“A Difficult Hiring Decision at Center Bank”
The regional vice president has currently resigned at Central Bank in Toronto and they need another person who will be just as effective and productive as he was. Three potential candidates have been short-listed. One candidate being selected internally, the other two externally. All three candidates are highly potential for the position, making it a difficult decision for human resource management to select the right one. The expertise and credentials of each candidate are evaluated throughout the paper, to help ensure that the right decision is made.
All three candidates need to be easily adaptable and flexible as the former VP was highly liked by all the managers, due to his friendliness. Good interpersonal and encouragement skills are very important when choosing the right candidate.
Charlotte Webb is an internal candidate and a well recognized person in all her given task, within the company. She puts great emphasis on personal development, and provided her graduates with challenges and exposures that allowed them to take on bigger and better roles. She is known to be highly intelligent and to have superior analytic and strategic skills. Charlotte is very positive, with a can-do attitude allowing her to get things done. She is very eager to learning, while taking every opportunity to develop new skills and perspectives. Scott Warren is currently working as a VP at a retail bank. He is extremely bright, adaptable and always enthusiastic about learning. He was responsible for withdrawing 35% of sales staff and also redeployed an additional 15 per cent. Designed hiring profile/recruitment process for sales staff, that is now adopted by the rest of the bank
James Skinner is a District Vice-President at First Northern Bank. He has people management motivation, which is a key strength. He has the ability to build trust and is a trusted advisor to senior management and staff,