Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Explain how human resources supports organizational needs
Select appropriate resources and tools to support day-to-day work functions
Scenario
You are a human resources generalist at a start-up company. As new business volume grows, the employer needs to add more talent to the organization. New employees are being added to all departments, including your own. As an HR generalist, you are part of the group that manages orientation for new employees. Your next new employee orientation session includes new human resources colleagues.
The new HR employees will be working in a distributed work design, either at the company site or 100% remote. You will need to give both sets of new employees the same basic information about your company, as well as information that is specific to their role as an HR generalist. To support this distributed workforce, you will create an orientation presentation that can be used either in person or in a remote setting.
Directions
Create a PowerPoint presentation that you will use for the new HR employee orientation. Use the Project One New Hire Orientation Presentation Template provided in the What to Submit section. In addition, you will use the Project One Speaker Notes Template provided in the What to Submit section to record full speaker notes for your presentation. Alternatively, you may record a voice presentation onto your slides. You may find it useful to use the Project One Speaker Notes template to draft your script prior to recording your audio.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Overview
Human Resources Overview: Describe the major functions of HR as they relate to the employee life cycle.
Organization Structure: Describe how human resources contributes to an organization’s strategy.
Explain the role of an HR professional and how the role supports an organization.
Describe how HR uses KPIs to support organizational needs.
Talent Acquisition and Retention: Describe the organization’s approach for attracting and retaining talent.
Explain the roles of job analysis, job design, and job specifications.
Describe how job analysis, job design, and job specifications support talent acquisition and retention.
Promoting Culture: Describe methods that Human Resources uses to promote and drive culture in an organization.
Describe why supporting a culture of development, diversity, and inclusion adds value to an organization.
Technology
Technology Evaluation: Describe the process that HR uses to evaluate technology to support their needs.
Describe the criteria for selecting human resource information systems (HRIS) for meeting organizational needs.
Discuss how a new employee might contribute to the selection process.
Diversity and Accessibility: Discuss how recruitment and engagement technology and tools can assist with diversity and accessibility for employees or potential employees.
Automated Processes: Explain how automated processes can impact a business.
Describe how automated workflows can affect training, recruitment, and other HR functions.
Technology Example—Social Media: Describe how use of social media can increase employee engagement and improve retention.
Consider ways that different types of social media resources can be used when hiring or communicating employee initiatives.
Give examples of appropriate social media channels that can be used in the workplace.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
New Hire Orientation Presentation
Your presentation should be 8 to 10 slides in length, not including the title and references slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Speaker Notes Document or Recorded Audio on Slides
Use complete sentences to outline what you would say in a verbal presentation. Sources should be cited according to APA style when using the document. If audio is used instead, each slide should contain 1 to 2 minutes of audio, not including the title and reference slides.
The following resources support your work on the project:
Template: Project One New Hire Orientation Presentation Template
Use this template to create your presentation.
Template: Project One Speaker Notes Template
Use this template to complete your speaker notes. { THE TWO TEMPLATE YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE PROJECT IS DOWN BELOW I UPLOADED}
Project One Rubric
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Overview: Human Resources Overview Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes the major functions of HR as they relate to the employee life cycle Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include omitting HR’s functions as they relate to the employee life cycle Does not attempt criterio
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Overview: Human Resources Overview Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes the major functions of HR as they relate to the employee life cycle Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include omitting HR’s functions as they relate to the employee life cycle Does not attempt criterion 10
Overview: Organization Structure Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes how human resources contributes to an organization’s strategy Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include missing critical elements such as explanation of roles or how KPIs are used by HR to support an organization Does not attempt criterion 10
Overview: Talent Acquisition and Retention Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes the organization’s approach for attracting and retaining talent Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include missing critical elements such as the roles of job analysis, job design, and job specifications and how they support talent retention and acquisition Does not attempt criterion 15
Overview: Promoting Culture Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes methods that HR uses to promote and drive culture in an organization Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include cursory or illogical explanations or missing critical elements such as development or diversity Does not attempt criterion 10
Technology: Technology Evaluation Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes the process that HR uses to evaluate technology to support their needs Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explanations that do not address how technology addresses a company’s needs Does not attempt criterion 15
Technology: Diversity and Accessibility Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Discusses how recruitment and engagement technology and tools can assist with diversity and accessibility for employees or potential employees Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include illogical conclusions or missing critical elements, including how technology assists with diversity and accessibility Does not attempt criterion 10
Technology: Automated Processes Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains how automated processes can impact a business Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include insufficient explanations of the use of appropriate technology and how it would impact a business Does not attempt criterion 10
Technology: Technology Example— Social Media Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes how use of social media can increase employee engagement and improve retention Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include examples of social media without sufficient justification for their use or cursory explanations of their purpose Does not attempt criterion 10
Articulation of Response Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas 5
Citations and Attributions Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution 5
Total: 100%
