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WEEK 2 MILESTONE
Week 2 Milestone
Human Recourses
University
Professor
2016
Week 2: Portfolio Milestone: Interviewee Selection and Question Preparation
Submit the name and a brief biography of the individual you are going to interview to your instructor for approval. Also include a minimum of 15 questions you will ask in your interview to your instructor for review/approval. The questions need to be able to elicit answers from the HR professional that will ultimately uncover the current alignment of the HR department with the organizational goals.
Human Recourses Department (HR) is an important strategic partner to organization’s success. A friend of mine Mario works as a specialist at HR department at City Hall of El Paso, TX. He has been with the company since the beginning of this year. His duties include collecting, organizing, and putting the data of employees who called in sick, took a vacation, or missed work. The company strategy is “To provide clear directions to staff on what activities, initiatives, and results need to be accomplished to deliver the necessary services to the community” (Strategic Plan, 2015).
The following questions would be asked on the interview regardless the current alignment of the HR department with the organizational goals:
1. What are the organization’s vision, mission, and goals?
2. How this strategy affects HR department?
3. The role of HR department in your organization?
4. What are the guidelines for hiring?
5. What is the process of hiring?
6. Does your HR department take recommendations from associates outside of your department to consider an individual to hire?
7. How is your company analyzes current supply of labor?
8. How are you company balances the future demand for labor against current supply?
9. How is the budget of HR department aligned with the business budget?
10. How is your top management in the organization works together to align all HR procedures, employees, and practices with the goals of your organization?
11. Do your organization's recruitment and on-boarding process ensure that you are bringing in top talent aligned with your culture and business goals?
12. Do your employee performance management and reward system incentivize your top employees in a way that ensures continued success?
13. How is your HR policies and procedures communicated in a way that matches with the organization’s strategy and goals?
14. Does your current HR team have the expertise to create an employee HR experience that promotes the vision, mission, and goals of your organization at all times?
15. How much success of the company depends on HR department functions?
Comments: Questions may slightly change at the time of the interview.
References
Strategic HR Alignment:Ensuring Your Human Resources Functions are Working With Your Organization, Not Against. N.d. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.pdgroup.net/strategichr/#.V-cDQj4rKfU
Strategic Plan. N.d. (201 ...
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1. Running head: WEEK 2 MILESTONE 1
WEEK 2 MILESTONE
Week 2 Milestone
Human Recourses
University
Professor
2016
Week 2: Portfolio Milestone: Interviewee Selection and
Question Preparation
Submit the name and a brief biography of the individual you are
going to interview to your instructor for approval. Also include
a minimum of 15 questions you will ask in your interview to
your instructor for review/approval. The questions need to be
able to elicit answers from the HR professional that will
ultimately uncover the current alignment of the HR department
with the organizational goals.
Human Recourses Department (HR) is an important strategic
partner to organization’s success. A friend of mine Mario
works as a specialist at HR department at City Hall of El Paso,
TX. He has been with the company since the beginning of this
year. His duties include collecting, organizing, and putting the
data of employees who called in sick, took a vacation, or missed
work. The company strategy is “To provide clear directions to
staff on what activities, initiatives, and results need to be
accomplished to deliver the necessary services to the
community” (Strategic Plan, 2015).
The following questions would be asked on the interview
regardless the current alignment of the HR department with the
organizational goals:
2. 1. What are the organization’s vision, mission, and goals?
2. How this strategy affects HR department?
3. The role of HR department in your organization?
4. What are the guidelines for hiring?
5. What is the process of hiring?
6. Does your HR department take recommendations from
associates outside of your department to consider an individual
to hire?
7. How is your company analyzes current supply of labor?
8. How are you company balances the future demand for labor
against current supply?
9. How is the budget of HR department aligned with the
business budget?
10. How is your top management in the organization works
together to align all HR procedures, employees, and practices
with the goals of your organization?
11. Do your organization's recruitment and on-boarding process
ensure that you are bringing in top talent aligned with your
culture and business goals?
12. Do your employee performance management and reward
system incentivize your top employees in a way that ensures
continued success?
13. How is your HR policies and procedures communicated in a
way that matches with the organization’s strategy and goals?
14. Does your current HR team have the expertise to create an
employee HR experience that promotes the vision, mission, and
goals of your organization at all times?
15. How much success of the company depends on HR
department functions?
Comments: Questions may slightly change at the time of the
interview.
References
Strategic HR Alignment:Ensuring Your Human Resources
Functions are Working With Your Organization, Not Against.
