TOPIC: Managing and facilitating the hiring process

• Demonstrate effective team work and conflict resolution skills in class and small group assignments.
• Describe the various recruiting methods and the factors that influence their use. 
• Describe the difference between the U.S. (e.g. Affirmative Action) and Canadian methods.

• Textbook
• Unit 5 Slide deck (PDF)
• Slide deck on flashdrive
• Print copies of the In-Class Assignment (enough for each group)
• Class list cut up in (metaphorical) hat for random group selection

• Read Ch. 6 and 7
• Read two assigned articles for Focusing Activity
• Download and read In-Class Assignment
• If have questions about In-Class Assignment, email Instructor before classtime.

• Focusing Activity - Class Discussion
  What are your thoughts on this week’s assigned readings?
  (See Unit 5 in Moodle)
  See list below (2 articles)
  1. With your neighbours, form groups of 2-4
  2. Discuss the assigned readings
  3. Using the notepaper provided or your own paper, create visual notes of your group discussion
  4. To close this activity, choose a volunteer from your group to take a picture of your Visual Notes and upload it to Unit 5 “Forum to Share Visual Notes from Focusing Activity.”
  2. For more information about visual notetaking, watch the following: –Drawing in class by Rachel Smith at TEDxUFM –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tJPeumHNLY

• Information for the Midterm
• Lecture - Ch. 6 = Recruitment
• Lecture - Ch. 7 = Selection
• Attendance and Group Formation through Random selection

• Learning Consolidation & Check-in
  Activity: In-Class Assignment - Recruitment & Selection Activity (worth 5%)
  - Click here for the .docx version
  - Click here for the .pdf version
  - Assignment due within three days, not including the day of the class.
  - Work in groups of four (4), unless otherwise approved by the instructor
• Next Steps
  Reminder ...
  1.Complete your group In-Class Assignment and upload it!
  All documentation due in Moodle within 7 days
  2.Getting ready for Unit 6
  See the tip sheets for hints about the Midterm!! See highlighting
  Bring your Student ID
  3.Complete HR Stories in Moodle

• Banerjee, R. , Reitz, J.G., & Oreopoulos, P.  (2017).  Do large employers treat racial minorities more fairly? A new analysis of Canadian field experiment data.  Toronto, ON:  Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
  http://digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A5285
• Islam, N. (2014).  The dilemma of physician shortage and international recruitment in Canada.  International Journal of Health Policy Management, 3 (1): 29-32.