Jake+Pebble+Week+3

=Job Hiring=

I've spent the last six months moving through the process of hiring internal and external candidates for six positions on our team. This time has been spent writing job postings, reviewing resumes, conducting phone and face-to-face interviews, and seeking approvals from management. I have had many meetings with our HR directors receiving direction about how to conduct this process effectively.

As a new manager in my department I have been asking around to see if there are training materials specific to my organization. I haven't been able to dig up anything substantial. All direction I've received has come directly from my HR director in face-to-face conversations or emails. I would really like to create some solid materials for future new managers to help them conduct effective interviews.

My HR director recently sent me a list of illegal questions that should not be asked. Most center around types of discrimination. While it does include the exact questions that should not be asked, I think we often drift into these questions during small talk without knowing it. I'm interested in seeing the difference in learning outcomes between giving a new manager a bulleted list such as the one given to me, and giving them a collection of audio recordings that illustrate common variations of the illegal questions in the bulleted list. I would evaluate their learning by shadowing their upcoming interviews to see if they asked inappropriate questions.

The test population would be new managers hired in the six months at my current office. I could contact my HR department to seek approval to gather a list of names, contact these individuals, and ask them if they would be interested in participating in this study. = =