Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Administration Western Illinois University

RPTA 323: Administration of Leisure Services II

Employee Recruitment & Selection Assignment

In this assignment, you will simulate the process of recruiting and selecting employees. The assignment is divided into six tasks:

1. Create a job description (15 points).

2. Select a recruitment strategy (10 points).

3. Prepare a job announcement for print media (15 points).

4. Identify applicant screening criteria (20 points).

5. Prepare an applicant interview questionnaire (20 points).

6. Develop an applicant evaluation scoresheet (20 points).

Each task is discussed in the text or handouts on the course web page and will be covered during class. You may use this material as a guide while preparing your assignment, but you cannot simply duplicate it.

Submit the following for each task:

• The required document(s) in finished, professional form (including content and formatting).

• A brief discussion* explaining the significance of the task, where and how it fits into the overall recruitment and selection process, and how you organized and accomplished it. Be sure to explain and justify your decisions and choices. Suggested items for discussion are indicated for each task.

* “A brief discussion” means a couple of paragraphs.

The assignment is worth 100 points. See the Course Schedule for the due date.

Task 1: Create a Job Description

A. Select an entry-level supervisory position to use throughout this assignment. Make this a job you’d like to have after graduating in the kind of organization where you want to work. The job can be in any sector — commercial, non-profit, or public. Keep in mind that to complete this assignment successfully, you’ll need to know something about what this job requires and about the sector it’s in.

B. You may find it helpful to search for the web for relevant job descriptions posted by actual organizations and use these as general guidelines. If you do so, please include organization names and job description web addresses in a in a reference list attached at the end of your project.

C. In your discussion, be sure to consider the structure of the job description as well as its contents.

Task 2: Select a Recruitment Strategy

A. Using the handout on Recruitment Methods and discussion in the text, select the most appropriate strategy (external, internal, or both) to recruit applicants for the job created in Task 1.

B. Keeping in mind that the purpose of recruitment is to generate a pool of qualified applicants while minimizing the number of unqualified applicants, and based on your choice in 2A above, identify several methods of recruiting applicants for this position.

C. In your discussion, explain your reasons for your choices of strategy and methods. Also provide examples for each recruitment method you choose.

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Hemingway Employee Recruitment & Selection Assignment

Task 3: Prepare a Job Announcement for Print Media

A. Write a job announcement for print media (e.g., for publication in newspapers, professional periodicals, or job bulletins, for distribution to placement centers at educational institutions, for posting on job boards at professional meetings).

B. Format the job announcement so it appears as you would want it to in print.

C. In your discussion, consider whether the content, organization, and appearance of the job announcement might be different if it were intended for use on the web. Also consider if there might differences between the audiences for print job announcements and web job announcements, and what issues might be raised by these differences.

Task 4: Identify Applicant Screening Criteria

A. List the criteria used to distinguish between qualified and unqualified applicants for this position.

B. List the criteria used to rank-order qualified applicants. List in order from most to least important.

C. What materials would you require people to submit when applying for this position? List.

D. What additional materials might you suggest or recommend be submitted? List.

E. What information is required to use each of the criteria in A and B? From what source(s) would you obtain that information?

F. In your discussion, identify the source(s) of the criteria in 4A and 4B above. Be sure to mention the standard that all such criteria must meet.

Task 5: Prepare an Applicant Interview Questionnaire

A. A. Prepare a questionnaire to use when interviewing qualified applicants for this position. Assume that only the top five applicants will be interviewed, based on the screening criteria identified in Task 4.

B. B. Organize this questionnaire exactly as you would use it while interviewing applicants, including rubrics for recording and/or scoring applicants’ responses to questions.

C. C. In your discussion, be sure to address the following points:

• The screening criteria from Task 4 that each question measures.

• The purpose of each question, i.e., the type of information and/or response each question is intended to generate.

Task 6: Develop an Applicant Evaluation Scoresheet

A. Develop a scoresheet for rating applicants for this position based on the criteria from Task 4.

• Organize the scoresheet into whatever categories you think are appropriate.

• List items in order from most to least important and indicate which Task 4 criteria each item scores.

• Include rubrics for scoring applicants. Rubrics should be designed to (a) maximize objectivity and (b) ensure that scoring is evidence-based.

B. In your discussion, be sure to address the following points:

• The source(s) of information to be used for each item on the scoresheet.

• How the rank-ordering of items from most to least important is included in the scoring rubric.

• How the information collected contributes to objectivity.

• How the information collected is evidence-based.

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