Sg Cowen Case Study

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SG Cowen Case Study Michael Mangum Webster University SG Cowen Case Study Reflect Upon a Time When You Had a Negative Recruiting/Hiring Experience. What Were the Signs the Experience Wasn’t Going Well? My organization was conducting interviews to fill a position in the logistics section. There was a pool of five candidates to select from. The organization used a five-member board to conduct the interviews, four voting members and the organization’s Chief of Staff, who served as the final selection authority. Each of the candidates’ resumes indicated they were qualified for the job. The first three candidates interviewed did fairly well. The fourth candidate was a supervisor whom we were familiar with because she worked in the same building in which our organization was located. We had also previously conducted some logistics transactions with her office. She initially did well responding with more definitive answers than the other candidates to the technical questions. The interview began to go bad when one of the interviewers asked if she was aware this was non-supervisory position. She stated she was aware but was looking for something different. The interviewer then began to go into detail describing the duties listed on the job announcement. The duties were clearly entry-level duties and required physical labor. The interviewee replied she was not willing to do the described duties because she had done them years ago. The interviewer replied that is what we are looking for. The interviewee began to get defensive and agitated; she then asked “why can’t you give those duties to someone already in the section” (K. J. Jones, personal communication, November 17, 2008)? At that point it was apparent she was not a good fit for the organization. The Chief of Staff politely

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