Tanglewood Case Essay

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Best “Targets” for recruiting efforts The best fit for Tanglewood as far as recruiting is to use a more “open” approach. This will fit their internal staffing policies best because this method searches the current workforce for applicants that have the most desirable KSAO’s. This is a passive approach in which anyone can apply for a position regardless of their qualifications and that is Tanglewoods current approach (Heneman, Judge, & Mueller p.216). I believe that with this method of recruiting will help get a diverse set of applicants and give each interviewee a fair chance at being considered. Tanglewood will want to specifically target applicants with specific characteristics that are pertinent to the sales associate job opening. The best options for targeted recruitment are key KSAO shortages, reward seekers, workforce diversity gaps, and reluctant applicants. The key KSAO shortages will be a great target because these will be the recent high school or college graduates that immediately step into the organization and provide a wealth of knowledge that they have recently attained. Reward seekers fit perfectly within the job context because of Tanglewoods’ rewards package that includes employee bonuses and profit-sharing availability to each employee. By targeting the workforce diversity gap Tanglewood will be actively going after a mixture of applicants from various backgrounds and following the mandate given to each store to attract the most culturally diverse group of applicants. The reluctant applicants are ideal targets because they will be interested in Tanglewood’s core values system and the fluctuating tasks that will be offered to them (Heneman, Judge, & Mueller p.216-217). The media recruiting method had proved to be an effect recruiting method and it can be an open or targeted focus. In open recruitment Tanglewood would

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