ASL 104sp Seleccion y organizacion del personal (Staffing and Organizing Your Team) taught in Spanish
Event Details
Date
November 12, 2025
Time
Discusiones en vivo por Zoom: martes 18/11-23/12 1:00-2:00 p.m. (hora del Este)
Location
Zoom
Host
Cornell Ag Workforce Development
Cornell Ag Workforce Development
Rachel McCarthy, ASL Certificate Program Coord.
email Rachel McCarthy, ASL Certificate Program Coord.
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ASL 104sp Selección y organización del personal (Staffing and Organizing Your Team) in Spanish
ASL104-SP: Selección y organización del personal (Staffing and Organizing Your Team - impartido en español) ¡Inscripciones abiertas!
En este curso identificamos cómo escribir descripciones de puestos disponibles en el trabajo para atraer a los mejores candidatos. Aprenderá a encontrar empleados con un perfil deseado, cómo entrevistar y seleccionar a las personas adecuadas. Descubrirá cómo completar la documentación de nuevos empleados, la autorización de empleo y la contratación de personal (on-boarding): es decir, cómo efectivamente incorporar nuevos empleados al rancho en una manera exitosa y productiva.
Los temas incluyen:
- Convertirse en un lugar de trabajar preferido
- Planear cuántos y qué trabajadores se necesitan
- Diseñar descripciones de trabajos para un mejor reclutamiento
- Cómo evitar favoritismos y discriminación
- Cómo buscar y entrevistar los nuevos trabajadores
- Cómo decidir a quién contratar
- Y cómo dar una buena bienvenida al nuevo trabajador
Inicio del curso: miércoles, 12 de noviembre de 2025
Discusiones en vivo por Zoom: Cada martes 18 de noviembre - 23 de diciembre, de 1:00 a 2:00 p.m. (hora del Este)
(English Version)
In this course, we'll identify how to write job descriptions for available positions to attract the best candidates. You'll learn how to find employees with the desired profile, how to interview and select the right people. You'll discover how to complete new employee paperwork, employment authorization, and onboarding—that is, how to effectively incorporate new employees into the farm in a successful and productive manner. This course is taught in Spanish.
Topics include:
- Becoming a preferred employer
- Personnel planning
- Job descriptions
- Avoiding bias and discrimination
- Recruiting and interviewing
- The selection process
- Hiring and onboarding
Course begins: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Live Zoom discussions: Tuesdays, November 18 - December 23, 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
About the Ag Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program
Supervisors are critical to the success of farm businesses. They have a major impact both on employees' daily work experiences and on the production performance of the business. The Agricultural Supervisory Leadership (ASL) certificate helps farm supervisors and managers learn and apply human resource management practices and leadership skills that foster rewarding workplaces and drive business results. Confident managers who thoughtfully apply leadership and management skills improve employee performance, develop teams, reduce employee turnover, and increase employee engagement. The courses within the certificate program will offer extensive practice and engagement activities to build confidence and skill sets.
Aprende más sobre el programa de la Certificación de Liderazgo en Supervisión Agrícola
Los supervisores son esenciales para el éxito de las empresas agrícolas. Tienen un gran impacto tanto en las experiencias laborales diarias de los empleados como en el rendimiento productivo de la empresa. El certificado de liderazgo en supervisión agrícola (ASL) ayuda a los supervisores y gerentes de granjas a aprender y aplicar prácticas administrativas de recursos humanos y habilidades de liderazgo que fomentan lugares de trabajo gratificantes e impulsan los resultados empresariales. Los jefes seguros de sí mismos que aplican cuidadosamente las habilidades de liderazgo y administración mejoran el desempeño de los empleados, desarrollan equipos, reducen la rotación de empleados y aumentan el compromiso de los empleados. Los cursos dentro del programa de la certificación ofrecerán unas amplias actividades de participación y colaboración para generar confianza y conjuntos de aptitudes.
Cada curso consiste en cinco a seis semanas de instrucción sobre temas específicos que tienen como objetivo el desarrollo de sus habilidades de liderazgo y administración. La instrucción incluye una combinación de conferencias pregrabadas, materiales para leer, ejercicios escritos, sesiones de discusión en vivo y cuestionarios. Para aquellos que buscan aprender más sobre un tema en particular, el instructor puede recomendar videos y artículos complementarios. Para aprovechar al máximo el curso, los estudiantes deben planear pasar un mínimo de dos horas cada semana en las varias actividades del curso. El programa de liderazgo de supervisión diseñado por Desarrollo de la Fuerza Laboral Agrícola de Cornell consta de seis cursos. Aquellos que completen los seis cursos y obtengan un 70 por ciento o más en todas las pruebas semanales recibirán un certificado de liderazgo en supervisión agrícola (ASL).
Learn more about our ASL certificate series by watching the recorded information session here
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