Jennifer Gaston Case
Human Resource Management
Case Study Report: “Jennifer Gaston”
1. Evaluate Gaston’s hiring of Olivia DeCarlo as Aquamarine’s COO and President. How, if at all, might the process have been improved?
Before elaborating on the hiring process of the new president and COO Olivia DeCarlo some theoretical aspects concerning the right hiring process have to be clarified.
In order to ensure the hiring of the most suitable candidate the right recruitment and selection process is absolutely necessary as it controls the entry of new employees into the organization. Recruitment means attracting potential candidates to apply to fill vacancies. Selection is the next step after the recruitment phase where potential candidates are selected out of a pool of candidates who were attracted to apply and afterwards the best candidates are selected and offered a job. There are three critical aspects a firm needs to fulfill before attracting suitable candidates. The firm needs to clearly define the employment need and then designing accordingly the job and candidate profiles with all the requirements a candidate has to fulfill and tasks and responsibilities he/she can expect from the position. Only by a clear definition of job and candidate profiles the correct matching of vacancy characteristics with applicant characteristics can be secured. After the job and candidate profiles are clearly defined and suitable candidates attracted firms should follow several sequences of selection processes. Behind these sequences firms have to choose and use the most appropriate selection methods, making selection decisions, and in the end validating the results and decision made. Most common selection methods are CV and application form screening normally used in the first selection stages to gain a quick, initial overview of the candidates. Additionally, references can provide a good background check of candidates. Interviews are the most frequently
Case Study Report: “Jennifer Gaston”
1. Evaluate Gaston’s hiring of Olivia DeCarlo as Aquamarine’s COO and President. How, if at all, might the process have been improved?
Before elaborating on the hiring process of the new president and COO Olivia DeCarlo some theoretical aspects concerning the right hiring process have to be clarified.
In order to ensure the hiring of the most suitable candidate the right recruitment and selection process is absolutely necessary as it controls the entry of new employees into the organization. Recruitment means attracting potential candidates to apply to fill vacancies. Selection is the next step after the recruitment phase where potential candidates are selected out of a pool of candidates who were attracted to apply and afterwards the best candidates are selected and offered a job. There are three critical aspects a firm needs to fulfill before attracting suitable candidates. The firm needs to clearly define the employment need and then designing accordingly the job and candidate profiles with all the requirements a candidate has to fulfill and tasks and responsibilities he/she can expect from the position. Only by a clear definition of job and candidate profiles the correct matching of vacancy characteristics with applicant characteristics can be secured. After the job and candidate profiles are clearly defined and suitable candidates attracted firms should follow several sequences of selection processes. Behind these sequences firms have to choose and use the most appropriate selection methods, making selection decisions, and in the end validating the results and decision made. Most common selection methods are CV and application form screening normally used in the first selection stages to gain a quick, initial overview of the candidates. Additionally, references can provide a good background check of candidates. Interviews are the most frequently