BUS 256 Recruit Selection & Personnel Planning

Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course introduces the basic principles involved in managing the employment process. Topics include personnel planning, recruiting, interviewing and screening techniques, maintaining employee records, and voluntary and involuntary separations. Upon completion, students should be able to acquire and retain employees who match position requirements and fulfill organizational objectives. This course is a unique concentration requirement of the Human Resources Management concentration in the Business Administration program and is restricted to students in that program.

Course is typically offered in Fall.
Course has transfer restrictions - 10 years

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At completion of the course, the student should be able to do the following:

Use a variety of job analyses to create job descriptions.
Generate a job specification from a job description.
Design a recruitment plan using various media.
Use appropriate recruitment resources for various types of jobs based on field, geographic location and job competencies.
Apply employment law to the recruitment and hiring process.
Evaluate different candidates’ characteristics to determine their eligibility for employment.
Employ various types of interview techniques to effectively select candidates for jobs.
Design an onboarding orientation program for a specific job.