Companys Standard Hiring Process - Assignment Example

I suggest that the searches should be through Google, and popular social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram for all candidates. Lastly, I suggest that to prevent discrimination candidates should conceal their ethnicity, race, religion, and any form of disability they have. As for privacy, the candidates should not give out their passwords and neither shall the information obtained be used for any other different purpose.

What to look for during the searches and why
The search should look for factors that can make a candidate the best suited for the job or factors that can make him or her unsuitable. From, the social site searches, Ms. Flanders will be able to learn more about the interpersonal skills of the candidate such as non-verbal communication skills and the social life of the candidate. Because Hathaway Jones is a luxury apparel retailer, Ms. Flanders should look for the fashion sense of candidates through the photos they post.

Through Google search, Ms. Flanders can verify the authenticity of the academic qualification stated by the candidate and the work experience. Secondly, through Google search, Ms. Flanders can be able to know of the candidates’ criminal record or past misdemeanors that can make him or her unsuitable for the job.

How to do the searches efficiently and uniformly
To ensure that the searches do not incur the company a lot of costs, the company should state in their job adverts that those wishing to apply for the advertised positions should ensure their profile or page can be viewed by the public on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. This will minimize the time for carrying out the searches and the labor required since it will be a simple task.

To ensure that the searches are uniform for all candidates the same checklist or criteria for searching should apply to all candidates to look for similar factors or issues about each candidate.

How to prevent discrimination and protect privacy
To prevent any form of discrimination, candidates should ensure that their profiles, which are visible to the public do not contain any information such as their religion, race, ethnicity, cultural background, and any form of disability that can make them discriminated against.

To protect the privacy of the candidates, the job adverts will state the exact period when the candidates can enable public access to their pages and profile on social sites, after which the candidates are free to hide their profile/ page from public view. Secondly, candidates will not be required to give out their passwords and the information obtained from the searches will not be used for any other purpose apart from the one stipulated by the company.

Through the above strategies, the company can maintain professionalism while carrying out the searches and prospective candidates will be more willing to cooperate since it is evident that the searches are not digging into the private lives of candidates but rather it is only interested in factors that can make or break the candidate. Read More