Hiring the Best

How to Work at Google

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-baHBzWe4k

Also watch Steve Jobs on how to hire, manage, and lead people:

Please respond to the following:

• As an HR professional, what selection processes would you recommend to learn whether or not an applicant is a good fit, not only for the position that is currently open but also for the company as a whole and future roles they may inhabit? Discuss what you have learned about employers’ approaches to staffing their organizations.

Provide source citations if you utilize information from other authors/speakers (so that your peers can find the information if they wish).

Contemporary Issues: HR Periodicals

Check current periodicals to find an interesting current event article related to developing and/or rewarding employees for higher productivity.

1. Read the article.
2. Provide a summary of the article.
3. Provide additional recommendations, arguments, and ideas.
4. Include a citation for the article.

Feel free to use any business-related journals or periodicals. A good place to find HR-related journals is in ProQuest in the Trident Online Library. The following are other suggestions:

The Economist. Available at http://www.economist.com/

Society for Human Resource Management. Available at http://www.shrm.org/pages/default.aspx. HRMagazine, SHRM’s publication, is found in ProQuest in the Trident Online Library.

The Wall Street Journal. Available at http://online.wsj.com/home-page

Managing Employee Relations

View the video Advantages and Disadvantages of Unions.

Optional source: Want a Raise? Join a Union

Please respond to the following:

• Are unions good or bad for America? If they are good, why are numbers of union members in the private sector dwindling?