Imagine you have secured funding, completed an analysis of the types of jobs nee
Imagine you have secured funding, completed an analysis of the types of jobs needed to complete the work tasks, have identified the qualifications and experience needed for professional and non-professional employees for each job, the number of employees needed, and have created job descriptions.
You have a timeline of 3-4 months to staff this agency with between 14-15 employees. Develop a plan for how you would proceed from start to finish to staff your agency within this time frame. You have free reign to be creative. Be sure to consider through the questions on how to build a staff that reflects the diversity of the community.
How would you advertise and recruit applicants?
How would you screen applicants to narrow the pool to interview? Consider you may get 25 to 50 or more applicants for some jobs.
How many interviews would you plan to do for each applicant?
Who would be involved in the interview process and who would make the decision of whom to hire?
What specific interview questions would you have for all employees?
How will you ensure all interview questions are legal and based on bonafide occupational qualifications?
How would you assess the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities/attitudes necessary to do the job?
How would you rank applicants on each interview question related to the skill, ability, or knowledge area?
What steps would be taken to build a diverse staff and one that reflected the community it serves?
THE AGENCY I CHOSE- CHILD CARE AGENCY
You have recently been hired by a large, for-profit child care agency to develop a new branch center in a small town in Upstate New York. The parent agency has several similar centers in other towns and cities for which they have obtained the necessary licenses and approvals, but you are being asked to work as a team to create a new center.
Assume that your parent agency has done some basic needs/resource assessment research and has determined that there is a market for a center that will serve 6 infants, 10 toddlers, 15 pre-schoolers, and 20 elementary school age children in an after school program.