Recruitment strategy and interview plan

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• • 1. Recruitment Strategy and Interview Plan

       Company Description

       The New-start Corporation is a company that will venture into producing nutritious foodstuffs that will enhance the consumer’s well-being as well as wellness. The New-start Corporation will operate using three divisions that will produce three distinct products. The first section will deal with the production of baby foods, the second will settle on producing organic drinks and beverages while the third group will be confined to producing foods for pets.

       New-start Corporation’s mission is to satisfy the needs of its clients in many facets of the products industry. The mission of the company is to provide healthy products and nutritional consumables. New-start’s principal rationale is to deliver the finest food to its clients throughout the world. New-start Corporation has a research team devoted to analyzing the role of nutritious food in the management as well as prevention of disease. The company’s goal is to have an efficient managing system which will facilitate its production process.

       Needs Assessment

       Considering that New-start Corporation is a start-up company, establishing a needs assessment survey on in production process would suffice. The essence of conducting a needs assessment survey is to learn more about the stakeholders and their needs. Collecting accurate and dependable data will help the company familiarize itself with the specific needs of both its shareholders and stockholders (Furnham & Gunter 2015). Furthermore, the needs assessment will enable the management f the corporation to denote the possible needs that are hardly addressed by many food companies. Also, the assessment plan will guarantee the actions of the company align with the desirable needs of the community. 

       Three main parts will be considered in the company’s needs assessment program include the initiation, data collection, and decision making.

       Initiation: Under this docket, the management of New-Start Corporation will prepare a management plan for the committee members who will be responsible for controlling all factors production in the company (Nayahangan et al., 2018). Also, the management will document the major concerns after brainstorming on the lists of concerns addressed by the members. Later, the management will determine the need indicators that could ascertain the essence of addressing the existing issues. Lastly, the management will consider the sources of data and resort to setting the main priorities.  

       Data Collection: The first step to be featured in this section is determining the scope of the assessment and then establishes the target group. This will be followed by collecting data from the target group and formulating the need statements that differentiate the current and the desired needs (Nayahangan et al., 2018). Based on the generated data, the management will list all the concerns based on their priority levels. Later, the management will identify and analyze the specific causes of the needs that require more attention after which it will summarize the findings and share the results with the committee, and key stakeholders.

       Decision Making: All decisions made will follow the guidelines suggested on the issues that have higher priorities than others. Secondly, the management will establish a possible solution o every issue and propose an action plan that will address all the proposed concerns (Nayahangan et al., 2018). Lastly, the group will prepare a final report that describes the needs assessment process, priority needs, major outcomes, an action plan, and the recommendations for future needs assessments. 

        

       Job Description

       New-Start Corporation has a vacancy in three dockets that is the Human Resource Manager, Accounts Manager, and Administrative Assistant. For all those who aspire to be part of the team that will enable the company to achieve its goal, the following recommendations have to be met.

       HR Manager Responsibilities

       The company is looking for a Human Resource manager who will be in charge of overseeing all the aspects related to human resource processes and practices. 

       Responsibilities

       • Maintaining a payment plan as well as a benefits program
       • Managing the recruitment as well as the selection process
       • Monitoring training needs and training programs
       • Bridging the gap between the management and the employees by addressing the needs of both parties

       Requirements

       • Knowledge of all the HR systems as well as databases
       • Result-driven and result oriented
       • Working experience in the HR management
       • Degree in HR or any related field

       Accounts Manager Responsibilities

       New-Start Corporation is looking for an Accounts Manager who will be in charge of supervising, tracking, and evaluating the financials of the company

       Responsibilities

       • Cash receipts 
       • Cash forecasting
       • Cash assets reconciliations
       • Treasury and budgeting
       • General ledger 
       • Analyzing Revenue and expenditure variance
       • Monitoring debt activity

       Requirements 

       • Ability to direct as well as supervise
       • Ability to analyze huge amounts of data
       • Advanced computer skills
       • Degree in Accounting or finance

       Administrative Assistant

       • Responsibilities 
       • Scheduling meetings
       • Offering administrative support to the management
       • Screening Calls

       Requirements

       • Should have experience in the same field
       • Pay attention to Detail.
       • Possess computer skills
       • Have a degree in a related field.
       • What are your future goals as an employee in this firm?
       • What do you want to be a part of this firm's working force?

       Interview Questions

       • Can you relay some reasons why you think that you are better than other applicants for this docket?
       • How versatile are you with computer systems?
       • Do you have any experience in managing conflicts that arise among employees?
       • How would your previous managers describe you?
       • What do you know about reducing costs in a business?
       • How can you ascertain that members of your team are working as a team in achieving the set objective?
       • What do you like the most about working in that position?

       Record Management Process

       New-Start Corporation will keep all employee records or personal files as a way of documenting the employee’s relationship with the company. In some instances, documentation of the personnel file can provide essential supportive data. For instance, it can provide a history of the employee in support of promotion or termination. Also, it can track employee performance goals in case of absence or any other employment-related agreements (Laudon & Laudon, 2015). In line with being a good business practice, the management is required to keep specific records as a way of complying with certain provisions under the state and federal laws. These laws determine which type of information should be collected, what the firm can or cannot do with the data, and how long it is required to store the data. The employee records that will be kept by New-Start Corporation will be divided into two sections: Personnel records and Confidential Records.

       Personnel Records

       • Employee basic information 
       • Job performance records
       • Hiring documents 
       • Recommendations
       • Awards
       • Disciplinary actions
       • Compensation information
       • Employment-related agreements
       • Termination as well as post-employment documentation

       Confidential File

       • Medical records
       • Employee compensation claims
       • State and Federal leave documents
       • Employee investigation
       • Background checks

       Maintaining employee confidentiality

       The management at New-Start Corporation understands that confidential information related to its employees is a vital asset to the company and if not protected it could lead to a breach of contract between the employer and the employee (Dwyer & Hopwood 2019). Therefore, the organization has identified different ways in which it could ascertain the maintenance of employee confidentiality which include:

       • Proper labeling to avoid losing legal protection
       • Insertion of non-disclosure provisions in candidate agreements which will require both parties to sign an employment contract that blocks the disclosure of confidential information.
       • Limit access: The Corporation limits the number of individuals who can have access to employee records. This method hinders the third party from accessing private information
       • Adding confidentiality policy in the agreement: A company’s agreement handbook should contain several confidentiality policies that relay procedures for handling confidential information.
       • Storing employee information in a safe place: The Company will keep employee information in two different locations. Physical files will be locked in a file room whereby no third party will have access to and digital information will be stored in the company’s server which only allows those who have the password to access it.

       Record Management Tools

       Record management tools are apparatus that are used to identify, classify, store, secure, retrieve, track, and destroy data (Laudon & Laudon, 2015). These tools include document scanners, computers, and electronic document management software.