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4-1/74 © 2003 Prentice Hall, Inc.

Instructor presentation questions: [email protected]

Chapter 4

Personnel Planning and Recruiting

© 2003 Prentice Hall, Inc.4-2/74

Outline of Chapter 4

Employment planning and forecasting How to forecast personnel needs

Trend analysis Ratio analysis The scatter plot Using computers to forecast personnel

requirements Managerial judgment



Forecasting the supply of inside candidates Manual systems and replacement charts Computerized information systems The matter of privacy

Forecasting the supply of outside candidates



Effective recruiting The recruiting yield pyramid

Research insight Line and staff cooperation

Internal sources of candidates Finding candidates Hiring employees – the second time around Succession planning



Outside sources of candidates Advertising

Placing the ad Constructing the ad Being creative



Employment agencies Public agencies Nonprofits Private agencies

Temporary agencies and alternative staffing

Benefits and costs Guidelines for success



Outside sources of candidates Executive recruiters

Entrepreneurs and HR

College recruiting Recruiting goals On site visits Internship

Referrals and walk-ins Internet recruiting



Recruiting a more diverse workforce Recruiting single parents Older workers as a source of candidates Recruiting minorities and women Welfare to work Global talent search



Developing and using application forms Purpose of application forms Equal opportunity and application forms Alternative dispute resolution Using application forms to predict job performance


What You Should Be Able to Do

Explain the main techniques used in employment planning and forecasting

Name and describe the main internal sources of candidates List and discuss the main outside sources of candidates Explain how to recruit a more diverse workforce Develop an application blank


Steps in Recruitment and Selection Process

Applicants complete application form

Selection tools like tests screen out most applicants

Supervisors and others interview final candidates to make final choice

Employment planning and forecasting

Recruiting builds pool of candidates


1. Decide what positions you’ll have to fill, by engaging in personnel planning and forecasting.2. Build a pool of candidates for theses jobs by recruiting internal or external candidates.3. Have applicants complete application forms and perhaps undergo an initial screening interview.4. Use selection techniques like tests, background investigations, and physical exams to identify viable candidates. 5. Finally, decide who to make an offer to, by having the supervisor and (perhaps) others on the team interview the final candidates.

Steps in Recruitment and Selection Process


EMPLOYMENT PLANNING AND FORECASTING

Employment or personnel planning is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them.

Definition

Definition

Employment or personnel planningThe process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them. Personnel planning covers all the firm’s future positions, from maintenance clerk to CEO. However, most firms use succession planning to refer to the process of deciding how to fill the company’s most important executive jobs.


How to Forecast Personnel Needs

Project revenues first then estimate the size of the staff required to achieve it

Staffing plans also must reflect: Projected turnover Quality and skills of your employees Strategic decisions Technological and other changes Financial resources

Page 911. Projected turnover (as a result of resignations or terminations)2. Quality and skills of your employees (in relation to what you see as the changing needs of your organization)3. Strategic decisions to upgrade the quality of products or services or enter into new markets4. Technological and other changes resulting in increased productivity5. The financial resources available to your department


Methods to Predict Employment Needs

Trend analysis Ratio analysis Scatter plot

Scatter plot shows projected staff size

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Methods to Predict Employment Needs

Page 91Trend analysis Trend Analysis Trend analysis means studying variations in your firm’s employment levels over the last few years to predict future needs.Ratio Analysis Another approach, ratio analysis, means making forecasts based on the ratio between (1) some causal factor (like sales volume) and (2) the number of employees required (for instance, number of salespeople). The Scatter Plot A scatter plot shows graphically how two variables.such as a measure of business activity and your firm’s staffing levels.are related. If they are, then if you can forecast the level of business activity, you should also be able to estimate your personnel requirements.

The chart shows hospital size on the horizontal axis. Number of nurses is shown on the vertical axis. If the two factors are related, then the points will tend to fall along a straight line, as they do here. If you carefully draw in a line to minimize the distances between the line and each one of the plotted points, you will be able to estimate the number of nurses needed for each given hospital size.Managerial Judgment Whichever forecasting method you use, managerial judgment will play a big role. It’s rare that any historical trend, ratio, or relationship will simply continue unchanged into the future. You’ll therefore have to modifythe forecast based on factorssuch as projected turnover or a desire to enter new marketsyou believe will be important.


Using Computers to Forecast Personnel Requirements

Computerized forecast Determination of future staff needs by

projecting sales, volume of production, and personnel required to maintain this volume of output, using software packages

Definition

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Page 92Employers also use software programs to forecast personnel requirements.4 Typical data needed include direct labor hours required to produce one unit of product (a measure of productivity), and three sales projections.minimum, maximum, and probable.for the product line in question.


Forecasting the Supply of Inside Candidates

Qualifications inventories Manual or computerized records listing employees’ education,

career and development interests, languages, special skills, and so on, to be used in selecting inside candidates for promotion

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Page 93Knowing your staffing needs only satisfies half the staffing equation. Next, you have to estimate the likely supply of both inside and outside candidates. Most firms start with the inside candidates. Here, the main task is determining which current employees might be qualified for the projected openings. For this you need to know your current employees’ skills sets.their current qualifications.


Manual Systems and Replacement Charts

Personnel inventory & development record help track employee qualifications

Personnel replacement charts are often used for filling a company’s top positions

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Personnel replacement charts Company records showing present performance and

promotability of inside candidates for the most important positions

Definition

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Position replacement card A card prepared for each position in a company to show

possible replacement candidates and their qualifications

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Computerized Information Systems

Work experience codes Product knowledge Industry experience Formal education Training courses

Foreign language skills Relocation limitations Career interests Performance appraisals Skills


Computerized Information Systems

Page 95Work experience codes. A list of work experience titles, or codes describing the person’s jobs within the company.Product knowledge. The employee’s level of familiarity with the employer’s product lines or services.Industry experience. The person’s industry experiences, since for some positions work in related industries is very useful.Formal education. Each postsecondary educational institution attended, field of study, degree granted, and year granted.Training courses. Those taken or conducted by the employee, including courses taught by outside firms like the American Management Association.Foreign language skills. Which languages; degree of proficiency, spoken and written. Relocation limitations. The employee’s willingness to relocate and the locales he or she would prefer.Career interests. Work experience codes to indicate what the employee would like to be doing for the employer in the future.Performance appraisals. Updated periodically, along with a summary of the employee’s strengths and deficiencies.Skills. Skills such as “design graphic interface” (number of times performed, date last performed, time spent), as well as skill level, perhaps ranging from level 1 (can lead or instruct others) to level 3 (has some experience: can assist experienced workers).


Management Replacement Chart

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The Matter of Privacy

Several things make it important to protect employee information: Computerized information systems Network access makes this information available Legislation

Federal Privacy Act of 1974 New York Personal Privacy Act of 1985

Access matrices may help

Page 96Several things make it increasingly important to secure the data in the firm’s personnel data banks. First, as you can see, there is a lot of employee information in most such data banks. Second, Internet/intranet access and other changes mean it’s often easier for more people to access these data. Third, legislation, such as the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 and the New York Personal Privacy Act of 1985, gives some employees legal rights regarding who has access to information about their work history and job performance.


Forecasting the Supply of Outside Candidates

Monitoring general economic conditions

Business Week, Fortune, Economist and Wall Street Journal

U.S. Government


Effective Recruiting: The Yield Pyramid

New hires Offers made (2 : 1) Interviewed (3 : 2) Invited (4 : 3) Leads generated (6 : 1)

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Internal Sources of Candidates

No substitute for knowing a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses

Inside candidates may be more committed to the company and can increase morale

Can backfire Can promote inbreeding


Internal Sources of Candidates

Page 99It is often therefore safer to promote employees from within, since you’re likely to have a more accurate view of the person’s skills than you would an outsider’s. Inside candidates may also be more committed to the company. Morale may rise, to the extent that employees see promotions as rewards for loyalty and competence. Inside candidates may also require less orientation and training than outsiders.Employees who apply for jobs and don’t get them may become discontented; telling unsuccessful applicants why they were rejected and what remedial actions they might take to be more successful in the future is thus crucial.When all managers come up through the ranks, they may have a tendency to maintain the status quo, when a new direction is what’s required.


Finding Candidates

Job posting publicizing the open job to employees and listing its attributes

like qualifications, supervisor, work schedule, and pay rate Rehiring former employees

an option today due to the tight labor market

Page 99Job PostingPersonnel records are also important. An examination of personnel records (including application forms) may reveal employees who are working in jobs below their educational or skill levels. It may also reveal persons who have potential for further training or who already have the right background for the open job.


Finding Internal Candidates

Succession planning: ensuring a suitable supply of successors for future senior jobs

Planning includes: Determine projected need Audit current talent Planning career paths Career counseling Accelerated promotions Performance related training Planned strategic recruitment Filling

Page 100Succession planning typically includes activities like these:Determining the projected need for managers and professionals by company level, function, and skillAuditing current executive talent to project the likely future supply from internal sources


Outside Sources of Candidates

Advertising – the advertising media and ad content

Select the best media – local paper, WSJ, TV, or internet depending on the position


Outside Sources of Candidates

American Psychologist

THE WALL STREET JOURNALInstructor’s Note:

Use this slide to visit professional journals and view and discuss job postings.


Use the AIDA guide (attention, interest, desire, and action) to construct ads

Be creative - use of ad agencies might help develop and promote a companies image

Ad Construction

Page 101 Jerry Holder’s ongoing recruiting efforts for the workers he needs in the two Allegra Print and Imaging locations he manages inTulsa begin with help wanted advertising. Holder places “friendly” newspaper ads, written in warm, welcoming language, toattract candidates for sales, production, and quality-control positions. The ads’ message is, “Let’s see if it fits. Come in andsee the place.” Holder then offers each prospect a shop tour and introductions to key employees.


Employment Agencies

Types of agencies: Public agencies and non profit Private agencies


Employment Agencies

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Instructor’s Note: Ask students -Why turn to an agency?

Reasons include:1. Your firm doesn’t have its own HR department and is not geared to doing recruitingand screening.2. Your firm has found it difficult in the past to generate a pool of qualified applicants.3. You must fill a particular opening quickly.4. There is a perceived need to attract a greater number of minority or female applicants.5. You want to reach currently employed individuals, who might feel more comfortabledealing with agencies than with competing companies.6. You want to cut down on the time you’re devoting to interviewing.


How to Avoid Problems With Employment Agencies

Provide full and accurate job description Specify the screening tools to use Review data on candidates accepted or rejected by your firm and

by the agency Develop a long-term relationships with one or more agencies Screen the agency

Page 104Job description – The better the employment agency understands the job to be filled, the greater the likelihood it will produce a reasonable pool of applicants.Screening tools – Tests, application blanks, and interviews should be a proven part of the employer’s selection process.Periodic candidate review – will server as a check on the effectiveness and fairness of the agency’s process.Agency relationship – It may also make sense to designate one person to serve as the liaison between the employer and the agency.Agency screening – Check with other managers or HR people to find out which agencies have been the most effective at filling the sorts of positions you need filled.


Temp Agencies

Alternative staffing often used to supplement a permanent workforce

One year 100,000 people found temp work in engineering, science and management support

Page 104Employers often supplement their permanent workforce by hiring contingent or temporary workers, often through temporary help employment agencies. Also known as part-time or just-in-time workers, the contingent workforce is big and growing. It recently accounted for about 20% of all new jobs created in the United States. Such workers are broadly defined as workers who don’t have permanent jobs.Today’s contingent workforce isn’t limited to clerical or maintenance staff. In one year, almost 100,000 people found temporary work in engineering, science, or management support occupations, for instance. And growing numbers of firms use temporary workers as short-term chief financial officers, or even chief executive officers.


Guidelines for Success

Dehumanized Insecure Worried Misled “Underemployed” Angry

• Some temp workers felt


Page 105 – 106 1. Treated by employers in a dehumanizing, impersonal, and ultimately discouraging way. 2. Insecure about their employment and pessimistic about the future. 3. Worried about their lack of insurance and pension benefits. 4. Misled about their job assignments and in particular about whether temporary assignments were likely to become full-time

positions. 5. “Underemployed” (particularly those trying to return to the full-time labor market). 6. In general angry toward the corporate world and its values; participants repeatedly expressed feelings of alienation and

disenchantment.

Guidelines for Success


Guidelines for Temp Workers

Honest information Policies for fair treatment Use independent contractors and permanent part-time workers Consider impact on permanent workers Provide training and orientation Beware of legal snares in your payroll decisions


Guidelines for Temp Workers

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1. Provide honest information to both temporary agencies and temporary workers about the length of the job assignment.

2. Implement personnel policies that ensure fair, nondiscriminatory treatment of temporary workers, as you do for permanent ones.

3. Use independent contractors (people wholike consultantswork for themselves rather than for the company) and permanent part-time employees to complement the conventional temporary agency workforce. These people are likely to be more

familiar with your firm’s procedures and more committed to its goals than are temporary workers. 4. Before hiring temporary workers, consider their potential impact on regular fulltime employees. For example, any

apparent exploitation or mistreatment of contingent workers may have a corrosive effect on permanent workers’ morale.

5. Provide the necessary training and orientation. One survey’s comments included, “[Organizations] need to be more specific in their instructions to temps. Give them the [correct] tools and materials to do their jobs.”

6. Don’t use a classification such as “independent contractor” to avoid paying the taxes to which temp (or regular) employees are actually entitled.


Policies to Use With Agencies

Invoicing Time sheets Temp-to-perm policy Recruitment of and benefits for temp employees Dress code EEO statement Job description information


Policies to Use With Agencies

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Invoicing. Get a sample copy of the agency’s invoice. Make sure it fits your company’s needs.Time sheets. With temps, the time sheet is not just a verification of hours worked. Once the worker’s supervisor signs it, it’s usually an agreement to pay the agency’s fees.Temp-to-perm-policy. What is the policy if the client wants to hire one of the agency’s temps as a permanent employee?Recruitment of and benefits for temp employees. Find out how the agency plans to recruit employees and what sorts of benefits it pays.Dress code. Specify the appropriate attire at each of your offices or plants.Equal employment opportunity statement. Get a document from the agency stating that it is not discriminating when filling temp orders.Job description information. Have a procedure whereby you can ensure the agency understands the job to be filled and the sort of person, in terms of skills and so forth, you want to fill it.


Headhunters Special employment agencies used to seek

out top management and technical talent

Internet databases have shortened time required to find talent

Online executive recruiting firm

Executive Recruiters

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Executive Recruiters

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RecruitersThey fill jobs in the $60,000-and-up category, although $80,000 is often the lower limit. The percentage of your firm’s positions filled by these services might be small. However, these jobs would include crucial executive and technical positions. For executive positions, headhunters may be your only source of candidates. The employer always pays their fees.Two trends.technology and specialization.are changing the executive search business. Most recruiting firms are therefore establishing Internet-linked computerized databases the aim of which, according to one senior recruiter, is “to create a long list by pushing a button.Executive recruiters are also becoming more specialized, and the large ones are creating new businesses aimed specifically at specialized functions or industries.


Tips on Choosing a Recruiter

Ask about the cost Be sure you can trust them with privileged

information Talk to prior clients

Can they conduct a thorough search?Meet individual who will handle the search


Tips on Choosing a Recruiter

Page 107 – 1081. Make sure the firm is capable of conducting a thorough search. Under the code of the Association of Executive Recruiting Consultants, a recruiter can’t

approach the executive talent of a former client for a vacancy with a new client for a period of two years after completing a search for the former client.2. Meet the individual who will actually handle your assignment. If this person hasn’t the ability to seek out top candidates and sell them on your firm, it’s

unlikely you’ll get to see the best candidates. 3. Ask how much the search firm charges. There are several things to keep in mind here. Search firm fees range from 25% to 35% of the guaranteed annual

income of the position. They are often payable one-third as a retainer at the outset, one-third at the end of 30 days, and one-third after 60 days.4. Choose a recruiter you can trust with privileged information. This person won’t find just your firm’s strengths, but also its weaknesses.5. Talk to some of the firm’s clients. Get the names of two or three companies for whom the firm has recently completed assignments. Ask such questions as:

“Was the recruiter’s appraisal of the candidate accurate?” “Was the placement a success? Did the firm conduct a search, or just fill the job from its files?” “And did the recruiter accurately craft the job specifications?”


Outside Hiring

College recruiting goals are: Attract good candidates Cull candidates for further consideration

Onsite visits Internships Referrals and walk-ins


Outside Hiring

Page 109College Recruiting GoalsThe campus recruiter has two main goals. The main one is determining whether a candidate is worthy of further consideration. The other aim is to attract good candidates. A sincere and informal attitude, respect for the applicant as an individual, and prompt follow-up letters can help sell the employer to the interviewee.There are two main problems with on-campus recruiting. First, it is expensive and time consuming. Second, as mentioned earlier, recruiters themselves are sometimes ineffective, or worse.

On-Site Visits Employers generally invite good candidates to the employer’s office or plant for an on-site visit. The invitation letter should be warm and friendly but businesslike, and should give the person a choice of dates to visit the company. Assign someone to meet the applicant, preferably at the airport or at his or her hotel, and to act as host. A package describing the applicant’s schedule as well as other information regarding the company.such as annual reports and employee benefits.should be waiting. InternshipsInternships can be winwin situations for both students and employers. For students, it may mean being able to hone business skills, check out potential employers, and learn more about their likes (and dislikes) when it comes to choosing careers. And employers, of course, can use the interns to make useful contributions while evaluating them as possible full-time employees.Referrals and Walk-InsThe firm posts announcements of openings and requests for referrals in its bulletin and on its wallboards and intranet; prizes or cash rewards are offered for referrals that culminate in hirings. Employee referrals have been the source of almost half of all hires at AmeriCredit since the firm kicked off its “you’ve got friends, we want to meet them” employee referrals program.


Name of person interviewed

Applying for position

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Qualifications Excellent Satisfactory Poor

Communication

Education

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Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving Skills

Adaptable to change

Comments: Completed by

Campus Interview Report


Recruiting on the Net

• Many companies are turning to the Internet as a recruiting tool

• Corporate and employment web pages are one approach

• Internet recruiting is cost effective and timely

careerbuilder

Page 112A large and fast-growing proportion of employers use the Internet as a recruiting tool. The percentage of Fortune 500 companies recruiting via the Internet jumped from 10% in 1997 to 75% in 2000.


Network Recruiting Resources

Visit these sites.

computerjobs.com

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Some firms have been phenomenally successful using Internet recruiting. For example, when Boeing Company had to hire 13,000 employees fast, it opened its recruiting Web site. Only 200 résumés were received the first month, but within three months 19,000 résumés had arrived, and in six months, 50,000.


Internet Recruiting

While monster.com may have 5 million online resumes there may be 2-3x that on the internet Go to

Conduct searches for specific areas and talents

Tripod and Yahoo also search resume databases for locating possible employees


Internet Recruiting

Page 114 – 115When it comes to effective recruiting, the rubber really hits the road, as they say, when it comes to recruiting high-tech workers.Turnover among these in-demand elites is reportedly around 17%. And according to the Information Technology Association of America, about 1 out of 10 information technology jobs in the Untied States is unfilled.


Recruiting High-tech

GE medical is an industry leader which illustrates the best practices of recruiting high-tech workers

GE medical applies benchmarked purchasing techniques to dealing with recruiters

Recruitsoft powers enterprise recruiting


Recruiting a More Diverse Workforce

Recruiting single parents – you must understand their concerns

Older workers – 80% of baby boomers will work beyond retirement age

Check policies – don’t force oldsters to leave

Use flexible work options Remake suitable jobs Offer customized benefit plans



Page 116 – 11Page 114 – 115When it comes to effective recruiting, the rubber really hits the road, as they say, when it comes to recruiting high-tech workers.Turnover among these in-demand elites is reportedly around 17%. And according to the Information Technology Association of America, about 1 out of 10 information technology jobs in the Untied States is unfilled.7About two-thirds of all single parents are in the workforce today, and this group is an important source of candidates.Attracting single parents begins with understanding the problems they encounter in balancing work and family life. In one survey, working single parents (the majority single mothers) said their work responsibilities interfered significantly with their family life. They described the challenge of having to do a good job at work and being a good parent; many expressed disappointmentat feeling like failures in both endeavors.Given such concerns, the first step in attracting (and keeping) single mothers is to make the workplace as user friendly for them as is practical. Many firms aim at being more family friendly, but their programs may not be extensive enough, particularly for single parents.

Instructor’s note:Many students work and attend school at the same time. This could be a good discussion topic in class, perhaps even a small group session with the goal being a list of five items a company could do to be more helpful for people who have significant life responsibilities.


Older Workers As a Source of Candidates

Supply and demand Retirees will double to 4 million Fewer young people entering the workforce

Practicality Physical and cognitive abilities Drop in absenteeism


Older Workers As a Source of Candidates

Page 117Employers are increasingly looking to older workers as a source of recruits, for several reasons. Supply is one thing: Because of buyouts and early retirements, many workers retired early and are ready and willing to reenter the job market. Furthermore, the number of annual retirees will soon double to approximately 4 million, and “there will be, I guarantee it, many millions of boomers who will have to work beyond age 65 because they simply haven’t saved enough money to retire,” says a demographer.115 Demand is another: Fewer 18- to 25-year-olds are available to enter the workforce. Is it practical in terms of productivity to keep older workers on? The answer seems unequivocally to be yes. Age-related changes in physical ability, cognitive performance, and personality have little effect on workers’ output except in the most physically demanding tasks. Similarly, creative and intellectual achievements don’t decline with age, but absenteeism drops. Older workers also usually display more company loyalty than younger workers, tend to be more satisfied with their jobs and supervision, and can be trained or retrained as effectively asanyone.



Recruiting minorities and women – formulate comprehensive plans

Welfare-to-work – the key is training

Searching globally – many global companies actively recruit foreign nationals



Page 118The same prescriptions that apply to recruiting older workers apply to recruiting minorities and women. In other words, you should formulate comprehensive plans for attracting and retaining these groups, plans that may include reevaluating personnel policies, developing flexible work options, redesigning jobs, and offering flexible benefit plans.The Federal Personal Responsibility and Welfare Reconciliation Act of 1996 prompted many employers to implement “welfare-to-work” programs for attracting and assimilating former welfare recipients.Recruiting internationally is important for several reasons. Sometimes the employer has virtually no choice. For example, many U.S. companies are looking in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Western Europe for high-tech employees to fill jobs that are going begging in the U.S.Technology can make global searches easier. Gillette International has an international graduate training program aimed at identifying and developing foreign nationals. Gillette subsidiaries abroad hire outstanding business students from top local universities. They then train these foreign nationals for 6 months at Gillette facilities in their home countries. Some then spend 18 months in training at the firm’s Boston headquarters in areas like finance and marketing. Some of these trainees get offers of entry-level management positions at Gillette facilities in their home countries. In addition to recruiting students abroad, Coca-Cola looks for foreign students studying in well-known international business programs like those at UCLA and the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona.


Application forms provide 4 types of info

Developing Application Forms

Does candidate have the necessary education or experience ?

Provides applicants previous progress and growth

Provides previous work record to assess the applicants suitability

Application data can determine if applicant will succeed



Page 119 – 120A filled-in form provides four types of information. First, you can make judgments on substantive matters, such as whether the applicant has the education and experience to do the job. Second, you can draw conclusions about the applicant’sprevious progress and growth, a trait that is especially important for management candidates. Third, you can draw tentative conclusions regarding the applicant’s stability based on previous work record. Fourth, you may be able to use the data in the application to predict which candidates will succeed on the job and which will not.



Must NOT have questions in an application form to be EEO compliant

Education datesArrest recordRelationship of a “notify in case of emergency”Membership in organizationsPhysical handicapsMarital statusHousing status



Page 120Questions to beware of include:Education. A question on the dates of attendance and graduation from various schoolsacademic, vocational, or professionalis one potential violation. This question may be illegal insofar as it may reflect the applicant’s age.

Arrest record. The courts have usually held that employers violate Title VII by disqualifying applicants from employment because of an arrest record. This item has an adverse impact on minorities, and employers usually can’t show it’s required by business necessity.

Notify in case of emergency. It is generally legal to require the name, address, and phone number of a person to notify in case of emergency. However, asking the relationship of this person to the applicant could indicate the applicant’s marital status or lineage.

Membership in organizations. Many forms ask the applicant to list memberships in clubs, organizations, or societies along with offices held. Employers should add instructions not to include organizations that would reveal race, religion, physical handicaps, marital status, or ancestry. Physical handicaps. It is usually illegal to require the listing of an applicant’s physical handicaps, defects, or past illnesses unless the application blank specifically asks only for those that “may interfere with your job performance.”

Marital status. In general, the application should not ask whether an applicant is single, married, divorced, separated, or living with anyone, or the names, occupations, and ages of the applicants’ spouse or children.

Housing. Asking whether an applicant owns, rents, or leases a house may also be discriminatory. It can adversely affect minority groups and is difficult to justify on grounds of business necessity.


Sample Applications

Governor's Job Bank South Carolina State Government

Application for Employment Federal Employment Application


Applications to Predict Job Performance

Much like screening, some firms use job applications as a tool to predict future performance

They conduct statistical studies to find relationships between responses and success

Risk here is asking overly intrusive question


Summary Slide

Steps in recruitment and selection process

Employment planning and forecasting How to forecast personnel needs Methods to predict employment needs


Summary Slide (Cont.)

Using computers to forecast personnel requirements

Forecasting the supply of inside candidates

Computerized information systems Management replacement chart



Forecasting the supply of outside candidates

Effective recruiting: the yield pyramid Internal sources of candidates Finding internal candidates Outside sources of candidates



Employment agencies How to avoid problems with employment

agencies Temp agencies Guidelines for success Guidelines for temp workers Policies to use with agencies



Executive recruiters Tips on choosing a recruiter Outside hiring Internet recruiting Recruiting high-tech Recruiting a more diverse workforce Older workers as a source of candidates



Developing application forms

Sample applications Applications to predict job

performance

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