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Assessment and Selection Interview

During this course, you have learned many aspects of the organizational assessment and selection process. The assessment and selection process has a great impact on all functions of the organization. Many successful organizations understand the impact and give employee recruitment, selection, and retention issues the attention that other core business functions like marketing and finance receive. Organizations rely on staffing professionals to manage the talent flow in and out of the organization to hire and retain employees to meet organizational goals now and into the future.

For this assignment you will interview a local human resources professional about his or her organization’s assessment and selection process and the strategies the professional uses to promote ethical and legal compliance within the organization. You will then write a 7- to 9-page paper using the interview responses and examples, integrating it with the research literature and what you learned this term.

Please include the following information in your paper:

• Interview Questions and Transcript (1–2 pages)
  • List the 8–12 open-ended interview questions you used for the interview of a local HR professional and briefly paraphrase what the HR professional answered.
    • Topics for the questions include recruitment, assessments, selection, hiring, legal and ethical considerations, career and succession planning, etc.
• Interview Evaluation and Analysis (4–5 pages)
  • Explain the importance of assessment and selection in terms of an organization’s current and future goals. How do human resources activities connect and contribute to organizational success?
  • Describe the types of assessments the organization uses and their reasoning for their choice of assessments. Describe other assessments that may be appropriate for the organization.
  • Evaluate the employee recruitment, selection, and hiring process from the perspective of the candidate.
  • Identify which of the performance methods (Six Sigma or Balanced Scorecard) you would suggest that the interviewee’s organization use for organizational evaluation. Analyze why one would be a better fit over the other, identifying the pros and cons to each.
  • Analyze the impact of using assessment, evaluation, and performance appraisals in the organization. Identify two strategies to improve their assessment and selection process.
  • Evaluate one ethical and one legal concern an organization should consider when using both of the following: (1) assessments and (2) performance appraisals.
  • Discuss how neglecting to follow ethical and legal guidelines affects an organization.
• Reflection (1–2 pages)
  • Imagine yourself as a human resources or I/O psychology professional. What kinds of problems might you encounter during the recruitment, assessment, selection, and retention process? How do you plan to solve the problems?
  • Based on your research and knowledge, what recommendations might you give to your interviewee to improve their organization’s assessment and selection process and promote overall legal compliance during the hiring process?

Assignment Guidelines
Your assignment should be a 6- to 9-page research paper, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

• Title page: Provide your name, assignment title, course and section number, and date.
• Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs.
• Reference page: Sources in APA format
  • Include at least four scholarly references, peer-reviewed references.
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.
• Use standard 1″ margins on all sides.
• Use APA formatting and citation style.
  • If you need assistance with APA style, please visit the Academic Success Center.

The assignment must be written in Standard English and demonstrate superior organization, including a highly developed viewpoint and purpose. Your responses should be written in complete sentences and paragraphs. The communication of your thoughts must be highly ordered, logical, and unified, displaying exceptional content, organization, style, and mechanics (including the use of correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure).

This assignment assesses the following Course Outcomes:
PS451-2: Evaluate the ethical and legal concerns related to the use of assessment and performance appraisals in the workplace.
PS451-5: Analyze performance methods used for evaluation and appraisal of organizations and individuals.
GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.