report. All assignments must have all of their quality research resources cited using the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style.