The Hiring Process - Day 1

Over the next three classes we will be looking at how the hiring process works in a small business such as The Cave. We will be looking at what kind of employee The Cave needs, how to advertise that The Cave is hiring, and creating interview questions and taking part in a mock interview.

On Friday we will be having the mock interviews. You will be paired with another person in the class and will interview each other. The interviews will take no longer than 20 minutes each. More details will be given next class.

All of the assignments  this week are to be done individually. It is possible to complete all your work in class but if you are unable to, it is your responsibility to finish it as homework.

If you have not completed a logbook entry for the staff meeting, please see the previous blog post and complete it before the end of class.

Please keep all of your work in a word document. You will be needing it for the next two classes.

Tasks for today:

1. Create a list of five attributes a Cave employee should have. 
• For each attribute, provide an explanation as to why that attribute is important. The explanation should be at least two sentences.
• For Example: Angry – Customers are only happy when the person serving them is extremely angry. This guarantees that the customer will return because they will want to confront the angry server.
2. Create a daily service announcement (DSA) for the GWG morning announcements to advertise that The Cave is hiring. 
• The announcement should be less than four sentences. 
• You need to include one sentence indicating that interested students should see Ms. Cho for an application form. 
• Try to make the job sound as appealing as possible.
3. Create a list of ten interview questions that you see as being well suited to finding an appropriate employee for The Cave. 
• There are a lot of great resources online that can help you with this. 
• Make sure that the questions will determine if the person has the five attributes you listed in the first task. 
• Try to avoid yes/no questions. Instead look for questions that are open ended and require the person being interviewed to talk a bit.
4. Email the above completed tasks to Ms.McGill. This will be your logbook entry for today.
• Do NOT attach the word document to your email. Just copy and paste what you have completed directly into the email.