Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Placement
X450.8 (2 semester units in Business Administration)
A requirement in the Certificate Program in Human Resource ManagementDevelop in-depth employee-selection interviewing skills and learn about the human resources function of selecting and placing employment candidates. Through extensive in-class practice and mock interviews, you learn how to identify and define selection standards, develop probing primary and secondary interview questions, and evaluate candidates. Topics include systematic approaches to finding candidates, standardizing selection interviews, and making hiring decisions. The course also offers techniques for recruiters who manage multiple openings.
Enrollment is limited.
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Sat. June 14, San Francisco
NICOLE JACKSON, M.B.A., M.S., has more than 10 years of experience in organizational change, product management, and human resource management. At Accenture, she implemented software products, and did recruitment, and training. She also managed product and training delivery for a small start-up before pursuing her M.B.A. at the University of San Francisco and her doctorate at Boston College's Carroll School of Management. She is a doctoral candidate and instructor at the Carroll School of Management, where she has taught courses on organizational behavior and human resource management. Her research work has been presented at the Academy of Management, and featured in such journals as Organizational Dynamics and the Journal of Business and Economics Research.
- 5 meetings
- June 14 to July 19: Sat., 9 am-4 pm (no meeting July 5)
- San Francisco: Room 805, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $605 (EDP 304600)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
Hiring Great People
Author: Kevin Klinvex, Matthew S. O'Connell, Christopher P. Klinvex
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Edition: 1999
ISBN: 9780070718722
Sections closed for enrollment
Tues. March 18, San Francisco
JIM SHANAHAN, B.F.A., has more than 10 years of experience in staffing and interviewing. He is currently staffing manager of corporate positions for the Gymboree Corporation. His effective recruiting strategies range from Internet sourcing to developing referral programs. He has completed UC Berkeley Extension's Certificate Program in Training and Human Resource Development.
ERIC UENO, M.A., is vice president of Gymboree. Previously he was staffing supervisor and employee development specialist for the Walt Disney Company, and managed the West Coast college relations program for Xerox. His professional staffing experience includes extensive sourcing, interviewing, evaluation, and program development. His teaching style is highly interactive and includes a variety of learning activities.
- 10 meetings
- March 18 to May 20: Tues., 6:30-9:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 800, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $605 (EDP 303479)
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