Personnel and recruiting Flashcards
Job analysis
Procedure through which you determine the duties of jobs and characteristics of the people who should be hired for them.
Job analysis used to develop job descriptions and job specifications
plays a central role in equal employment compliance.
Methods of collecting job analysis information
- interviews
- questionaires
- observation
- diary/logs
interviews
most widely used
allows the worker to report activities that otherwise may not of surfaced
major problem is distortion of information
Questionnaires
a typical job analysis questionnaire would have a mix of open ended and structured questions
Observation
useful when job consists of observable physical activity
Diary/logs
for every activity the employee engages in, he or she records the activity along with the time in a log
Job Descriptions
Written statement of
- what the jobholder does
- how he does it
- under what conditions the job is performed
Job descriptions layout
Job identification Job summary relationships responsibilities and duties authority standards of performance working conditions and physical environment
Job specifications
The goal is to identify those personal traits that predict which candidate would do well on the job and which would not
What is a job?
a job is a set of closely related activities carried out for pay
Future of job descriptions?
More firms are moving toward new organizational configurations, built around jobs that are broad and that may change every day
Recruiting and selection
Do workforce planning
- build an application pool
- have applicants fill out application form
- utilize selection techniques
- have candidates interview with supervisor
What is Workforce planning?
the process of formulating plans to fill the employers future openings based on projecting
1/ the positions that are expected to open
2/whether these will be filled by inside or outside candidates
What is succession planning?
refers to the process of planning how to fill the companies most important top executive positions
Forecasting personnel needs
forecast revenues first
-estimate the size of staff required to achieve this volume
Trend analysis
firms employment levels over a period of years to predict future needs
