Responsibilities of the HR Director and Line Manager

Question: Describe the responsibilities of the HR Director and Line Manager in the selection process? Answer: The main responsibility of the Human Resource director and line manager in the procedure of selection of an employee is to make them aware of all the facts and circumstances relating to the employment and also about the benefits available for the employees; they are also responsible to describe the risk factors in course of the employment. There are various factors relating to the selection process and the same number of responsibilities is also there for HR directors and Line managers. The following are the some of the responsibilities of HR director and Line manager:1. Job description: The HR director makes sure that the job description is properly written for all the staffs in process of selection. The Line manager of the company may write job description for the purpose of direct report (Sparrow, 2010).2. Recruitment: The HR director is empowered to look after all the factors relating to the selection procedure in general especially the documentation process. Line manager might b e responsible for selection as well as recruitment of direct reports (Wright, 2011).HR director with the approval of executive director selects and recruits all the direct reports. The Line manager is empowered to conduct the screening procedure in accordance with the specified protocol.HR director look after the entire procedure in relation to the screening and makes necessary changes in such procedure if needed. 3. Orientation: The HR director as well as the Line manager of the company in the process of selection specifies the orientation of the business and the further perspective as to orientation just after selection (Grensing-Pophal, 2010).4. Compensation and benefits: The Line manager takes part while deciding the compensation and benefits for the new employees and the HR director conveys the amount of compensation as well as other benefits to the candidates in the selection procedure. In case of negotiation of salary or other benefits for the employees that also be done by the HR director of the concern company, these negotiation is subject to prior approval from the Executive director of the concern company (DiMartile, 2012).5. Conveying rules and regulations: In the course of the selection of a new employee the HR director is responsible to make the candidate aware of all the facts relating to the rules and regulations of the company. The Line manager takes part in process of the com pany ion relation to any amendment in the existing rules and regulations of the company.6. Health and safety: The HR director of the company is liable to disclose all the factors relating to the health and safety measures taken by the company and the kind of risk is carrying by the employee in the course of the employment, to the applicant of the employment at the time of selection process, it is the duty of the Line manager to look after the things that whether the facts relating to the risk and safety is properly described or not in the procedure of selection. References DiMartile, D. (2012). Understanding the secrets to career advancement. Bloomington, IN: IUniverse Inc.Grensing-Pophal, L. (2010). Human resource essentials. Alexandria, Va.: Society for Human Resource Management.Sparrow, P. (2010). Leading HR. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Wright, P. (2011). The chief HR officer. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass.