Posted: April 7th, 2015

EHR Advanced Recruitment and Selection

EHR Advanced Recruitment and Selection

Task Description:

According to Chambers et al (1998: 50), creating an employment value position superior to those offered by a firm’s competitors is crucial for gaining a competitive advantage in the talent market:
The ability to define, develop, and deliver a superior employee value proposition will be especially critical … Small companies offer employees a chance to satisfy their desire for meaning, excitement, flexibility, impact, and reward. … Large companies … possess natural advantages of their own: magnitude of impact (be a big fish in a big pool), depth (the resources to take risks, particularly with people), capital (the resources to support big decisions), and variety (a range of experiences over the course of a career).

There is a large body of academic research about the ‘Talent War’ and its importance for the recruitment of talent in all organisations and for all levels of employees. For example, Hiltrop (1999: 422) suggests:
As we move into the 21st century, the need for (and shortage of) people possessing the wide range of skills and abilities needed to meet the fast-growing requirements of international corporations will almost certainly expand. As a result, many organisations will have to develop new strategies to attract and keep talented employees.

Your task is twofold: firstly, to review and critically analyse the articles by Chambers et al and Hiltrop (copies of the articles are available for download from the ‘Assessment’ section of the course website); and secondly, to compare and contrast the ‘Employment Value Proposition’ (as presented via the websites) of two (2) of the following organisations:
•    IBM in Australia
http://www-07.ibm.com/employment/au/
•    Apple in Australia
http://www.apple.com/jobs/au/
•    Hewlett-Packard in Australia
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/jobs/index.html

You are also encouraged to read more widely than the two specified articles and the prescribed text and readings. It is expected that you will have utilised at least an additional 4 refereed research articles from academic journals in your critique of the Chambers et al and Hiltrop articles.