Agricultural Supervisory Leadership (ASL)
ASL104 | Staffing and Organizing your Team. Finding the right employees to work on your farm can pose many challenges but hiring the wrong person can be costly! In Staffing and Organizing your Team, you will learn the benefits of professionalizing your Human Resource systems and becoming a preferred employer. Learn how to recruit a candidate pool to find the right employees, and how to avoid bias and discrimination in hiring. You will also learn how to improve your interview and selection process, and how to implement a strong onboarding program. This six-week online course is part of Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development’s Agricultural Supervisory Leadership certificate program. It is appropriate for new and experienced farm managers.
Topics:
- Becoming a preferred employer
- Personnel planning
- Job descriptions
- Avoiding bias and discrimination
- Recruiting and interviewing
- The selection process
- Hiring and onboarding
Course instructors:
- Richard Stup, Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development Specialist
- Elizabeth Higgins, Ag Business Management/Production Economics Specialist, CCE ENY Commercial Horticulture Team
- Bob Milligan, Cornell University Professor Emeritus
- Kaitlyn Lutz, Dairy Management Specialist, CCE Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
- Libby Eiholzer, Dairy Technical Services Specialist, Cargill
- Teacher: Rachel McCarthy