Google to Hire More Than 6,200 Workers This Year
Executive Summary:
The world Internet’s most profitable company, Google Inc. is planning to hire more than 6,200 workers in this year, about one-fourth of its total work force and it is going to be the largest expansion of work force that Google has ever made. This decision was made because Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to bolster the economy of the U.S by fulfilling the concern of the need for more jobs in the President’s State of the Union address.
While creating more employment opportunities, some concern about the Human Resource issues were involved. Google’s plan of hiring more than 6000 employees will cost Google more; this includes new employees’ wages, the recruitment cost, and the costs of training for the new employees to adapt to Google’s working environment. Secondary, when work force is increased by 25%, this raises the question if the additional employees will actually increase the productivity of Google as a whole. This concern questions if the additional employees will worth the costs and the outcome of the performance quality of employees. Also, when it comes to the hiring process, can Google hold a standardized screening and selection process put in place in order to allow a fair and effective process? Last but not least, there are concerns about the workplace environment on how they will incorporate these new members into its existing environment and question that whether Google will be able to maintain and extend its current environment into the new offices.
For recommendation, if Google is planning on recruiting and training over 6000 new employees and needs to do this the most cost efficient way, they need to find the best and most appropriate candidates to move through the recruitment process. By Google increasing work force significantly by 25%, Google has to take care of every employee, including the old experience one, to make sure all employees are satisfied about their job and their importance to the company, and give out the best
The world Internet’s most profitable company, Google Inc. is planning to hire more than 6,200 workers in this year, about one-fourth of its total work force and it is going to be the largest expansion of work force that Google has ever made. This decision was made because Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to bolster the economy of the U.S by fulfilling the concern of the need for more jobs in the President’s State of the Union address.
While creating more employment opportunities, some concern about the Human Resource issues were involved. Google’s plan of hiring more than 6000 employees will cost Google more; this includes new employees’ wages, the recruitment cost, and the costs of training for the new employees to adapt to Google’s working environment. Secondary, when work force is increased by 25%, this raises the question if the additional employees will actually increase the productivity of Google as a whole. This concern questions if the additional employees will worth the costs and the outcome of the performance quality of employees. Also, when it comes to the hiring process, can Google hold a standardized screening and selection process put in place in order to allow a fair and effective process? Last but not least, there are concerns about the workplace environment on how they will incorporate these new members into its existing environment and question that whether Google will be able to maintain and extend its current environment into the new offices.
For recommendation, if Google is planning on recruiting and training over 6000 new employees and needs to do this the most cost efficient way, they need to find the best and most appropriate candidates to move through the recruitment process. By Google increasing work force significantly by 25%, Google has to take care of every employee, including the old experience one, to make sure all employees are satisfied about their job and their importance to the company, and give out the best