Assembling the Team

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Assignment 1: Assembling the Team Weight: 15% Due: Sunday, Midnight of Week 3 INTRODUCTION Hiring is one of the most critical aspects of being a leader. In order to have an effective hiring process, there is some important preparation that needs to be done before the candidate search, shortlist selection, and interview processes even begin. This assignment is designed to allow you to practice the preparation phase of the hiring process. You are the VP of Talent at your company, and you are preparing to interview candidates for an open position. Based on the job description, you will identify key competencies for the position, and develop a set of questions that enables the hiring team to interview candidates for those competencies. All applicants for the position are interviewed with the same set of questions, thus enabling you to compare candidates effectively. INSTRUCTIONS For this assignment, you will create a Hiring Sheet, based on a job description for a position at your current organization. The Hiring Sheet will include ten interview questions based on the competencies needed for that role. To complete this assignment, you will test out two of your interview questions by writing sample answers from imaginary candidates. To get started, find a current job description for a position at your organization. Follow the steps below to create a Hiring Sheet for this position:

Step 1: Identify Key Competencies o Select five key competencies for the position. Select three competencies from the

Sample Professional Competencies list below. Create two more competencies of your own that you believe to be relevant for the job to be filled.

Step 2: Rank the Competencies o Rank the competencies you selected in order, from the most important (1) to the least

important (5). o Explain your rationale for the ranking.

Step 3: Create Interview Questions o For each competency you selected, develop two questions for use when interviewing

candidates. In each case, one question should be behavioral and one question should be situational.

o Your final list of questions for the position will contain ten questions.

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Note: Your completed Hiring Sheet will include:

o Five Key Competencies ranked from most important (1) to least important (5).

o Your Rationale for the ranking and order of importance of the competencies.

o Two Interview Questions to assess each competency, for a total of ten questions.

Sample Professional Competencies

INTELLECTUAL

Intelligence

Analysis Skills

Conceptual Ability

Strategic Skills

PERSONAL

Integrity

Organization/Planning

Self-Awareness

Adaptability

INTERPERSONAL

Listening

Team Player

Communications—Oral

Communications—Written

MANAGEMENT

Selecting A Players

Coaching

Empowerment

Accountability

LEADERSHIP

Vision

Change Leadership

Conflict Management

MOTIVATIONAL

Energy

Passion

Tenacity

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Now that your Hiring Sheet is complete, follow the instructions for Step 4 below. In this final step, you will complete the simulated hiring activity by writing sample answers to two questions from your list, to illustrate how the competencies are demonstrated through this well-structured hiring process.

Step 4: Write Two Sample Answers o Select two questions from your list of ten questions: one behavioral question and one

situational question. o For each question you selected, write an imaginary answer from a candidate that

demonstrates the competency you are seeking via that question. ORGANIZING YOUR MATERIALS Submit your assignment as one Word document, organized into three sections, as follows:

o Section 1: A copy of the Job Description for a position at your organization

o Section 2: Your Hiring Sheet

o Section 3: Two Sample Candidate Answers FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

Your assignment should follow these formatting requirements:

• Uses a double-spaced, professional font (Times New Roman or Arial), 10-12 font size, with one- inch margins on all sides

• Includes a Cover Page with the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, course title, and date

• Headings are used to identify the three sections of the assignment

• Paragraphs are separated by a single space

• The assignment is written in a formal manner, with correct spelling and grammar

• References are included and provide appropriate information that enables the reader to locate the original source

• Citations and references must follow the formatting instructions found in the JWMI Writing Standards Guide. Check with your professor for any additional instructions

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RUBRIC - Assignment 1: Assembling the Team

CRITERIA Honors High Pass Pass Low Pass Unsatisfactory

1. Find a job description for a position in your organization. Select and rank five competencies for the position. Weight: 20%

Develops or provides an excellent job description. Selects and ranks five competencies for the position, with evidence of excellent analysis.

Develops or provides a good job description, Selects and ranks five competencies for the position, with evidence of careful analysis.

Satisfactorily develops or provides a job description. Selects and ranks five competencies for each position.

Partially develops or provides a job description. Partially selects and ranks five competencies for each position.

Does not develop or provide a job description. Does not select and rank five competencies for the position.

2. Explain your rationale for the competency rankings. Weight: 20%

Excellent and thoughtful rationale for all the competency rankings is provided.

Good, logical rationale for all the competency rankings is provided.

Brief but adequate rationale for all the competency rankings is provided.

Poor rationale for the competency rankings, or the rationales are missing for some competencies.

No rationale is provided for the competency rankings.

3. Create 2 interview questions for each competency. In each case, one question must be behavioral and one question must be situational. Weight: 25%

Creates two interview questions for each competency and follows the instructions. Questions show excellent analysis and relate extremely well to the competencies.

Creates two interview questions for each competency and follows the instructions. Questions show good analysis and relate well to the competencies.

Satisfactorily creates two interview questions for each competency and follows the instructions. Questions relate logically to the competencies.

Partially creates two interview questions for each competency, and follows the instructions.

Does not create two interview questions for each competency.

4. Write 2 sample answers, one for a behavioral question and one for a situational question. Answers must demonstrate that the candidate has the required competency. Weight: 25%

Writes 2 excellent sample answers, with content that demonstrates the required competencies extremely well.

Writes 2 good, detailed sample answers, with content that clearly and fully demonstrates the required competencies.

Satisfactorily writes 2 sample answers with content that adequately demonstrates the required competencies.

Partially writes 2 sample answers, or partially demonstrates the required competencies.

Does not write 2 sample answers, or the answers do not demonstrate the required competencies.

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CRITERIA Honors High Pass Pass Low Pass Unsatisfactory

5. Clarity, Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting. Weight: 10 %

Minimal minor mechanical errors; student follows formatting instructions.

Few mechanical errors; student follows formatting instructions.

Some mechanical errors; student follows formatting instructions.

Mechanical errors; student does not fully follow formatting instructions.

Mechanical errors; student fails to follow formatting instructions.