For college recruitment, first, the salary for college students are cheap, it saves the cost of recruitment. Also, students has high learning ability and enthusiastic attitude, they are willing to learn, therefore, they are easier to train. Besides, some undergraduates and postgraduates are specialized in management in a business college, I. G. Boutique can recruit among qualified applicants. Furthermore, recruit colleges as management trainees can create sense of belongingness among employees, they have potential to be a future manager in the company.
For job fair, as many employers in a job fair come from professional association, it attracts abundant applicants especially fresh graduates from different colleges to apply job there. Also, I. G. Boutique don’t have to contribute staff to organize the job fair as the sponsor will organize it. It help them saving cost and resources.
The most appropriate selection methods for shop management trainees are interest, values and preference inventories and group interview.
For interest, values and preference inventories, as I.G. Boutique want to be cost effective in training management trainees, they will definitely want outstanding trainees to stay and become the future manager. Therefore, it’s better to choose interested and qualified applicants because they have a higher chance to stay. This method can assess the interest of applicants prefer to do both on and off the job so that the employees can measure the occupational interest and chose the enthusiastic and stable applicants.
For group interview, a group of candidates are given a case to solve, through the process of discussion, interviewer can access the leadership skills and communication skills of candidates which are essential element for management trainees. As different selection methods are used in selecting management trainees