Portfolio of HRM Practices: A Study of Recruitment at General Motors

This portfolio provides an overview of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices, focusing on General Motors as a case study. It includes an introduction to HRM, a brief about General Motors, and sample CVs. The portfolio details the recruitment and selection processes at General Motors, including identifying hiring needs, preparing job descriptions, screening candidates, conducting interviews, and making job offers. It also covers creating and documenting a job role, preparing a job specification for an HR Executive position, and creating a job advertisement. Furthermore, it explains the CV shortlisting process using a shortlisting matrix for talent management. The document also reflects on the importance of skills and the confidence gained through understanding HR practices, concluding that HRM is crucial for hiring suitable candidates and emphasizing the importance of CVs and the recruitment process. The document refers to the value of legal contracts and induction processes within General Motors, and includes a reflection journal and a list of references.

Human Resource
Management
Part B: HRM Practices (Portfolio)

Table of Content
• Introduction
• About the organisation
• Personal CV and in addition 1-2 more CVs
• Recruitment and selection process
• The recruitment process with reference to General motors are mentioned below:
• Selection process in context to General Motors are discussed below:
• Creating a job role
• Documenting the job role: Prepare a Job Specification
• Job Advertisement
• CV Short listing and Shortlisting matrix in context to talent management
• Interview
• The interview process in context to General Motors is given:
• Acceptance of one or more candidates
• Offering job
• Providing with Employment contract
• Induction process
• Reflection Journal
• Conclusion
• References
•

Introduction
Human resource management refers to the
practice of hiring, deploying, managing and
recruiting employees of an organisation.
For better understanding of the given topic
General Motors is the company taken into
consideration.

About the organisation
General Motors is a multinational automotive
company which is situated in UK, founded by
William C. Durant on 16th September, 1908. It
operate manufacturing plants in eight different
countries and has its four core brands namely
Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac.

Personal CV and in addition 1-2 more CVs
• CV 1: Name: Anthony Lexis
69, Waffle Street, Kent UK
Tel. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Personal statement
I am a student who is looking for a job to showcase my talents, skills and abilities to people. I have completed my school and now I am looking for challenging position in a well organised company so that I can learn more and develop myself.
Education
2009-20013 Secondary School
2013-2015 Vocational School
Key Skills
Communication
Problem solving
Positive thinking
Time management
Confidence
Hobbies
I like to play basketball, listening music, travelling and exploring new places and also I like to learn new skills.
Date of Birth- 06/07/2000
Place- United Kingdom
Languages- English, Hindi, Irish, Scots

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• CV 2:
Trisha Sharma
55, Kings Road, UK
Contact no: 922285677
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Career Objective
To grab all the opportunities which are going to improve my skills and abilities in future. I can effectively contribute my creative and innovative ideas to gain more knowledge in the working environment.
Educational Details
2012-2015 Secondary School
2015-2018 Graduation
Skills
 Hard-working
 Research skill
 Discipline
 Confident
 Honest
Work experience
 I have worked in VeroHR as HR manager for 1 year.
Achievements & Honours
 Organised Events in college on a big scale.
 Participated in college level essay competition and got 2nd position.
 Took part in National Technology Day 2019 and received certificate.
 Participated in college function as event head-coordinator
Personal Details
Date of Birth- 05/07/1998
Place- United Kingdom
Languages- English, Hindi, Irish, Scots

Recruitment and selection process
• The recruitment process with reference to General
motors are mentioned below:
• Identify the hiring needs
• Prepare job descriptions
• Screen and shortlist candidates
• Conduct interviews
• Evaluate and make the offer
• On-board the new employee

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• Selection process in context to General Motors are
discussed below:
• Criteria development
• Application and resume review
• Interviewing
• Test administration
• Making the offer

Creating a job role
• The managers of General Motors are looking
for best candidates which are suitable for the
position of HR Executive. The responsibility
of HR executive involves creating referral
programs, looking over on hiring process and
updating HR policies.

Documenting the job role: Prepare a
Job Specification
Job Specification
General Motors is looking for an experienced applicant for the position of HR Executive. If the candidate is looking for
grow and personality development then do review the qualifications, role and responsibilities once.
Responsibility of HR Executive
 Prepare monthly HR reports and manage legal survey
 Support welfare of subordinates and communication activities
 Give operational support to line managers
Qualifications
 Service oriented
 Ability to communicate as well as interaction with all levels of management is required
 Possess high level of integrity as well as capable of maintaining company and personnel's confidentiality

Job Advertisement
Vacancy Announcement for HR Executive
General Motors, a multinational automotive manufacturing organisation which is located in UK have vacant job role for HR Executive. The HR manager invites application for the respected
profession.
Position: HR Executive
Qualification:
 Master degree in Human Resource with reputed university
 Minimum 1 year of experience in HR Executive
Job description
 Look over the management of large-scale HR programs
 Find new ideas and opportunities as well as develop programs for delivering better values and services to the company
 develop a set of matrix for measuring and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of HR function
Salary
 Salary ranges in between £ 15000 to £ 20000 per month with perks and privileges
Interested candidates are requested to send their Resume or CV on [e-mail] till October 10th , 2022.

CV Short listing
• The managers of General Motors have to find
out the desirable and essential criteria, which
includes the skills that is required for the hiring
position. Then they need to do conduction of
further tests of screening for the candidates in
order to check their confidence level.

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• Shortlisting matrix in context to talent management
Qualifications Experience Experience of leadership ability Experience of reliability
Candidate 1 08/10 3/10 2/10 4/10
Candidate 2 6/10 9/10 8/10 7/10
Candidate 3 08/10 7/10 9/10 10/10

Interview
It is a process where an individual is judge on their
personality, leadership and also communications
skills on which they are hire in the company. The
managers of General Motors take the interview of
the people who have cleared previous round and is
permitted to give interview round.

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• The interview process in context to General Motors is given:
• Introductions
• Small Talk
• Information Gathering
• Question/Answer
• Wrapping Up

Acceptance of one or more candidates
Talent management refers to the recruitment
of employees as well as developing a
workforce which is productive as well as
stay within the organisation for long time.
The managers of General Motors recruit
appropriate people for the company, which
fulfil the needs and demands of the firm.

Offering job
General Motors are one of the biggest and
renowned vehicle manufacturing company
which provides different types of
automobile products in market. The
business of company spreads in different
countries of world under which large
number of employees are employed.

Providing with Employment contract
• As General Motors are reputed and popular
company of market all their business process is
evidenced with legal contracts and procedures.
Management of company creates effective
employment contract with candidates after their
selection in company.

Induction process
Induction is a valuable process of organisation due to
which new employees of organisation can adjust in new
working conditions and cultures of organisation. Process
of induction performed by management of General
motors after selection and joining of employee in
organisation so that these employees can feel good and
normal in new workplace.

Reflection Journal
• From the above HR practices, I have a learned many new things which builds
confidence level in me and made me realise that I can do things if I really want to
do. While making the CV, I got to know that it is very importance to possess
some or the other skills because large reputed companies hire candidates having
maximum skills.

Conclusion
• From the above HR practices it is concluded that human resource management is
the process of hiring people which are suitable for the organization. CV is the
most important part for an individual to get a job in reputed company. The above
information also covers the selection and recruitment process through which an
applicant is selected for specific job position.

References
• Legge, K., 2020. Human resource management: Rhetorics and realities. Bloomsbury
Publishing.
• Stewart, G. L. and Brown, K. G., 2019. Human resource management. John Wiley & Sons.
• Stone, R. J., Cox, A. and Gavin, M., 2020. Human resource management. John Wiley &
Sons.
• Wilton, N., 2022. An introduction to human resource management. An Introduction to
Human Resource Management. pp.1- 100.

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