Recruit, Develop, Assess, Reward, Retain Course Guide
JWI 521: Recruit, Develop, Assess, Reward, Retain Course Guide
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Assignment 1: Assembling the Team Weight: 15% Format: Paper Due Week 3, Day 7 INTRODUCTION Hiring is one of the most critical aspects of being a leader. In order to have an effective hiring process, there is some important preparation that needs to be done. You are the VP of Talent at your company and you are preparing to interview candidates for an open position, Based upon the job description, you will identify a set of key competencies for the position, and develop a set of questions that enables you to interview candidates for those competencies.
INSTRUCTIONS For this assignment, you will create a Hiring Sheet, based on a job description for a position at your current organization. The Hiring Sheet will include a set of 10 interview questions based on the competencies needed for that role. You will then test out the interview questions by writing 2 answers from imaginary candidates. To get started, find a current job description for a position at your organization. Follow the steps below to create a Hiring Sheet for this position:
• Step 1: Identify Key Competencies. o Select 5 key competencies for the position. Select 3 competencies from the Sample
Professional Competencies list below. Create 2 more competencies of your own.
• Step 2: Rank the Competencies. o Rank the competencies you selected in order, from the most important (1) to the least
important (5). o Explain your rationale for the ranking.
• Step 3: Create Interview Questions. o For each competency you selected, develop 2 questions for use when interviewing
candidates. In each case, one question should be behavioral and one question should be situational.
o Your final list of questions for the position will contain 10 questions.
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Your completed Hiring Sheet will include:
• Five Key Competencies ranked from most important (1) to least important (5)
• Your Rationale for the ranking and order of importance of the competencies
• Two Interview Questions to assess each competency (one behavioral and one situational question), for a total of 10 questions
List of Sample Professional Competencies
INTELLECTUAL
Intelligence
Analysis Skills
Conceptual Ability
Strategic Skills
PERSONAL
Integrity
Organization/Planning
Self-Awareness
Adaptability
INTERPERSONAL
Listening
Team Player
Communications—Oral
Communications—Written
MANAGEMENT
Selecting A Players
Coaching
Empowerment
Accountability
LEADERSHIP
Vision
Change Leadership
Conflict Management
MOTIVATIONAL
Energy
Passion
Tenacity
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Now that your Hiring Sheet is complete, select two questions from your list of 10 questions: one behavioral question and one situational question. For each question, write an imaginary answer from a candidate that demonstrates the competency you are seeking via that question.
Submit your assignment as one Word document, organized into three sections, as follows:
o Section 1: A copy of the Job Description for a position at your organization
o Section 2: Your Hiring Sheet
o Section 3: Two Sample Answers FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
Your assignment should follow these formatting requirements:
• Use a double-spaced, professional font (Times New Roman or Arial), 10-12 font size, with one- inch margins on all sides
• Include a Cover Page with the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, course title, and date
• Headings are used to identify main topics and subtopics
• Paragraphs are separated by a single space
• Include a References slide with your sources
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RUBRIC – Assignment 1: Assembling the Team
CRITERIA Unsatisfactory Low Pass Pass High Pass Honors
1. Find a job description for a position in your organization. Select and rank five competencies for the position. Weight: 20%
Does not develop or provide a job description. Does not select and rank five competencies for the position.
Partially develops or provides a job description. Partially selects and ranks five competencies for each position.
Satisfactorily develops or provides a job description. Selects and ranks five competencies for each position.
Develops or provides a good job description, Selects and ranks five competencies for the position, with evidence of careful analysis.
Develops or provides an excellent job description. Selects and ranks five competencies for the position, with evidence of excellent analysis.
2. Explain your rationale for the competency rankings. Weight: 20%
No rationale is provided for the competency rankings.
Poor rationale for the competency rankings, or the rationales are missing for some competencies.
Brief but adequate rationale for all the competency rankings is provided.
Good, logical rationale for all the competency rankings is provided.
Excellent and thoughtful rationale for all the competency rankings is provided.
3. Create 2 interview questions for each competency. In each case, one question must be behavioral and one question must be situational. Weight: 25%
Does not create two interview questions for each competency.
Partially creates two interview questions for each competency, and follows the instructions.
Satisfactorily creates two interview questions for each competency and follows the instructions. Questions relate logically to the competencies.
Creates two interview questions for each competency and follows the instructions. Questions show good analysis and relate well to the competencies.
Creates two interview questions for each competency and follows the instructions. Questions show excellent analysis and relate extremely well to the competencies.
4. Write 2 sample answers, one for a behavioral question and one for a situational question. Answers must demonstrate that the candidate has the required competency. Weight: 25%
Does not write 2 sample answers, or the answers do not demonstrate the required competencies.
Partially writes 2 sample answers, or partially demonstrates the required competencies.
Satisfactorily writes 2 sample answers with content that adequately demonstrates the required competencies.
Writes 2 good, detailed sample answers, with content that clearly and fully demonstrates the required competencies.
Writes 2 excellent sample answers, with content that demonstrates the required competencies extremely well.
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CRITERIA Unsatisfactory Low Pass Pass High Pass Honors
5. Clarity, Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting. Weight: 10 %
Mechanical errors; student fails to follow formatting instructions.
Mechanical errors; student does not fully follow formatting instructions.
Some mechanical errors; student follows formatting instructions.
Few mechanical errors; student follows formatting instructions.
Minimal minor mechanical errors; student follows formatting instructions.
