Module 2: Acquiring and Integrating People Flashcards
Describe an overview of the recruitment, selection and socialization process
HR planning > Employee requisition > Recruitment and Referral > Selection & Selection decision > Job offer & Acceptance > Placement and Start date > On-boarding/Orientation
This is the process of anticipating and making provisions for the movement of people into, within and out the organization; HR identifies the number and type of people to achieve the organization’s goals.
HR Planning
Department heads/managers formalize the number and type of people they need through this. It informs HR about the details of job tasks, job specification and competencies required. This data helps HR look for qualified candidates and refer them to the requisitioning manager.
Employee requisition
After employee requisition, HR and managers then ___ who to hire using screening methods
Selects
Selection decisions may follow either a ___ or ____
Multiple cutoff model or Multiple hurdle model
This selection decision model requires that an applicant must meet a minimum score on each of the assessment methods in order to be hired
Multiple cutoff model
This selection decision model requires that an applicant must pass each step in the screening process. Failure at any step leads to immediate disqualification from further consideration
Multiple hurdle model
Refers to the process by which an individual makes the transition from outsider to organizational member
Socialization
Refers to a company’s desirability to a prospective employee; includes symbolic or instrumental attributes
Organization attractiveness
These are inferences applicants make that are subjective and intangible characteristics of an organization. These can the image of the organization, it’s friendliness, attention to people, helpfulness, and extent of cooperation.
Symbolic attributes
These are utilitarian and functional qualities of an organization, physical and tangible. Includes pay, job security, bonuses, benefits, working hours, location.
Instrumental attributes
What do organizations find attractive in applicants?
Competencies, KSAs, and job & organization fit
What do applicants find attractive in organizations?
Organization’s stability, competitiveness, and organization culture
Refers to the process of attracting potential employees to apply for jobs in the organization
Recruitment
What are the three steps involved in recruitment?
G.M.I.: Generating applicants, Maintaining applicant interest, and Influencing job choice
A company’s ability to recruit are affected by factors such as
Company reputation, recruitment budget, recruitment capability, environmental factors, the recruiters themselves, and the recruitment message
This method of recruitment means attracting and identifying talents from within the organization.
Internal
What are methods of internal recruitment?
Job posting, career planning and development, skills inventory
This method of recruitment means attracting and identifying talent from outside the organization.
External
What are methods of external recruitment?
Walk-ins, write-in or mailed resume, ads, referrals, SocMed, websites, job fairs, career firms
What are the benefits of proper selection?
It reduces post-hiring expenses and helps lower turn-over
What are different screening methods?
Written materials, Selection interviews, Employee tests, Assessment centers, Trial/Probationary Period, BG Check, Criminal BG Check, Drug test, Letters of Recommendation/Reference Check
Refers to the process by which an individual transitions from an outsider to an organizational member
Socialization
What are the benefits of proper socialization?
Higher levels of satisfaction and commitment, better adjustment and involvement in employee’s career, as well as an affirmed decision to stay with the company.
What are the stages in Feldman’s socialization process?
AS.E/A.CA.BO.AO: Anticipatory Socialization, Encounter/Accommodation, Change and Acquisition, Behavioral Outcomes, and Affective Outcomes
According to Van Maanen and Schein, socialization tactics can be characterized into these six dimensions
Collective-Individual, Formal-Informal, Sequential-Random, Fixed-Variable, Serial-Disjunctive, and Investiture-Divestiture
