Human Resources in Action - Admission/Application Essay Example

HUMAN RESOURCES IN ACTION [Pick the Recruitment: One of the companies that I chose is Al Tayyar Travel Group. It’s a travel and tourism company in Middle East. On the website they have a separate section for Careers, Job Vacancies and Apply for a Job (Altayyargroup, 2011). Currently there are 3 jobs available on the website. Against each job opening they have enlist the required qualification. Required Qualification includes education level, experience, language and other. KSA (Knowledge, skill and abilities) are mentioned. They have not given any Company profile or what will be the working environment of the company will be. Job description is not mentioned. Key responsibilities are not given. Salary package or any kind of incentive is not mentioned. Location is also not mentioned It’s easy to apply for the job. You can easily apply online. Against each opening there is Apply option. When you click it a new window opens which contains a form. You can fill your personal information; upload your CV and certificates (related to education, experience and identity). As a manager I recommend that they should give some detail about working environment and also more job description should be added. It is important to mention company environment to attract more experienced people in your organization. Job description is important so Applicant have an idea about what is expected from them. The second Company would be Hyatt – Lodging (Hyatt, 2013). They have separate page for Career in which user can select a country and can specify job field. Job details vary from position to position. On selecting a particular field or selecting all gives a list of available openings with job title and one line description. In detailed view of opening, they have provided more details for some openings. But for some other openings, they have just mentioned roles and responsibilities and required qualification. Many words are repeating in details of a job, such as, Description, Job, Job Title repeats several times. Also, the information or requirements are not well formatted, at some places, font style and size is different, everything is written in a form of paragraph. Some information is not included and it is better to have. Such as, Career level. Salary range, Job is Contractual/Permanent etc. Site is very well structured. It is easy to find information about any particular thing. In Career section, you can search job by country preference. They have very interactive world map which helps to select region and it enlist countries. It has a Job Cart in which you can add a job and can view later. An opening can be shared using more than 300 different ways. Jobs can be sorted by Title and Location. Advanced Search and Jobs Matching My Profile are very useful option to narrow down job search. To apply for job, it is not necessary to register on their website, user can Sign in using Talent Exchange Universal Profile, Google and Yahoo.  As a manager, I would recommend following changes: As a manager I recommend that they should give some detail about working environment and also more job description should be added. I also want to improve their website information. Selection: I have chosen the Franchise Manager job from Al Tayyar website (Al Tayyar, 2011). First step would be Sourcing Applicants. We should find a person whose KSA and interest match the job requirements. As the job is of Franchise Manager and it requires experienced person so we can do sourcing of candidates on Linkedln. Another way would be of calling people in any other franchise to know whether they or their colleagues are interested in job opportunities in another organization. Lastly Job opening is posted on many online recruiting websites and also on the company website. After receiving the CV we will do entail screening. For initial screening Applicant tracking system will be used. Keywords like "Business franchise setup" and "management" can be used. It will narrow down the CVs that the organization is interested in. Only experienced people will be given preference .Their educational and experience certificates will be looked through. Then the final screening will start. First step would be the achievement test. We will check that does his KSA match with the job requirements. How much does he know about handling franchise? Does he have the leadership abilities? How much does he know about travel and tourism? After passing the test second step would be interview or face to face meeting. Interview would contain behavioral and situational questions. It would be a Multiple Hurdle Approach. The next step would be selection of the candidate. The final step would be employment offer to the candidate. There will be negotiations with the candidate about salary, benefits, working hours and other terms and conditions of employment. Behavioral interview question are designed according to franchise manager responsibilities. The duty of a franchise manager is to provide training about the policies of the company while providing training to the working staff about procedures. Supervision of a new franchise is also the duty of manager (Luangsuvimol & Kleiner, 2004). Here are the questions asked. "What was your most difficult decision in the last 6 months?" Rating would be 5) Most complete and accurate answer (Responsible dealing with the difficult situation, solved the problem and accomplished and the results.) 4) Accurate response but not complete 3) Satisfactory (Successfully passed through the difficult situation.) 2) Insufficient response 1) Unsatisfactory This behavioral question would tell us about his decision making and problem solving skills. It will also give us idea how he can work in under pressure environment. "Share an example of how you were able to motivate employees.” Scaling rate would be 5) Superior (Responsible for motivating the sub-ordinates. He was able to make them work at their best potential) 4) Accurate response but not complete 3) Satisfactory (Responsible for motivating his subordinates.) 2) Insufficient response 1) Unsatisfactory This behavioral question would be to access his leadership qualities. Recruiting and selection are affected by the size and structure of the organization. The job is of franchise manager so defiantly it cannot be any small organization. As Al Tayyar is a large organization, a recruiter will screens resumes and takes the initial interview and then passes the most qualified applicants on to the hiring manager for the final interview and hiring decision. Ethics: I will write the code of ethical conduct as follows. I will act with honesty and integrity in all my dealings. I will treat my subordinates with dignity and respect. I am aware of possible conflict of interest. I will try my best to avoid those interests. I will declare conflicts of interest if it is unavoidable. I will use all the information and other resources with care and responsibility and in the best interests of the organization.  I will comply with rules and regulations of federal, state, provincial and local governments, and other regulatory agencies. I will be fair in my relationship with my subordinates. I will not give any information to media unless I am authorized to do so. I will not reveal confidential information to anyone. Nor I will use the information for my benefit or any other person benefit. I will not indulge in any activity that will bring a bad name to my organization. First of all the company should have a serious attitude towards it. It has to be more than a piece of paper. To make it effective it should be a way of life in organization culture. Top management should be an example to its subordinates. Employees at the low level will follow the example of the top management. Another method could be through training. There should be ethical training sessions. By doing so employee would go through a potential situation and will know how to handle it. There should be exams about code of ethics just to refresh employees on the policy and keep its importance in their minds. Lastly the ethics can be implemented through enforcement. If someone violates the code of ethics they can be terminated for this. Organization should take a very serious action against breach of ethics (Sercombe, 2010). References: Altayyargroup (2011). Our History. Retrieved April 15, 2013, from http://www.altayyargroup.com/English/AboutUs/Pages/Our_History.aspx Hyatt (2013). Hotel jobs and careers, employment and job opportunities worldwide Hyatt. Retrieved April 15, 2013, from http://hyatt.jobs/ Luangsuvimol, T., & Kleiner, B. H. (2004). Effective franchise management.Management research news, 27(4/5), 63-71 Top of Form Sercombe, H. (2010). Youth work ethics. Los Angeles: SAGE.p62 Bottom of Form Read More