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Course - BSB51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management
BSBHRM405 Support the recruitment, selection and induction of staff
Australian Ideal College Task 1
Assessment Instructions

This is an individual assessment. You are required to demonstrate a sound knowledge of the unit requirements in your responses.
If you need help understanding any questions, ask your assessor to explain.

Part A - Human resources lifecycle test
For this part, you are required to complete a series of questions.

To be deemed competent you will need to successfully demonstrate the following:
• complete a written questionnaire, demonstrating your understanding of the HR lifecycle.

Question 1
Complete the following diagram of the HR lifecycle. Identify the human resource activities (three at a minimum) for each stage. Highlight the functions for the recruit, select and induct stages.
Question 2
During the planning and specification stage of the Human Resource Lifecycle, HR practitioners must consider future recruitment needs. Identify three reasons why additional staff might be required.
Question 3
What might be the consequences of failing to anticipate recruitment needs?
Question 4
Why is it important to develop or review the job description, and to identify selection criteria before developing the interview questions?
Question 5
Why is it important to integrate and induct people into an organisation?
Question 6
The human resource lifecycle is portrayed as a circle. Please explain why?
Question 7
Why is it important to keep all necessary documents in accordance with organisational procedures on completion of the recruitment and selection process?

Part B - Job description and advertisement

For this part, you are required to develop a job description and advertisement for a job described in the scenario provided in Appendix.
Procedure
1. Review the scenario provided in Appendix and identify the requirements for the role to be filled.
2. Write a job description, using the template provided below.
3. Prepare an advertisement, which would be placed in a newspaper or online.

Task 2

Assessment Instructions
This is an individual assessment. You are required to demonstrate a sound knowledge of the unit requirements in your responses.
If you need help understanding any questions, ask your assessor to explain.

Part A - Recruitment schedule and preparation for interview

For this Assessment Task you are required to develop an action plan, listing the steps you should take to plan all recruitment activities, based on the scenario provided for Assessment Task 1. You will also create an interview guide, based on the position description developed in Assessment Task 1.

Part B - Conduct an interview

For this part you should use the scenario provided in Assessment Task 1 to conduct an interview, make a selection decision, and discuss/explain reasons for the decision with your assessor. You should use the interview guide developed in Part A as the basis of the interview you conduct. Your assessor will arrange an interview schedule.

Procedure
1. Prepare the environment for the interview.
2. Review interview guide and job specifications.
3. Conduct the interview.
4. Evaluate the applicant.
5. Make assessment decision and discuss with your assessor.

To be deemed competent you will need to successfully demonstrate the following:

Your assessor will be checking that the interview is conducted in an appropriate environment, and the following key steps are followed:
• Environment suitable for an interview - chairs facing each other or on a slight angle with no barrier between/water provided/private area without interruptions.
• Welcome and greet the applicant appropriately - smile/shake hands/ say welcome/thank them for coming/make small talk e.g. weather/introduce yourself/explain how the interview will take place.
• Conduct the interview according to the interview guide developed in Part A.
• Listen and respond appropriately - maintain eye contact/paraphrase/nod/ open body language.
• Ask follow-up or probing questions when required - questions which follow a previous question but ask for more detailed information.
• Record and rate responses on a ranking sheet.
• Close the interview and advise applicant of next steps - ask them if they have any questions/tell them you will be interviewing other applicants and making decisions (provide timeframe)/let them know how they will be contacted e.g. phone or letter/thank them for coming/walk them to the door/shake hands.
• Evaluate the applicant against the pre-determined criteria for selection.
• Justify your decision - identify why you selected one candidate over another or why you found the applicant suitable/not suitable, based on objective information gained through the interview process.

Task 3

Assessment Instructions
This is an individual assessment. You are required to demonstrate a sound knowledge of the unit requirements in your responses.
If you need help understanding any questions, ask your assessor to explain.

Part A - Letter of offer and Notification of Rejection
For this part you are required to conduct internet research and view a variety of examples of letters of offer, notification of rejection letter and employment contracts, then develop a letter of offer and notification of rejection letter for the vacancy identified in Assessment Task 1. The letter of offer is to be addressed to the job applicant identified as being the preferred candidate in Assessment Task 2.
You must also complete an extract of a contract of employment to accompany the letter of offer.
Procedure
1. Review samples and examples of letters of offer and employment contracts on the internet.
2. Identify the key areas for inclusion.
3. Develop a letter of offer and extract of an employment contract.
4. Write a notification of rejection letter informing a candidate that their application has been unsuccessful.

Part B - Induction checklist
For this part you will develop an induction checklist, showing all elements required for an effective induction for a new employee.
Procedure
1. Review samples and examples of induction checklists on the internet.
2. Identify the key areas for inclusion.
3. Develop an induction checklist.

Attachment:- Diploma of Leadership and Management.rar