SkillsFuture Month 3-Looking to Recruit
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Recruitment is an important part of identifying and sourcing the best talents for your organisation. With different technologies that make the art of recruitment more varied, it is all the more crucial to understand how different tools can be applied to the hiring process. Here are some resources which we hope are useful to Human Resource professionals.
eBooks
Evergreen Talent
Roberta Chinsky Matuson
eBook only. Red Wheel Weiser, 2020.
Learn the ways of hiring employees for a sustainable workforce. From recruiting new employees to reinvigorating disenchanted staff, the writer examines ways to cultivate an environment where talent is nurtured and engaged.
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Hiring (Summary)
Richard S. Deems
eBook only. Career Press, 2017.
A useful book for hiring managers to learn about the best ways to screen, interview and hire potential colleagues. The writer even suggests maintaining good relationships with great employees who have left the company! This book is also a useful resource for job searchers to gain an understanding of the way recruiters think and work.
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The Effective Hiring Manager
Mark Horstman
eBook only. Wiley, 2019.
Learn about the principles of hiring and interviewing from Mark Horstman, co-founder of Manager Tools, a management consulting and training firm. Horstman delves into techniques on reviewing resumes, the best way to structure an interview, ideal ways to capture interview results, and other important criteria to find the best person for the job.
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Motivation-based Interviewing: A Revolutionary Approach to Hiring the Best
Carol Quinn
eBook only. Society for Human Resource Management, 2018.
Learn the art of interviewing through crafting the right questions, and effectively evaluating interviewee answers, so as to hire the best performer for your company. Passion and attitude are also two characteristics that will help to predict the future success of potential staff. Find out how this can be teased out through the interview process.
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Smart Hiring at the Next Level (Summary)
Robert W. Wendover
eBook only. Sourcebooks, 2017.
While an ideal first resource for new hiring managers, experienced human resource personnel will also find the suggestions provided in this guide valuable and vital in drawing out information from your prospective employee.
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Hiring Great People (Summary)
Kevin C. Klinvex
eBook only. McGraw-Hill, 2017.
Defining the job is the very first step to hiring the best person. Learn techniques on defining the job scope, advertising and promotion, effective use of applications, interviews, and testing, to attract the best candidates.
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The Professional Recruiter's Handbook
Jane Newell Brown, Ann Swain
Call Number: English 658.3111 BRO -[BIZ]. Kogan Page, 2012.
With practical advice related to finding and retaining new talent, and case studies and interviews to better explain tips and strategies, this complete handbook provides techniques that human resource personnel need for successful recruitment.
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High Performers (Summary)
Alan J. Dubinsky, Steven J. Skinner
eBook only. Thomson South-Western, 2017.
This short book includes examples of what it takes to hire employees from different levels and positions. Each chapter covers a point on what motivates people, with tips for managers to ensure that staff motivation and initiatives by managers are aligned.
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Tell Me About Yourself
Stavros Papakonstantinidis
eBook only. Red Wheel Weiser, 2020.
This book is ideal for human resource personnel to understand how social media recruitment works, and the importance of personal branding to achieve professional career development. The writer outlines how social natives who are comfortable with technology search for jobs using blogs, podcasts, recommendations and endorsements to publicly demonstrate their capabilities. Learn how to capitalise on these platforms to source for the best talents.
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The Future Workplace Experience (Summary)
Jeanne C. Meister, Kevin J. Mulcahy
eBook only. McGraw-Hill, 2016.
The workplace faces disruption constantly. For companies to succeed, the writers have devised 10 rules to optimise the workplace to becoming an enjoyable environment. These rules show how organisations respond to disruptions and shifting business goals, and the writer also envisions a future workplace experience to examine what we take for granted about work, and explore the new emerging rules of work.
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Social Media Recruitment (Summary)
Andy Headworth
eBook only. Kogan Page, 2015.
In this summary of the book, the writer suggests practical tips to recruiters of small and midsize firms to use social media effectively as part of recruitment practices. Steps include building an internal business case, planning a recruitment strategy and tailoring online activities to meet specific needs, as well as creating a social media toolbox to manage the various platforms.
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HR Analytics and Innovations in Workforce Planning
Tony Miller
eBook only. Business Expert Press, 2016.
Manpower planning is required for a company to succeed and recruiting the best talent is often the first step. This book details a nine-step process to the writer’s New Workforce Planning approach to create value through human resource. For example, one of the first few steps of hiring always includes interviews, and the writer includes ways of structuring prewritten questions that can be easily scored to improve its effectiveness. Learn his process with supporting examples.
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Evidence-Based Recruiting
Atta Tarki
Physical copies coming soon. McGraw-Hill Education, 2020.
This guide provides a process to designing and implementing a data-driven hiring strategy that leads to better and more consistent hiring outcomes. He demonstrates ways to use both qualitative methods and quantitative evidence to obtain in-depth insights into potential candidates, to achieve the best results possible.
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Building a Magnetic Culture
Kevin Sheridan
Call Number: English 658.3 SHE -[BIZ]. McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.
Building a great company culture helps to engage employees in order for them to excel. Sheridan provides the strategies and tactics to reach this goal, while using benchmarking, best practices and interviews to support his points. He also discusses the importance of diversity, engagement drivers a company can adopt, and challenges such as appropriate compensation.
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Strategic Analytics
Alec Levenson
Call Number: English 658.4012 LEV -[BIZ]. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015.
In this book, Levenson explains an integrated approach that brings together people from both the business and Human Resources (HR) perspectives. This way when business analytics determines the operational priorities, HR analytics can prepare policies and process improvements, for maximum strategic impact. The writer also includes specific questions to ask, accompanied by examples of applying integrated analytics to address various organisational challenges.
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The New World of Human Resources and Employment
Tony Miller
eBook only. Business Expert Press, 2018.
In this book, Miller suggests available resources for readers to learn more about Human Resource (HR) processes that use Artificial intelligence (AI). Find out more about digital footprints and how they can be used to upgrade recruitment and succession planning, and the skills needed to manage this shift to AI-focused HR.
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Articles
1. Understanding Talent Acquisition vs. Recruitment in 2020
Lesley Lyons. Published on PeopleStrategy, 6 February 6 2020.
Recruiting new talented staff requires the implementation of strong employment and recruitment processes. However there are two processes which are closely related yet different: talent acquisition and recruitment. Read on to learn more about these subtle differences and how both are key to finding top talent and building the most suitable team.
2. 9 Great Resources for Human Resources Professionals
Kristi Hines Published on Recruiterbox, on 1 Jan 2020.
From this list of personnel management resources, learn useful tips from other professionals in the field and get access to the latest news.
3. 7 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Reinventing Human Resources
Dom Nicastro. Published on CMSWire on 18 May 2020.
Did you know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be embedded into functions such as recruitment, training, onboarding and more? Not many companies have taken this up due to the high cost but it is worth considering as better decisions can be made by using such functions, thus resulting in cost savings.
4. How Does Technology Impact HR Practices?
Fraser Sherman Published on Chron on January 29, 2019.
Technology is a useful enabler in managing various aspects of human resource functions like analysing employee performance and storing files. Using technology effectively will also result in greater efficiency and better use of time. Read on to find out more about how technology impacts HR practices.
Videos
1. HR Basics: Recruitment by Gregg Learning
HR professionals are aware of the need to attract candidates who best fit the brand of their company. To do this, first the company should be able to assess, define, communicate and evaluate their own unique brand. Next comes other important methods including recruitment processes and recruitment methods. Learn the basics in this short video.
Source: HR Basics: Recruitment (2018, Dec 6). Gregg Learning.2. The Future of HR 2020 by KPMG US
The role of HR in companies is evolving. Gain insights into the future of HR and the trends shaping tomorrow’s workforce. New trends include artificial intelligence, analytic capabilities, and the need for a consumer grade experience at work. For further elaboration about the future of HR, you may refer to this article.
Source: The Future of HR 2020 (2019, Nov 20). KPMG US.3. What is People Analytics? | AIHR Learning Bite by AIHR - Academy to Innovate HR
In this video, find out more about people analytics and its potential to benefit your company. The availability of HR data and analytical capabilities provided by new technologies have contributed to the rise in its popularity, and there has also been evidence of a return on investment when using this.
Source: What is People Analytics? | AIHR Learning Bite (Sep 18, 2019). AIHR Learning Bite.4. Awesome New Technologies for HR: ADP Next Gen HCM by Steve Boese
Find out how new technologies are helping HR practitioners to manage dynamic teams. The ideas shared in this video illustrate how technology can be used to manage teams of different sizes, and increase efficiency at work.
Source: Awesome New Technologies for HR: ADP Next Gen HCM (2019, Nov 21). ADP Careers.