Recruitment and Selection $-$ Term Project

You are in charge of Recruitment and Selection for a large grocery store in Sault Ste.

Marie, Ontario. You are a newly$-$hired HR person, and previously there was no full$-$time

HR staff, and there are no HR records or Human Resource Information System in place.

The store owner wants to open a second location across town. You will need to hire

approximately $15$ full$-$time cashiers to ensure that all shifts will be covered.

To start your recruitment project, you will need to develop a recruiting strategy, as well

as a selection strategy, that will facilitate a smooth and successful process. In your

process, you will need to develop strong recruitment and selection tools to attract and

evaluate potential candidates. This may include, but would not be limited to: job

analysis, job description and specification, advertising, job ads, interviews, reference

checks and$/$or tests.

Once you have established a process, you will need to execute your recruiting strategy.

It will be very important to find quality, dedicated people who can be depended on to

show up to every scheduled shift on time.

You will be meeting with the owner to explain how you will hire the right people for these

positions. For that meeting, you need to come prepared to communicate and discuss

the entire hiring process and timeline, i$.$e$.$ this report! The owner is relying on you to

find the required number of cashiers for the new store! Cashiers are front$-$line staff that

represent the company to the public and good staff can help the business while bad

staff will cost the business revenue and profits.

Remember, the owner knows very little about formal HR practices, and your report will

have to be a step$-$by$-$step outline of ALL the activities from start to finish. Your report

should cover off any and all possible questions that the owner could ask you about this

process! This includes an estimate of associated costs!

Instructions and suggestions:

$$ It is understandable that you may not be knowledgeable about this field and

industry. It is your approach, your thinking, and your ability to be creative and

thorough that will be the most important part of this project. Refer to and utilize the

concepts discussed in the textbook! Relevant exhibits and references are welcome.

Be thorough and explain your reasoning!

$$ Define and outline the entire hiring process which you will use, i$.$e$.$ what is the

step$-$by$-$step process from start to finish? How will you generate a list of necessary

competencies? What type of competencies will you look for? Core? Functional? Job$-$

specific? For example, how many applicants do you expect? How many will you

interview? Where will the interviews take place, and why?