Chapters 6&7

This last week throughout class we learned about Chapter 6 (Recruiting) and Chapter 7 (Training).
Also, I conducted my interviews this last week and the topic I chose was recruiting. We also had a guest speaker in class who talked about Training. I definitely got a well rounded knowledge of the topics because I learned about them not only in the book, but also through the interviews and guest speaker. Their is a lot that goes into recruiting, It is so important that employers and HR professionals know how to do a good job at this so that they can lower turnover rates and improve the quality of their company. The HR professionals, or managers, have to become experts on skimming through resumes and finding the best candidates for interviews. In this economy it has become increasingly more difficult to do the pre-screening because of how many resumes companies receive. Also, it's important for employers to call references and past employers along with conducting background checks or other types of tests. Once interviewing, their are many techniques that are beneficial. Open-ended questions were something I though would be very important to employers. These questions give candidates an opportunity to put together well structured answers. When training it is important to do a needs assessment to evaluate the organization and to determine the needs and kinds of training that are necessary. There are also other types of analysis including person and task analysis, these may also be useful. There are also many training methods available that organizations can use, my favorite was reading about the experiential programs because they sounded so fun, and I think if used the right way they could be extremely beneficial team building skills.