HN 347-01Public Personnel Administration

Unit 5Recruitment and Selection

Would you rather..?• Visit the doctor or the dentist? • Have a beach holiday or a mountain holiday? • Be invisible or be able to read minds? • Be the most popular or the smartest person you know? • Make headlines for saving somebody's life or winning a

Nobel Prize? • Go without television or fast food for the rest of your

life? • Always be cold or always be hot?

Recruitment

• Internal-Present employees, often done through agency-wide job postings– Promotions– Transfers– Demotions

• External-often done through advertising– Describe the nature of the job and qualifications– May be targeted

Writing a Job Ad

· What is the company and what does it do?· What is the actual job?· Who exactly is the company looking for?· How much are they going to get paid?· How do they apply?

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Foster Care Social WorkerPost Date: May 16, 2011 Type: Full Time

Start Date: Salary: D.O.E. Starting Salary $38,000

Location: West Covina, California - United States Job Reference:

EducationalRequirements: Masters required

Foster Care Social WorkerSpecific Education, Certification and Skill Requirements:Master's degree in social work or a related field from an accredited university or state approved college. Good communication and writing skills. Bilingual (Spanish and English)

Job Description:Bilingual (English/Spanish) Social Workers to join a dynamic professional team in West Covina (serving LA County) or Ontario (serving the Inland Empire) to supervise and monitor the progress of foster children. Offering excellent benefits such as health, vision, dental, life insurance, 3 weeks vacation, sick days, holidays, 401k, defined pension plan, mileage and cell phone reimbursement and two field days per week.

Other Information About This Job:Licensure hours provided for ASW or IMFTs. Must have a clean DMV record and valid CA driver's license and current auto insurance and registration. Health screening including a TB test and result required and provided by employer.

• JOB REF: A020607

We are seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and motivated social worker to join our dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team providing in-patient care for clients with mental disorders/illnesses living in the inner city area. Operationally the Social Worker Grade 1 is responsible to the In-patient Service Coordinator and professionally to the Mental Health Services Senior Social Worker.

The successful candidate will have:the ability to deliver high-quality client careexperience in mental health or hospital social workstrong interpersonal, communication and organizational skillsthe ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

The following attributes are also desirable:experience working with families/careersan understanding of the Mental Health Act 2007 as it relates to social workers. Please send your application to:

Tim HansenRecruitment Coordinatortim.hansen@stpauls.com

Selection• Process ensures against discrimination• Disparate Treatment-intentionally treated

protected individuals adversely• Disparate Impact-selection discrimination based on

unintended consequences of selection requirements.

• “The 80% Rule”-protected class applicants score less than 80% of unprotected applicants.

• Affirmative Action-Fair and equal chance at all jobs.

Selection Process

• Facilitates quality selection.• Also referred to as “Examining”• Rate Applicants:– Education– Training– Experience (KSAO)– Background Checks– Interview

Interviewing

• Initial Screening Interview-Brief, determines a likely match for both

• Structured Interview-Standardized, job related questions prepared in advance.– Situational Questions– Job Knowledge Questions– Worker Requirements Questions.

Practice

Discussion Board Questions

• What are some of the recruitment issues in your community based on your Internet search and analysis? What are some of the potential solutions to address the issues?

• Name at least three questions that you are considering for your screening interview. What to you hope to learn from each question?

• Project: Recruitment Ad: Interview Questions • The next step in our process is to write a job ad for the

position you described in the Unit 4 project. Use the template provided for this assignment. You will note where the ad will appear as well as the content.

• In addition to the job ad, create a list of 10–20 questions that you suggest should be used in the job interview. Note that the template has a grid provided for this element of the assignment that includes a column for the questions and another column for why you suggest asking the question and what you hope to learn. Remember that the interview should take approximately 30–40 minutes, so be sure your questions will maximize the interviewing time!

• Be sure to look at the grading rubric in the syllabus to ensure you have covered all of the expectations for the assignment!