Hrm531 Final Paper
Recruitment and Selection Strategies Recommendations
Recruitment and Selection Strategies Recommendations
Clapton Commercial Construction has made the decision to expand to the Arizona area from Michigan. With increasing their team force by 20%, securing talent and qualified personal will be a task of its own. This paper will touch on some of those strategies for recruitment as well as the impact of the organizational diversity on the organization. We will also consider any laws for recruitment and selections keeping in mind the environmental differences between Michigan and Arizona.
Diverse Recruitment
Arizona and Michigan are geographically in two different parts of the United States. Michigan is located in an area that English and French are the prominent languages spoken, while Arizona boarders the country of Mexico and Spanish and English are widely spoken here. “Human resources best practices support diversity recruitment based on the perspective that a richly diverse workforce demonstrates inclusiveness, which can improve the bottom line for companies that serve a diverse customers and clientele.” (Mayhew, 2013) Clapton Commercial Construction will employee more than 15 workers so they will be bound by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This Act “prohibits employment discrimination based on non-job-related factors such as color, national origin, race, religion and sex.” (Mayhew, 2013)
Recruitment Strategies
Successful recruitment can be achieved in a number of ways. Conducting job searches at local colleges is one great way to start. “Recruitment methods that employers use to create a diverse workforce include conducting job fairs at colleges and universities, posting job vacancies on the websites of professional associations that have diverse memberships and listing job openings with federally funded workforce development agencies, called one-stop shops.” (Mayhew, 2013) Skilled and unskilled labor can be obtained by utilizing these
Recruitment and Selection Strategies Recommendations
Clapton Commercial Construction has made the decision to expand to the Arizona area from Michigan. With increasing their team force by 20%, securing talent and qualified personal will be a task of its own. This paper will touch on some of those strategies for recruitment as well as the impact of the organizational diversity on the organization. We will also consider any laws for recruitment and selections keeping in mind the environmental differences between Michigan and Arizona.
Diverse Recruitment
Arizona and Michigan are geographically in two different parts of the United States. Michigan is located in an area that English and French are the prominent languages spoken, while Arizona boarders the country of Mexico and Spanish and English are widely spoken here. “Human resources best practices support diversity recruitment based on the perspective that a richly diverse workforce demonstrates inclusiveness, which can improve the bottom line for companies that serve a diverse customers and clientele.” (Mayhew, 2013) Clapton Commercial Construction will employee more than 15 workers so they will be bound by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This Act “prohibits employment discrimination based on non-job-related factors such as color, national origin, race, religion and sex.” (Mayhew, 2013)
Recruitment Strategies
Successful recruitment can be achieved in a number of ways. Conducting job searches at local colleges is one great way to start. “Recruitment methods that employers use to create a diverse workforce include conducting job fairs at colleges and universities, posting job vacancies on the websites of professional associations that have diverse memberships and listing job openings with federally funded workforce development agencies, called one-stop shops.” (Mayhew, 2013) Skilled and unskilled labor can be obtained by utilizing these
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