Recruiting and Staff Plan
Recruiting and Staff Plan
Assess the opening case study from Chapter 6: “Amazon is Hiring…Big Time!” In a three- to five-page paper (not including the title and references pages), create a recruiting and staffing strategy for Amazon, and select one position from the given list to write a recruiting and staffing plan; consider how many of these positions Amazon needs to fill. You must select from the following full-time positions: Warehouse Supervisor, Delivery Representative, and Customer Service Manager.)
Your paper must include the following:
a.Write an introduction including the selected position, a preview of your paper, and a succinct thesis statement.
b.Discuss the legal landscape, including special legal considerations that the company should be aware of.
c.Create a recruiting plan for the position selected that includes the following:
?Explain what recruiting is and why it is important.
?Explain the tools that will be utilized to find candidates for filling the selected position, and state why each tool was selected.
d.Create a selection plan for the position that includes the following:
?Explain what staffing is and why it is important.
?State what assessments will be used and why.
?Discuss the types of interviewing techniques that will be used and why.
?List five job-specific interview questions for the position candidates.
e.Write a conclusion paragraph that reaffirms your thesis statement.
Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. It must include citations and references for the text and at least three scholarly sources, one of which must be from the Ashford University Library.
Required Text
Youssef-Morgan, C. M., & Stark. E. (2014). Strategic human resource management: Concepts, controversies, and evidence-based applications. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. •This text is a Constellation™ course digital materials (CDM) title.
Article
Bagley, P., Dalton, D., & Ortegren, M. (2013). Targeted recruiting and retention. The CPA Journal, 83(5), 63-65. Retrieved from the ProQuest database. Hammonds, K. H. (n.d.). Why we hate HR. Fast Company. Retrieved from http://www.fastcompany.com/53319/why-we-hate-hr.
Killingsworth, J., & Grosskopf, K. R. (2013). syNErgy: A case study in workforce curriculum development. Adult Learning, 24(3), 95-103. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
Lipman, V. (2013, September). Surprising, disturbing facts from the mother of all employee engagement surveys. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/09/23/surprising-disturbing-facts-from-the-mother-of-all-employee-engagement-surveys/
Meister, J. (2013, July). Lessons for human resource departments, from the Huffington Post. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeannemeister/2013/07/10/lessons-for-human-resource-departments-from-huffington-post/
Multimedia
Christensen, M. (Producer). (n.d.). The Amazon trail [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAkiUbwp01KNE. Swank, A. (2004, July 31). Table of Information [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/AAYW2ggLIXk
Websites
Case studies of age discrimination in job ads. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.bizfilings.com/toolkit/sbg/office-hr/hiring-workers/age-discrimination-in-job-ads-case-studies.aspx U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (www.eeoc.gov)
What is your learning style? [Quiz]. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz
What’s your learning style? [Quiz], (2011). Retrieved from http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml