Pole Climbers

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POLE CLIMBERS

Ringing Bell Company has to redesign the selection process for the position of outdoor craft technician due to an adverse impact on employment opportunities for women. Currently the failing rate is at 70% for women compared to 30% for men. The reasons identified for high failing rate for the installation school's training program include physical inability to climb poles, fear of height, an accident during pole climbing while at training school, strenuous work involved and some women have also mentioned that they felt influenced by the interviewer while applying for the outdoor craft position of a installer-repairer and line worker.

Inability to effectively communicate the job requirement and description and a flawed interview process that misleads the women candidates in thinking that the interviewer had "influenced" them are some of the factors that's result in high filing rate among women trainees. By redesigning the selection process and the steps involved Ringing Bell Company can mitigate these factors. The HR department at the Ringing Bell Company adheres to the selection process steps like employment testing, physical examination and preliminary interviews but the sequence and tests involved in the employee selection process can be improved based on these recommendations.

The steps involved in the selection process are mentioned in the figure below. HR department would need to realign the processes involved in these steps.

Preliminary Interview:

The preliminary interview is used to determine whether the applicant's skills, abilities, and job preferences match any of the available jobs in the organization, to explain to the applicant the available jobs and their requirements, and to an¬swer any questions the applicant has about the available jobs or the employer. This is where Ringing Bell has to clearly communicate the nature of the job and the skills and abilities required.

A preliminary interview is usually conducted after the applicant has completed the application form. It is generally a brief, exploratory interview that is normally conducted by a specialist from the human resource department. The interview screens out unqualified or uninterested applicants. Interview questions must be job related and are subject to demonstrations of validity.

Employment Testing:

Many types of commercial tests are available to organizations for use in the selection process. Many of these tests have undergone validation and reliability studies. Of the various categories of testing the HR department at the Ringing Bell Company should make Psychomotor and Interest test an integral part of the Employment testing step of the selection Process.

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