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APSY621 - Recruitment & SelectionRecruitment and selection are critical to achieving organisational goals and employee growth. In this postgraduate course, you will be learning the evidence-based practices for attracting and hiring the most appropriate talent for a job role. We will be covering three key stages in the recruitment and selection process: 1) conducting a job analysis, and 2) developing and 3) validating a selection system. You will apply what you are learning to a group project—a job analysis. Throughout the course you will reflect on multiple contemporary challenges in recruitment and selection within Aotearoa New Zealand, including 1) the issue of bias on fairness and equity in personnel decision-making, and 2) the contrast between best practices and evidence-based practices in recruitment and selection, and our role in bridging the science-practice gap.
The objectives of the course are to: 1. Conduct a job analysis, and create a job description and specification.2. Develop tools for a selection system informed by a job specification.3. Propose how to validate selection decisions.4. Develop mitigation strategies around biased personnel decision-making.5. Justify the value of personnel psychology in contemporary workplace practices.6. Exercise and adapt strategies for working in a team, including efficient project delegation, routine communication, the delegation of work, and building team cohesion.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department
Jennifer Hoi Ki Wong
There are no required textbooks for this course. Assigned readings and tasks for the seminars will be provided online via LEARN.
Domestic fee $1,079.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 20
For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .