Employee recruitment and selection

Course guarantor:

Zuzana Dvořáková

Lecturer:

Zuzana Dvořáková

Tutor:

Zuzana Dvořáková

Supervisor:

Institute of Management Studies

Synopsis:

The course expands knowledge of businesses' practices to recruit and select employees. Its focus is on developing the skills needed to process job applicant materials. It also focuses on understanding the approaches employers use to assess the competencies and motivation of job applicants.

Requirements:

Requirements for completing the course:

1. Prepare a job description for a job position that requires a secondary school education with a high school diploma or a bachelor's degree (you can use the National Occupational System, https://nsp.cz/);

2. Prepare a job advertisement (based on the job description written according to point 1;

3. Prepare a motivation/cover letter and CV of the job applicant for the advertisement created according to point 2.

Classified credit:

A (100-90 points),

B (89-80 points),

C (79-70 points),

D (69-60 points),

E (59-50 points),

F (less than 50 points).

Syllabus of lectures:

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Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Recruiting job applicants

2. Job applicant materials and their evaluation

3. Selection practices

4. Selection interview

5. Hiring and onboarding

Study Objective:

1. Expand knowledge of what is currently considered by companies as the „best practice“ in recruiting employees,

2. Train the skills needed to process job applicant materials,

3. Expand knowledge of approaches to job applicant evaluation.

Study materials:

Basic literature:

Presentations (https://moodle-vyuka.cvut.cz)

Case studies and other sources (https://moodle-vyuka.cvut.cz)

Recommended:

Armstrong, M., Taylor, S. (2023). Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. A Guide to the Theory and Practice of People Management. 16th ed. Kogan Page, 760 p.

Dessler, Gary Varkkey, Biju (2023). Human Resource Management. 17th ed. Pearson. 688 p. ISBN-10: 9357054286 · ISBN-13: 978-9357054287.

Dvořáková, Zuzana a kol. (2012). Řízení lidských zdrojů. C.H.Beck. 559 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-347-9.

Note:

Block teaching over 4 days, direct teaching 4 hours per

day

Further information:

Nejsou.

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed	roomDEJ:301 Dvořáková Z. 09:00–12:15 (parallel nr.901) Dejvice
Thu	roomDEJ:301 Dvořáková Z. 09:00–12:15 (parallel nr.901) Dejvice
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (profesní studijní program) - počínaje od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ101 Marketing) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ102 Personální management) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ103 Řízení firemních procesů) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ104 Účetnictví) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ105 Manažerská informatika) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)
• B0413P050061 Ekonomika a management (OZ106 Obchodní podnikání) od ZS 2023/2024 (compulsory elective course)