Description

PS543

You are the Director of Talent Management for a retail company that would like to expand its offerings online. Management wants to hire five employees for a new online marketing team.

Company Name: The Olive Branch – retail clothing and accessories

Part One: Develop a Recruitment Plan

Develop a recruitment plan for the new positions. Your recruitment plan should cite and reflect best practices in I/O psychology and incorporate evidence-based strategies and approaches. Address relevant ethical, legal, and socio-cultural factors related to recruitment. You may present fictitious details about the company, positions, and other factors to illustrate your plan.

Part Two: Develop a Selection Plan

Develop a plan for selecting the most qualified applicants for the three positions. Your selection plan should cite and reflect best practices in I/O psychology and incorporate evidence-based strategies and approaches. Present evidence for the validity, reliability, and/or effectiveness of the assessments and approaches that you include. Address relevant ethical, legal, and socio-cultural factors related to employee selection. You may present fictitious details about the company, positions, applicants, and other factors to illustrate your plan.

Section Plan for:

• Graphics and Web development

• Social media

• Operations manager

Part Three: Develop a Training Plan

Develop a plan for training the new staff members. You may identify one or more training areas (e.g., onboard training, skill-based training, etc…) to target. Your training plan should cite and reflect best practices in I/O psychology and incorporate evidence-based strategies and approaches. Present evidence for the validity and reliability of any assessments that you include. You may present fictitious details about the company, positions, new employees, and other factors to illustrate your plan.

Other Requirements

Articles should be within the last 10 Years

As 3 of your 7 peer reviewed articles: Use American Psychological Association, SIOP (society of industrial and organizational Psychology ) and SHRM (society for HR Management)

You should apply APA Style formatting throughout your paper. Include a title page, section headings, in-text citations, and a references page. Keep direct quotes to a minimum. You should also include an introductory paragraph, thesis sentence, and summary paragraph. (10 pages)

You should cite relevant empirical research and scholarly articles within I/O psychology and related areas. You should cite a minimum of seven peer-reviewed journal articles. You should carefully select sources after reviewing the literature and evaluating the credibility, relevance, quality, and research merit of each source.