Career Employment

Annual Survey: Tell us how we’re doing!

As you may know, last year we changed HR Career Employment’s organizational structure to better meet the needs of our hiring officials and offer a broader array of recruitment, consultation and training services. It has been a year since the changes took place so we wanted to reach back out to you to see how we are doing.

Please take 5-10 minutes to click on the link below and complete our “Hiring Manager Survey”. Your feedback guides us as we work to continue to meet and exceed your hiring and selection needs. Thank you in advance for your time and energy, it means a lot to us!

http://www.uky.edu/HR/surveys/hiringmanagers2009

Updates

We want to make knowing who to contact throughout the hiring and selection process easier so, we’ve updated the HR Employment Resources and Tools handout. This handout provides an overview of services provided by HR Employment areas as well as contact information. The updated document can be found here as well as our website at www.uky.edu/HR/employ/HiringEnhancementProgram.html.

What’s New

We have launched a service request form on our website to make it even easier to get the help you want during the hiring process, The next time you need an interview guide, consultation and/or a customized training just complete this request form so we can meet your needs quickly and efficiently.

We sincerely appreciate the comments, suggestions, and feedback we’ve received from you. This is what drives our program. We have created a suggestion box, also located on our website, to provide you with another avenue to share your thoughts with us. We look forward to hearing from you!

Upcoming Trainings
To learn more about these trainings, click on the training title or visit http://www.uky.edu/HR/employ/HEPTraining.html#JobPosting.

How to Develop an Effective Job Posting – Featured Training for Q1!
Tuesday, August 11th
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
403 Wethington

Behavior Based Interviewing 201
Thursday, August 27th
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
403 Wethington

UK's Hiring Process & Interviewing Techniques
Tuesday, September 15th
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
220 Scovell Hall, Suite 2

Legal Considerations
Tuesday, September 22nd
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
203 Student Center Addition

Behavior Based Interviewing 301
Thursday, September 24th
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
403 Wethington

To register for the trainings, please use the “myUK” Training Center available under Employee Self-Service at http://myuk.uky.edu.

Selecting for Success TIP: Include “Motivational Fit” in your interviews!

Have you ever had a candidate that had the skills, knowledge and abilities to do a job but lacked the enthusiasm or interest to be a satisfied top performer? Motivational fit interview questions are designed to determine how personally satisfied or dissatisfied a candidate would be with a specific position, department and organization. A candidate may be capable of doing the day-to-day tasks, but if they don’t enjoy it, chances are they won’t be satisfied or excel in that position. By including motivational fit questions, in addition to assessing if the candidate can perform the major job responsibilities, you are more likely to hire a candidate who not only can do the work, but is satisfied and more likely to remain with the organization over time.

TIPS for adding motivational fit questions to your interview:

• Use motivational fit questions based on the many or few opportunities of the position’s duties and responsibilities throughout the interview process.
• Listen for likes and/or dislikes when a candidate is providing information throughout the interview (i.e. educational background, work history, and answers to behavior based questions).
• Follow-up with specific questions on when, what and why a candidate was most or least satisfied in their work.

Implementing these tips can make a huge impact on your department by hiring a candidate on the “know how”, “can do” and “like to do” aspects of the job.