Overview
Recruiting and selecting the right people is a matter of great significance for businesses. One of the central roles of the human resources department and the HR manager, is recruitment. This involves acquiring new talents, resources and employees who serve as a company’s competitive edge in all its activities.
There is a worldwide talent crunch affecting many industries. The older workforce is retiring and the younger workforce has a whole new way of doing things. Professional Millennials rising through the ranks and Gen-Zers entering the workforce don’t see employment the same way previous generations have.
While traditional hiring methods such as posting job vacancies both online and offline, participating in job fairs and networking have been very effective in terms of reaching out to a critical mass of job candidates, their effectiveness in hiring for specialised job positions leaves much to be desired. After all, these methods are meant to maximize reach and not precision in seeking out the best fits for vacancies. BOTs have made this process even less personal and individualized than ever.
In recruiting specific people with distinct skill sets, human resources managers need to get their hands a little dirty. Perhaps it's time to rely less on the traditional resume and interview for recruitment and selection . Let's onsider offbeat, unconventional recruitment methods that have worked for other companies. Read the online articles below and then use the discussion prompts to form your inital post this week.
Unconventional Ways to Attract TalentLinks to an external site.
Are Job Interviews Still Effective?Links to an external site.
Discussion Prompts:
- Do you think resume's are a good tool for managers to use for selection and hiring? Why or why not?
- Do you think the job interview should be the primary criterion for selection? Explain.
- Do these traditional recruitment and selection methods have an disadvantages or biases? Explain.
- What changes, if any, do you think HR managers should make in hiring younger workers?
- Do you think any of the unconventional methods have merit? Why or why not?
The initial post of 300 words