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Talent Acquisition Consultancy

MGT 4350
Open Closing on January 7, 2025 / 2 spots left
University of Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Brenda Nguyen
Associate Professor
(3)
4
Timeline
  • January 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 5, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
2 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Talent recruitment
Skills
teamwork content writing business consulting hiring practices hiring strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

In the race for top talent, is your organization eager to find and assess high quality candidates? In this project, students at the University of Lethbridge in the Human Resources Management program will provide actionable recruitment and selection recommendations that you can apply to source talent for even the most difficult roles to hire.

Learners
Undergraduate
Intermediate levels
40 learners
Project
30 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables will include:


A written report with detailed recommendations and custom templates that can be used by your organization. Depending on the opportunity areas you have asked the students to address, this report can include:

  • 3-6 month plan for sourcing a pool of top candidates for a given position.
  • Templates for job postings.
  • Legal compliance information.
  • Suggested recruitment methods and channels by job type.
  • Resume management recommendations.
  • Candidate shortlisting techniques.
  • Recommendations on the use of tests.
  • Interview procedures.
  • Behavioural, chronological, case, or written interview guides
  • Reference check templates.


Project timeline
  • January 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 5, 2025
    Experience end
Project Examples

Based on the information you provide, students will develop an action plan, which can include ready to use templates that address issues and opportunities in your current hiring process. Student teams will address the aspect(s) of recruitment and selection most critical to your organization today, and provide innovative solutions to help you overcome the talent crunch.


Project examples include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Recommendations for creative approaches for recruiting candidates for specific role/roles. This may include developing a specific diversity recruitment strategy or a recruiting strategy for difficult to fill or niche talent. This may also include evaluating the effectiveness of your current recruitment channels (events, job boards, LinkedIn, etc.) and make realistic recommendations for improvement.
  • Design a comprehensive talent acquisition playbook that managers can use to execute the recruitment and selection process from start to finish.
  • Evaluate your current candidate experience through the recruiting and selection process and make recommendations for improving the experience, including the creation of candidate resources and guides.
  • Evaluate your current job posting template and career website and recommend content to improve your employment brand and image to attract a desired candidate talent pool. In addition to creating new job posting templates, this may also include developing applicant resource material to better understand the recruitment process with your organization.
  • Design/Re-design screening and interview guides incorporating a variety of interview questions aligned to the effective assessment of talent.


This list of project examples is by no means exhaustive. If you have another project idea related to recruitment and selection, please use Riipen’s in-app chat to contact the professor, who will work with you to determine if it’s a fit for this assignment.

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Minimum of 2-4 interactions with the students in-person or remotely (approximately 4-6 hours over the duration of the project).

There will be several groups of students participating in the Ripen Assignment. To provide efficiency in the information sharing process and minimize the time commitment required by the organization, 2 - 3 web conferences may be scheduled in advance with the lead of the participating organization at the appropriate intervals.

Be available for a quick phone call with the organizer to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience.

Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project

Share feedback and recommendations on an as-needed basis determined by the instructor.