HRM 2003 Recuitment and Selection

Assignment Part 1: There are some restaurants, bars and retail organizations that place a lot of emphasis on hiring individuals who are attractive. When handing in an application or appearing for an interview, female candidates are sometimes rated on how attractive and shapely they are. Candidates must pass this “first hurdle” and if they don’t, they are not considered further, even though they may have the required experience and other requirements. Questions:

1. What arguments can the employer make that this is a legitimate basis for making the hiring decision?

2. What arguments can you make that this should not be a factor in the hiring decision?

3. Is this a situation of a violation of Ontario’s Human Rights Code? Explain. Assignment

 

Part 2: You have been directed by your manager to find a way to reduce employee theft. You believe that this can be accomplished by screening out people who fail a commercially available “honesty” test. Based on the results of this test, you plan to reject applicants who fail this test. You are also considering giving this test to current employees. (This scenario has been adapted from your e-text.)

1. What arguments could you make that this test is not appropriate?

2. What arguments could you make that this test is appropriate?

3. What information would you want to know about this test before making the decision to administer it?

4. Discuss the legal or other issues you may encounter if you administer this test to applicants and then not hire them, or if you give this test to current employees and then dismiss them. Assignment

 

Part 3: The purpose of Part 3 of the assignment is to have students research, examine and present the unique programs and practices two employers have put in place to address barriers to employment faced by immigrants. Using the website www.hireimmigrants.ca profile the initiatives that two companies have taken to address some of the barriers to employment faced by immigrants. On the www.hireimmigrants.ca website, click on the “Stories” link, which will take you to a page called “Why Hire”. Scroll down to click the link for “View All”. This will take you to the page that profiles the initiatives some Canadian companies have undertaken. Present, in your own words, the initiatives of two of the companies’ profiles in the website and the barrier(s) each initiative aims to address. Note that what you present must be summarized in your own words and not copied from the website or cited in quotation marks extensively. Copied/plagiarized responses will get a zero.