Tanglewood Case 3
Miriam Garcia
Tanglewood Case
Week 3
Tanglewood Case Study 3: Recruiting
Recruitment Guide
Position: Sales Associate
Reports to: Shift Leader
Qualifications: All are welcome to apply
Relevant Labor Market: Pacific Northwest
Timeline: None
Activities to undertake to source well-qualified candidates: Newspaper Advertising Job Fairs College Career Fairs Job Posting on Company Website Employee Referrals
Staff Members Involved: HR Recruiting Manager, Shift Leader, Department Manager
Budget: $3,000 - $5,000
Job Targets
Based on the available positions, the targets for this recruiting campaign are candidates who are currently in high school, fresh out of high school and current college students. The reason for this, there is a large hiring pool when it comes to students in high school and coming out of high school especially for summer jobs. The target for current college students is due to the fact that college graduates are less likely to accept such an entry level position as their aim is to get into management. As mentioned before, those candidates are not willing to put in the “time” prior to getting to a management position and would rather look for a career path within their degree field.
Based on prior experience (my personal experience recruiting at work), for a targeted type of recruitment referrals and staffing agencies are the methods that seem more targeted. Further detail below:
Media: Media advertising will give exposure to all types of candidates, from experienced to non-experienced. Jobs can be advertised in all sorts of places from newspaper ads to job postings online on job sites like Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com. The down side to this type of advertisement is that it involves quite a bit of leg work to weed thru the multitude of applications that come thru.
Referrals: Referrals can be targeted, as you can advise your current employees of what you are looking for and offer some type of “finder’s fee” for any solid referral that
Tanglewood Case
Week 3
Tanglewood Case Study 3: Recruiting
Recruitment Guide
Position: Sales Associate
Reports to: Shift Leader
Qualifications: All are welcome to apply
Relevant Labor Market: Pacific Northwest
Timeline: None
Activities to undertake to source well-qualified candidates: Newspaper Advertising Job Fairs College Career Fairs Job Posting on Company Website Employee Referrals
Staff Members Involved: HR Recruiting Manager, Shift Leader, Department Manager
Budget: $3,000 - $5,000
Job Targets
Based on the available positions, the targets for this recruiting campaign are candidates who are currently in high school, fresh out of high school and current college students. The reason for this, there is a large hiring pool when it comes to students in high school and coming out of high school especially for summer jobs. The target for current college students is due to the fact that college graduates are less likely to accept such an entry level position as their aim is to get into management. As mentioned before, those candidates are not willing to put in the “time” prior to getting to a management position and would rather look for a career path within their degree field.
Based on prior experience (my personal experience recruiting at work), for a targeted type of recruitment referrals and staffing agencies are the methods that seem more targeted. Further detail below:
Media: Media advertising will give exposure to all types of candidates, from experienced to non-experienced. Jobs can be advertised in all sorts of places from newspaper ads to job postings online on job sites like Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com. The down side to this type of advertisement is that it involves quite a bit of leg work to weed thru the multitude of applications that come thru.
Referrals: Referrals can be targeted, as you can advise your current employees of what you are looking for and offer some type of “finder’s fee” for any solid referral that