Research and Discuss the Recruitment and Interview Process

• Performs role of managing the administrative and accounting tasks
• Require conventional education and training in operations and accounting
• Work as render support for entire accounting unit
• Routine activities like organizing different appointments and filing and handling daily office line ups
• Harmonize payables and pair the documents of purchasing
• Supervising the expenditure on different projects and preparation of expenses
• Offering proper assistance with different monetary support
• Proper maintenance of overtime and schedules of overtime

The role of accounting and administrative assistant in IBM matches my career path and the goals as this job will help in:

• Gain mathematical skills in order to carry out the financial tasks (Nikolaou 2014)
• Proper ability in multitasking as this is necessary in handling different tasks within same time frame
• Proper performance will be generated under pressure as it will help in making them more efficient and accurate
• Problem solving skills will be generated while working as accounting administrative assistant
• Passion for finance and business will be generated within the employees as it is thrived from the business (Saks, Zikic and Koen 2015).
• Gaining proper accounting and technical software skills as it is necessary to be adopted by the accounting assistants
• Proper skills regarding office programming like Microsoft Office programs as this will make the employee efficient in the workplace and in future as well.

The major trends and changes in the recruitment and employability criteria in the accounting and administrative assistant jobs are:

• Organizations are looking for highly talented candidates having skills in accounting as well as finance
• Lucrative salary packages and bonuses
• Offering robust balance options in work-life and personal life to attract top candidates
• Recruitment is performed with developing proper recruitment plan and conducting interviews in more than 2-3 rounds
• Evaluating the actual need for the vacancy (Walker et al. 2013)
• More than 2-3 rounds of interview as to select the right candidate for the role
• Selection of candidate is done with the number of years of experience in the same industry
• Freshers are not preferable as the big firms are looking for experienced candidates
• As the attrition rate is high, the companies are not taking chance in recruiting fresher candidates (Breaugh 2017)
• Skype interviews has been the new trend in order to broaden the potential talent
• The recruitment process is longer in the present as it will give the recruiters an insight on the professionals

Impact of the changed recruitment and employability process on process of application:

• More challenges in the process of application
• More contenders in the application process applying for the same post
• As there will be online outsourcing it will be more challenging to survive in the respective industry
• It is easier to connect with the candidates as there can be face to face round interview conducted on Skype or other mobile applications (Van Iddekinge et al. 2016)

Impact of the technology on interview process and methods

• No longer wait and see as technology has changed and HR managers and executives attract the best and brightest candidates from the lot, both offline and online as well.
• The recruiting team got larger as the leaders are having the ability in building accurate brand offline and online as well. Proper referencing has to be done by the recruitment team and it will help in selecting the right candidates (Calleja and Pastor 2014).
• Filling the candidate pool with proper usage of technology is the new trend in the recruitment and selection process. The process of application is simple, focused in nature, helps the candidates in saving the information, and applies from different devices as well (Gibbs, MacDonald and MacKay 2015).
• Survival of fittest is the latest mantra in the different companies. The recruiters cast the candidates with technological usage and it is essential in all kinds of hiring funnel (Laura Boteler et al. 2014).
• Proper and targeted advertisements boost the posting of the jobs as it is the innovation that is used by the recruitment firms as to select the right candidates at the right time (Greiner 2015).
• Lastly, meeting the candidates through Skype for face-to-face interview as there is advancement in the technology and it is possible to meet the requirements of the candidates (El Ouirdi et al. 2016).

Impact of the changes on the interview process in accounting and administrative job domain

• The interview process is becoming flexible in nature as it is helping the candidates in appearing for the interviews wherever they are as due to advancement in technologies.
• There are skills and behavioural testing in order to access the cultural fitness of the candidates (King, O’rourke and DeLongis 2014)
• Gamification is the strategy that helps in attracting the staffs is becoming fast in hiring the individuals and it is the essential hire strategy as well.

These are the processes wherein the candidates are shortlisted for the different accounting and administrative positions (Ogden 2016).  Proper accounting and administrative positions are to be filled up with the most efficient and fittest candidates as this is a challenging role and proper knowledge is required to complete the tasks efficiently.

I am writing this letter in connection to the advertisement on JDF News on August 31, 2017 that was regarding the vacancy of the job in your organization. After reading about the advertisement, I think that I am the ideal candidate for the position of accounting and administrative officer in your prestigious organization. I have more than six years of experience in order to prove my capabilities in the particular area of the expertise as an offer.

Furthermore, to the level of the experience as my background, I have the good organizational skills that will benefit the organization as well as my career. The ideal interrelationship skill that I am having helps me in communicating with my teammates properly. I have the capability to provide assistance that is required to train the new recruits whenever I am required. The exceptional management and time skills helps me in finishing the tasks successfully even when I am under pressure.

I have developed the leadership and problem-solving skills with the help of different activities I am involved in both inside and outside the University. As the captain of the team at the tennis club, I motivated my teammates by setting proper goals for the development of skills. I volunteered as the mentor to the students in identifying the services within University and with administrative issues as well. These abilities will be perfectly utilized in the Accountant and Administrative role.

I am attaching my resume and the references needed along. I would also like to discuss about the capabilities that I can perform the job properly with your organization. Please give me a call on the contact number provided above.

Final year Bachelor of Commerce student with proper work ethics along with ability to learn and adapt to different environments. Internship experience in both governance and compliance as well as administrative experience that requires proper attention and well developed organizational and Microsoft Office proficiency. Proficient with multi-tasking and problem solving capabilities.

06/2017- Current Master of Business Administration

• Achieved distinction
• Awarded best Accountant professional for academic excellence

2013-2015- Bachelor’s Degree 

• Bachelor in Accountancy and Administration
• Awarded as the best performer in the entire session

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• 06/2014- 08/2014 Internship Money Creators
  • Participated in the audit of the company that included proper knowledge on project management
  • Responsible for handling the transactions including withdrawals and deposits
  • Balance vault and balance cash drawer
  • Attended IRS workshop and legal issues related to payroll seminar

EMPLOYMENT

• 09/17 Accounts executive Management Ltd
  • Check the accounts of the customers and make proper adjustments
  • Preparation of invoices related to distribution of the mail outs of the customers
  • Responding to the internal and external queries of the clients
• Achievements
• Proper increase in the different responsibilities and trying to train the new staffs in the workplace
• 03/11-12/12Admin Deepower Ltd
  • Handling of the administrative issues in the workplace
  • Proper achievement of meeting the deadlines at meeting the different targets
  • Handling proper invoice issues of the clients at the workplace
  • Planning of the schedules of the workplace such as meetings and other events that has to be taken at the workplace
  • Achievements
• Awarded the best employee of the month at the workplace
• Promoted as administrative executive at workplace

04/2010   Lawn tennis Committee Melbourne Tennis club

• Motivated as well as supported the teammates
• Proper delegation of the responsibilities
• Won the national championship award in tennis

08/14    Mentor Daikin University

• Supported the morale of the students
• Provided counseling to the students of the University
• Guided the students about the other paths in life that can be achieved by them
• Helping the students in participating in different events organized by the college
• Counseled the members of the University on participating in different cultural events of the college
• VOLUNTARY EXPERIENCE

02/15- 08/15 Accounts assistant Money Creators Ltd

• Proper preparation of the bank reconciliation accounts of the office
• Preparing reports for the meetings
• Preparation of the business proposals for the office
• Counseled the members of the organization on the different events that can be organized in the organization to handle the grievances of the members

References

Breaugh, J.A., 2017. to Recruitment. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention, p.12.

Calleja, G. and Pastor, R., 2014. A dispatching algorithm for flexible job-shop scheduling with transfer batches: an industrial application. Production Planning & Control, 25(2), pp.93-109.

El Ouirdi, M., El Ouirdi, A., Segers, J. and Pais, I., 2016. Technology adoption in employee recruitment: The case of social media in Central and Eastern Europe. Computers in Human Behavior, 57, pp.240-249.

Gibbs, C., MacDonald, F. and MacKay, K., 2015. Social media usage in hotel human resources: recruitment, hiring and communication. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 27(2), pp.170-184.

Greiner, B., 2015. Subject pool recruitment procedures: organizing experiments with ORSEE. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 1(1), pp.114-125.

King, D.B., O’rourke, N. and DeLongis, A., 2014. Social media recruitment and online data collection: A beginner’s guide and best practices for accessing low-prevalence and hard-to-reach populations. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, 55(4), p.240.

Laura Boteler, H.U.M.M., Olsen, D., Morris, B.E.L.L., Fleming, M. and Smith, M., 2014. Simulated Job Interview Improves Skills for Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses. Studies in health technology and informatics, 199, p.50.

Nikolaou, I., 2014. Social networking web sites in job search and employee recruitment. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 22(2), pp.179-189.

Ogden, L.E., 2016. Job applications: Under the covers. Nature, 538(7623), pp.129-130.

Saks, A.M., Zikic, J. and Koen, J., 2015. Job search self-efficacy: Reconceptualizing the construct and its measurement. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 86, pp.104-114.

Van Iddekinge, C.H., Lanivich, S.E., Roth, P.L. and Junco, E., 2016. Social media for selection? Validity and adverse impact potential of a Facebook-based assessment. Journal of Management, 42(7), pp.1811-1835.

Walker, H.J., Bauer, T.N., Cole, M.S., Bernerth, J.B., Feild, H.S. and Short, J.C., 2013. Is this how I will be treated? Reducing uncertainty through recruitment interactions. Academy of Management Journal, 56(5), pp.1325-1347.