DETAILS

In the race for top talent, is your organization eager to find and assess high quality candidates? In this project, students in McMaster University’s Human Resources Management program will provide actionable talent acquisition, branding, marketing, operations, and planning recommendations that you can apply to source talent for even the most difficult roles to hire.

LEARNER SKILLS

Digital marketing, Teamwork, Hiring strategy, Business strategy, Marketing strategy

DELIVERABLES

The final project deliverables will include:

A written report with detailed recommendations and custom templates that can be used by your organization. Depending on the opportunity areas you have asked the students to address, this report can include:

• 3-6 month plan for sourcing a pool of top candidates for a given position.
• Templates for job postings.
• Legal compliance information.
• Suggested recruitment methods and channels by job type.
• Resume management recommendations.
• Candidate shortlisting techniques.
• Recommendations on the use of tests.
• Interview procedures.
• Behavioural, chronological, case, or written interview guides
• Reference check templates.

Based on information you provide, students will develop an action plan and go-to market strategy, which can include ready to use templates that address issues and opportunities in your current hiring, branding, and planning process. Student teams will address the aspect(s) talent, strategy, planning, and attraction most critical to your organization today, and provide innovative solutions to help you overcome the talent crunch.

Project examples include, but are not limited to the following:

• Recommendations for creative approaches for attracting & recruiting candidates for specific role/roles. This may include developing a specific diversity recruitment strategy or a recruiting strategy for difficult to fill or niche talent. This may also include evaluating the effectiveness of your current recruitment channels (events, job boards, LinkedIn, etc.) and make realistic recommendations for improvement.
• Design a comprehensive talent acquisition playbook that managers can use to execute the recruitment and selection process from start to finish.
• Evaluate your current candidate experience through the recruiting and selection process and make recommendations for improving the experience, including the creation of candidate resources and guides.
• Evaluate your current job posting template and career website and recommend content to improve your employment brand and image to attract a desired candidate talent pool. In addition to creating new job posting templates, this may also include developing applicant resource material to better understand the recruitment process with your organization.
• Design/Re-design screening and interview guides incorporating a variety of interview questions aligned to effective assessment of talent.

This list of project examples is by no means exhaustive. If you have another project idea related to recruitment and selection, please use Riipen’s in-app chat to contact the professor, who will work with you to determine if it’s a fit for this assignment.