Tanglewood Case 3 Analysis

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When recruiting for certain positions, Tanglewood would like to get the right person for the right job at the right time. Currently, Tanglewood utilizes five methods of recruitment: Media advertisements, employee referrals, kiosks in the stores, state job services and staffing agencies. Each recruitment method has other tangible tracking measures besides cost and retention. Tanglewood utilizes media recruitment methods by advertising for positions online as well as on radio, television, and print. The main problem with using this recruitment method is that it is difficult to determine which advertisement brought in the applicant. One of the best ways we can track our applicant pool is to establish codes on the advertisement that applicants can utilize on the application. This will help Tanglewood establish which advertisements are working and which ones are ineffectual. This is a simple and cost effective…show more content…
Because these candidates know someone already employed at Tanglewood, they fill out the application already knowing the company’s culture and importance on customer service because our employee has already told them about it. Because we are getting applicants who know about these facets of the job, we can get applicants who will fit into the organization, thus reducing turnover once they are trained and the administrative burden of filtering out unqualified applicants because they are being referred by folks already employed here. Because initial contact is made by our employee, we have already reduced the time between contact and hire. Since we already have an award system in place, the best metric to utilize to track this system would be a performance evaluation after a trial period. Only after a new hire has passed this period should the employee who referred them get the bonus. This will also prevent employees bringing in unqualified applicants just for the

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