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Employment interviews & Induction
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• Exchange of information between an employer and a potential employee
• Employers determine if you are qualified for their open position
• Potential employee gather information about the job and the organization
• Two way flow of communication
• Make your resume come alive
Employment Interviews
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• Structured Interview – Looking for information in a particular area of
interest to the company– Specific interviewing questions, prepared in
advance
• Targeted Interview– Similar to the structured interview – Specific areas/topics are to be covered
Types of interviews
Specific skillsSubject knowledgePersonality
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• Unstructured Interview – Idea of what type of person would best fit the
available job– does not have a prepared list of questions to
guide the interview.
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• Stress Interview – Intentionally try to upset the applicant – See how they react under pressure– Uncomfortable questions may be asked– Interrupted while speaking
Ability to handle stress
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• Behavioral Interview - more pointed, more probing and more specific – Give an example of an occasion when you used logic
to solve a problem. – Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me
how you achieved it. – Describe a decision you made that was unpopular
and how you handled implementing it.
A specific situation The tasks that needed to be done The action you took The results i.e. what happened
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• Lunch/ Dinner Interview - more stressful, evaluate their social skills and to see if they can handle themselves gracefully under pressure.
Communication Interpersonal skillsTable mannersSocial skills
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• Group Interview/ panel interview – Each job applicant is interviewed by multiple
interviewers or a panel– A group of applicants for the same position
are interviewed together– Comparative evaluation
Appearance/ PresentationInteraction with groupCommunicationLeadership skillsAbility to handle stress
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• Phone Interview – Identify and recruit candidates for employment.– Screen candidates in order to narrow the pool of
applicants – Usually followed by an in-person interview– Minimize the expenses, ideal for out-of-town
candidates.
• Video Job Interviews– Next step in the online recruiting process for
many recruiters– Quick– Save on costs– Mitigates the flaws of telephone interviews
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Other aspects of employment interview
• Critical skills• Applicant research• Selecting the right candidate• Behavioral interviewing• Closing the interview• Note taking• Team interviewing
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Legal aspects of employment interview
• Federal regulations– The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) – The Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967 (ADEA) – The Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (ADA) – The Uniformed Services Employment
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)
– The Immigration Reform and Control Act Saturday, April 8, 2023
Induction
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-uAERqc7n4
Interview with Ramachandran Narayanaswamy, Vice President and Head of Chennai Operations, MindTree Ltd (www.mindtree.com), November 27, 2008, 1 pm
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DefinitionPlanned introduction of employees to their
jobs, their co-workers and the organisation.
It is designed to provide a new employee withthe information that he/she needs to functioncomfortably and effectively in the organisation.
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Information conveyed by an Induction
• General information of the daily work routine
• A review of the organisation’s history, objectives, operations and products or services, as well as how the employee’s job contributes to the organisation’s needs.
• A detailed presentation of the organisation’s policies, work rules and employee benefits
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Purpose/Objectives• To make the new employees feel ‘at
home’ in the new environment.
• Reduce the anxiety
• Expose new employees to all areas of the organisation
• To minimise the ‘reality shock’
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What should an Induction program do?
• Establish rapport• Introduce the organisational culture• Outline the organisational vision and mission• Clarify job role and responsibilities• Familiarise employees with conditions of employment,
facilities and amenities, policies and procedures, whilst avoiding information overload
• Obtain feedback on the effectiveness of the induction program
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Types of induction program
• Formal Vs Informal
• Individual Vs Collective
• Fixed Vs Variable time-period
• Serial Vs Disjunctive
• Investiture Vs Divestiture
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Requisites of an effective induction program
• Prepare for new employees
• Determine the information that the new employees want to know
• Determine how to present information
• Completion of paper work
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Problems• Busy or untrained supervisors • Too much of information… employee may not
cope up• The induction program fails if the employee is
misplaced• Too many forms• Menial tasks• Employee is asked to perform tasks where
there are high chances of failure• ‘Trial by Fire’
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