DOES JOB SUCCESS DEPEND ON DATA RATHER THAN YOUR CV?

“The bald truth is that most companies are pretty bad at recruitment”

By: Mathew Wall

Published: BBC , October 1,  2014,  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29343425

Level of difficulty: **

BEFORE YOU READ

·         How does one normally set out to look for a job?

·         What kind of background checks do companies carry out on potential employees?

·         If you were in charge of recruiting, how would you pick the best candidate?

NOW WATCH THE VIDEOS ON RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES

·         Online recruitment problems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvsqqxYwhaw

·         Pre-employment assessment testing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J1ZR7rzVTo

·         Gamification in recruitment and employee referrals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLKGRBDgHto

QUESTIONS

1.       It is implied in the text that successful recruitment involves considering…………………………

2.       Employers are looking at new ways to recruit people because of ……………………………of current methods.

3.       Why do you think Electronic Insight doesn’t look at skills when recruiting?

4.       Through analyzing sentences, recruiters can find out about ……………………………………………………

5.       Many companies also use online games during their selection process because……………………..

6.       Read the stories of Ben Hutt and Juan Urdialles.

A. The system they use to operate can be generally called ………………………………………………………..

B. What sort of predictions can they make?

C. Hutt and Urdialles feel that their system is: select as many as necessary

* Refined

* Efficient

* Laborious

*Cost- effective

* Challenging

       7.     Read Evolv’s findings carefully. These findings indicate that recruiters may be: select as many as necessary.

             * Inflexible

             * Biased

             * Misguided

             * Misinformed

             * Prejudiced

     8.    What warning is made concerning use of social media?

     9.     How do recruiters keep tabs on the people they need to deal with?

     10.  Ben Hutt states “But data science is never going to replace the face to face interview.” Why

            does he say this?

WRITING TASK

Before you tackle the writing task, you need to gather some more information and gain better insight so access the article titled “Hire for Attitude” by Mark Murphy, read it and make some notes for yourself. When you are done, write an essay on either of the following topics:

·         How have hiring procedures changed recently and for what reasons?

·         How should people seeking work go about trying to get a job and for what reasons?

DOES JOB SUCCESS DEPEND ON DATA RATHER THAN YOUR CV? KEY AND TEACHER’S NOTES

This interesting text reflects all the latest in hiring and firing and as such should appeal to young people getting ready to enter the job market. The writing task could be done the following day or for homework as it involves the annotating of a second text.

1. Skills and personality
2. Failure
3. Possible answer: because skills are a given; people without skills wouldn’t be applying anyway; there are lots of people who have the skills these days.
4. A candidate’s personality
5. Play reveals our true personality; OR, games can tell whether you are a risk taker or innovator and they appeal to youngsters gaming culture.
6. A. Data analysis, B. How long candidates will stay in a role, which new candidates are likely to be the best, typical career paths, C.  Efficient and cost effective
7. All
8. Candidates need to be conscious of the online reputation they are building and the data trail they are leaving behind; OR, applicants need to be aware what image their online profiles project.
9. Through Sprout Social and Hoot Suit
10.  An Algorithm will probably come up with the same type of person every time ; OR, If you want diversity and a richer, more creative workplace, you need people from different backgrounds and experiences.