Month: April 2021

If I were a manager at a job and was presented with these two individuals for hire, I would hire Jaime because as a business owner you need to think of long term results and having someone who is consistent would be more productive and cost saving then hiring someone like Avery who has a high-performance ceiling.

A job that I feel Jamie would be a good candidate for hire would be as a delivery driver, due to their low potential and high consistency. This is because being a delivery driver requires consistency every day as deliveries must be made on time, but there are not many skills that are required for this job outside of the ability to drive and have strong time management. There wouldn’t be times where they needed to push their limit, but instead consistency would be more important.

A job that I feel would fit very well for Avery would be an on call emergency room nurse. One reason that I think this job would fit her is because they would be in high pressure situations that would be everchanging, and therefore, it would be important for them to have a high potential-ceiling, and as they would have lives in their hands, it is important that they are the best at what they do. Consistency would not be as important, as since they would be on call, they would not be working overly long hours.

I would describe my professional brand as organized, and positive. I would also like employers to think that I am outgoing and friendly while still maintaining a professional attitude. Some of my strengths include strong time management and my ability to work cohesively on teams. I also feel that I am very outgoing and have a strong ability to maintain relationships with clients. Some of my weaknesses include that I do not have a large professional, but I am working on expanding my professional connections currently. If I was trying to communicate this to organizations through the means of a novel and creative situation wanted add, I would make a poster or post that included information about my skills and college education. I would also try and make it lighthearted by adding a joke about accounting, as this is the industry I am hoping to go into. I would post this on job search sites such as indeed to employers would see it.

The last job I applied for was for an busy season internship position at an accounting firm. I do not have a copy of the job description, but included using Microsoft Word, excel, and Sureprep verification software in order to help prepare personal 1040 returns for clients. The job description was relatively short and didn’t give very much detail. While my current job as an intern matched the job description that was posted, I have ended up doing much more than what was in the job description. From working at the company, I learned that offering the internship was a relatively last minute decision, and I think that this is why the job description was relatively vague. I have not used excel and word very much in my job, but I use the SurePrep software every single day. In the job description it asked that I worked 20 hours every week. I ended up working upwards of 30-40 hours most week, but this was out of my own choosing. Overall, I knew that the job would be a little random as it was mostly just helping out tax managers with various projects. With that being said, if I was applying to a different job, I probably would have been a little uneasy with the very vague job description. I like to be prepared for jobs I am working for, so I usually prefer a longer job description to a short one.

If I heard about a claims and a public lawsuit against company engaging in widespread discrimination, I think that it would alter the way I feel about the company. I think it is important to support companies with good company policies that treat their employees with respect, and I would not feel comfortable supporting a company that I knew was doing otherwise. With this being said, I have personally worked for companies that had managers that were discriminatory both towards certain races as well as genders. I unfortunately cannot say that I stood up and left the company. Instead I continued to work there for 2 years after the discrimination began. Since I personally faced discrimination in the work place, and have learned how harming it can be, I do not feel comfortable supporting other companies that do the same. With this in mind, I would also not like to work for a company that has claims against them for discriminatory practices. I personally learned from my decisions to stay with a company that engaged in these activities, and am more cognizant looking for jobs now.

Hiring practices, with recruitment and selection are a big part of a company’s success as people are the ones that run the company. Some organizations may decide to allocate more resources to things other than hiring such as marketing of product design. These companies may allocate more resources to these elements of their operations because they feel that getting customers to buy their products will be their biggest determinant of financial success. Other reasons that companies may not allocate as many resources to employee recruitment and selection may be that they do not fully understand the cost of hiring an employee that does not fit the job, or they may have a more automated process that does not require a large labor force in order to operate. 

Some potential strengths associated with allocating more money to business processes other than recruitment and selection include having more financial assets to go towards advancing their product lines and making their customers more aware of their products or services. Another potential strength of this is that they do not have to employ as many individuals in these recruitment and selection jobs which may decrease their labor costs. With that being said, there are also substantial weaknesses associated with not allocating resources to employee recruitment and selection. Some of these weaknesses include a high cost of employee turnover and a negative impact on company culture. If someone is hired that does not fit the position, the company will have to allocate even more resources to hire a new person to fill the position. They will also be paying a worker that does not fit the position a salary even though they are not correctly doing their job or do not positively fit into the company culture.

The last job I applied for was at a mid-size accounting firm located in Lake Oswego, Oregon. I met and became aware of the company at an Oregon State University career fair. When talking to the recruiters at this company, I found them to be very welcoming and professional. They seemed like they wanted to get to know me both professionally and personally, as well as tell me about why they felt I was a good fit for an internship position at their organization. After talking to these recruiters, I felt that I had a pretty good understanding of the culture at the company, without ever having to step foot in the firm. Furthermore, when filling out their online application, all of the questions seemed to be behavioral questions structured in a way that I could easily talk about my past job experiences, as well as the things I learned in these positions. Overall, I felt that both the company website as well as job application were very well structured and organized, which made it very easy to learn more about the company and apply for the job.

The ease I felt having a professional conversation with the recruiters at this company made me want to look more into what the company did and what it could offer me. I found that the company’s website was very easy to navigate and gave me great information about the company and the types of clients that they work with. I also had a very easy time finding the company on social media accounts such as Instagram and LinkedIn. When I opened the job application, it was very organized and every portion of the application corresponded to a drop down menu where you could see the portions you had completed as well as ones that still were incomplete. Overall, I think the organization that I experienced in every part of my job search at this company really drew me in. Everyone was very professional, but always had a smile on their face and was willing to answer any questions I had.  The positive company culture made me very excited to apply for the position. I actually ended up getting an interview with the company, and was offered a full time position once I graduate. I am currently completing a busy season internship at this company, and can attest to the fact that the company has maintained their professionalism as well as positive company culture that I experienced in the job application process.