Insight Paper

INSIGHT PAPER: INTERVIEW

PY 424-A

ESTEBAN, Jenny-Vee J. February 4, 2014

Prof. de Real TTh/ 10:30-12

This paper is intended to be a reflection of my learning experience in our interview last January 22, 2014 at Takeda Nycomed AS Company in Makati City. I was very fortunate to receive such a positive response from Ma’am Azusano regarding what an Employee Relations and Recruitment Manger is all about. And because of her insights I learnt how to align HR with business strategies, understand impact of external and internal environments, design HR systems to promote positive behaviors among employees, establish staffing and compensation systems to attract, retain and motivate best employees, understand employee relations, manage change during difficult times and leverage these strategic HR skills that add critical value to corporate decision-making.  As we went along to the questions turned out to be more exciting and inspiring. I felt great about this interview because there were no dull moments we’ve encountered but instead a constant feedback we had experience.

A brief synopsis of the topics we learnt includes:

1. Employee Selection – Strategic importance of selecting right individuals to fit the job and the organization, designing such systems, techniques for assessing job applicants, legal considerations and challenges with recruitment.

2. Performance Management – Strategic importance, Responsibilities of HR triad for performance management, ways to measure performance and feedback, appraisal formats, rating processes and current issues

3. Performance based Pay – Strategic importance, design choices, implementation of performance based pay, recognition, rewards, merit pay, types of incentive pay, global variations and challenges

4. Fair treatment and Legal Compliance – Strategic importance, perceptions of fairness, employment laws, dispute resolution techniques and current issues

5. HR Planning for alignment and change –...