Hiring Manual Creation

HRM 897 (C21)
Closed
McMaster University Continuing Education
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ernesto Solari
Instructor
3
Timeline
  • September 9, 2018
    Experience start
  • September 17, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 1, 2018
    Project Kick-Off
  • October 29, 2018
    Project Interim Report
  • November 12, 2018
    Midway Check-in
  • March 1, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred organizations
Anywhere
Any organization type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Skills
content writing communication training hiring practices hiring strategy
Student goals and capabilities

A full class of student-consultants will work in groups to develop a hiring manual for your organization, which will serve to standardize and improve hiring practices and address current challenges.

Students

Students
Any level
50 students
Project
30 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Phase 1 Project Plan: Students will be in contact (virtually) with organization representative(s) to devise the project scope and prepare a detailed plan for completion of the project.

Phase 2Project Execution: Students will work on deliverables outlined in the project plan. Teams will periodically communicate with organization representative(s) as needed to complete project tasks.

Phase 3 - Outcome – Each student-consultant group will submit a hiring manual that includes some or all of the following:

  • Workflows of business processes.
  • References to job analysis/job descriptions.
  • Templates for job postings.
  • Legal compliance information.
  • Suggested recruitment methods by job type.
  • Resume management recommendations.
  • Candidate shortlisting techniques.
  • Recommendations on the use of tests.
  • Interview procedures.
  • Reference check templates.
  • Onboarding plans.

Project timeline
  • September 9, 2018
    Experience start
  • September 17, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 1, 2018
    Project Kick-Off
  • October 29, 2018
    Project Interim Report
  • November 12, 2018
    Midway Check-in
  • March 1, 2019
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Starting this September, a class of continuing education student-consultants will spend 1,500 collective hours developing an effective hiring manual for your organization's managers and supervisors.

Through understanding your organization's current practices and analyzing opportunities for improvement, student-consultant groups will provide a comprehensive guide to optimize your hiring processes.

Example projects include, but are not limited to:

  • Diagnosing the current state of recruitment and selection practices in your organization and identifying challenges faced in attracting talented and qualified individuals.

  • Developing a plan to create content and tools (e.g. “hiring toolkit”) that will serve to train hiring managers and supervisors.

  • Integrating recommendations for a more efficient and reliable internal system to manage the recruitment and selection processes.

Additional organization criteria

Organizations must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q1 - Checkbox
  • Q2 - Checkbox
  • Q3 - Checkbox
  • Q4 - Checkbox