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HRMT 301: Recruitment and Selection (Rev. 5) Report a Broken Link

Recruitment and selection (R&S) is a key aspect of human resources management (HRM) in organizations. This course is intended to help you understand recruitment and selection methods and processes and give you an opportunity to develop a critical approach to R&S and HRM. Such an approach is necessary because choosing whom to employ is an important way by which employers pursue their interests.

Lesson 2

Kraus, M. W., Torrez, B., & Park, J. W. (2020, March 13). Research: How speech patterns lead to hiring bias. Harvard Business Review.

Lesson 3

Alberta Employment and Immigration. (2021). Understanding the difference between employment and contracting. Alberta Learning Information Service. https://alis.alberta.ca/look-for-work/self-employment/understand-the-difference-between-employment-and-contracting/

Lesson 5

Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2020, July 27). How much is bad sleep hurting your career? Harvard Business Review.
Hemp, P. (2004). Presenteeism — At work but out of it. Harvard Business Review, 82(10), 49–58.

Lesson 7

DeLong, D., & Marcus, S. (2021, January 5). Imagine a hiring process without resumés. Harvard Business Review.

Lesson 9

Tuff, G., Goldbach, S., & Johnson, J. (2022, September 27). When hiring, prioritize assignments over interviews. Harvard Business Review.

Lesson 10

Luciano, M., & Watson, M. (2021, December 6). When hiring nobody is better than hiring just anybody. Harvard Business Review.
Tarki, A. (2019, August 13). How to avoid groupthink when hiring. Harvard Business Review.

Lesson 11

Video: Tolstoi-Miller, G. (2017, May 4). Unconscious bias: Stereotypical hiring practices. TEDxLincolnSquare. YouTube. https://youtu.be/QCFb4BiDDcE?si=j2a1g0HhBPfApoJY
Tulshyan, R. (2019). How to reduce personal bias when hiring. Harvard Business Review. Fall (Special issue), 121–123.
Knight, R. (2017). 7 practical ways to reduce bias in your hiring process. Harvard Business Review.
Gino, F., & Coffman, K. (2021). Unconscious bias training that works: Increasing awareness isn’t enough; teach people to manage their biases, change their behavior, and track their progress. Harvard Business Review, 99(5), 114–123.
Cross, S., & Braswell, P. (2020). A data-driven approach to hiring more diverse talent. Harvard Business Review. Fall (Special issue), 95–97.

Lesson 12

Cappelli, P. (2019). Your approach to hiring is all wrong: Outsourcing and algorithms won’t get you the people you need. Harvard Business Review, 97(3), 48–55.