Recruitment and Selection

Course aim

To provide knowledge and skills in the contemporary theory and practice of job analysis, recruitment and selection.

Course content

• Job analysis (work and person oriented techniques)
• Attraction of potential employees (sources of candidates, techniques such as realistic job previews, employee referral).
• Assessment of candidates (issues of reliability, validity and consistency).
• Selection tools: collecting, collating and assessing applicant information
• Selection techniques (the different types of interviews, psychometric tests, ability tests, personality assessment, work samples, assessment centres, graphology and astrology, etc.)
• Legal regulation of hiring.
• Recruitment and selection as organisational socialisation.
• Recognising diversity.
• Person-job, person-organisation, person-workgroup fit.
• Employer branding.
• Employer of Choice strategies.
• Employer choices in an era of chronic skill shortage.

Textbook(s)

Gatewood, RD, Feild, HS & Barrick, M 2011, Human Resource Selection, 7th Edition, Thomson South-Western

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 5307	Introduction to Human Resource Management

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	2 hours x 11 weeks
External (Online staff consultations)	1 hour x 11 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Environment analysis report, Group recruitment and selection portfolio Preparation of a workplace plan for an organisation, Group recruitment and selection portfolio Preparation of a workplace plan for an organisation + group presentation, Job analysis project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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