MGMT 453

International HRM As a nuclear science and engineering student, I would assume that an international career opportunity would arise from one of the European countries. With France being the world leader in nuclear power production, I would choose this country to pursue a career. France is remarkably smaller than the United States and their politics […]

Health and Wellness I am pretty self aware when it comes to my workaholism and type A personality, so the results for the three tests were not really surprising. On average, I tend to work 36-42 hours a week on top of being a full time Nuclear Science and Engineering student and Army Reservist. I […]

Compensation In customer service jobs, customer surveys are very common methods of evaluations that HR uses to assess the employee day-to-day performance. At Starbucks, these scores are gathered to provide a customer connection score to each manager to see how they service compares to that of other stores. My store, in particular, scores pretty well […]

Training Effectiveness The training I want to discuss is my military training. I have been in the Army for 3 years and will be using my experience at L6 (Lima 6), which is a 42 day ASI (Additional Skill Identifier) training held at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. This training is specifically for the NBCRV (Nuclear […]

Effective vs Ineffective Interviews Personally, the interviews I have participated in have all been very similar. Between Starbucks, Trader Joes, Fidelity Investments, the Army, and a few national labs, the interview process had the same setup. All of them followed the structured interview as shown: Personal information Work experience Reason for applying Situational and behavioral […]

Job Analysis and Job Descriptions “Job analysis is an essential task of HR, because it sets a foundation for all other functions in HR” (Swift, 2022). Without job analysis, there is no job description, which is necessary to set a standard of qualities and work expectations for employees and new applicants. A thorough job analysis […]

By: Weslee Kersey September 27, 2022 Being a manager is more than just being the person in charge, it is about inspiring, guiding, and supporting your team to success. A company’s success greatly depends on its employees work output, and if employees are unhappy, unsafe, or unwilling to work, it is a human resource manager’s […]