Tanglewood Case #3

Tanglewood Stores Case #3-Questions 2-4/Doug Brandenburg 2)Describe the best targets for your recruiting efforts. There are three targets that should be utilized in hiring for the store level associate position. The first one is print media. Through advertising in local papers, we could reach a large number of individuals at a low cost.

This would be an example of open recruiting. Secondly, we should use kiosks. This would be a smart way that people that come to the store could easily apply for a position at the store level.

This also would be an example of open recruiting. The last would be that of the internet via Tanglewood’s website. People could easily visit the website and apply for jobs that interest them.

This also is an example of open recruiting. 3)For each division use the data tables provided to estimate how each method fares in terms of yields and costs. -Western Washington Region: In the Western Washington Region, 14. 5% of applicants via media were hired at an average cost of $5,936. 00. 30.

% of applicants via referrals were hired at an average cost of $3,305. 00 per hire. 22 % of applicants via the kiosk were hired at a rate of $4,393. 00 per hire. Without question in the Western Washington Region, The most cost effective way to hire was via referrals. -Eastern Washington Region: In the Eastern Washington Region, 14% of applicants via media were hired at an average cost per hire of $3,369.

00. 26% of applicants via referrals were hired at an average cost per hire of $3,339. 00.

Kiosk applicants were hired at the rate of 16. 2% at an average cost per hire of $5,566.

00. Most hires were via the referral process while the average cost per hire was basically equal between media and referral. -Northern Oregon: -14. 2% of applicants via media were hired at an average cost of $3,895. 00 per hire.

16. 4% of applicants via the kiosk were hired at an average hire cost of $4,190. 00. And 32. 5% of applicants were hire via an agency at an average cost of $4,738.

00 per hire. A large hire percentage came from he agency while media was the most cost effective. -Southern Oregon Region; 31. 7% of applicants were hired via referrals at an average of $4,169. 00 per hire. 12.

6% of applicants via kiosk were hired at an average rate of $5,961. 00 per hire. 34. 1% of agency applicants were hired at an average cost of $4,686 per hire. The agency had the best hire percentage while referrals was the most cost effective approach.

4)The Northern Oregon Region has suggested that the other regions use only kiosks and staffing agencies, do they have a point?

What would the effect of other regions increasing their use of external hiring be? The Northern Oregon Region has a very successful hire rate using a staffing agency though their cost per hire using this method is their highest recruiting method at over $4700 per hire. In contrast, The Western Washington Region,Eastern Washington Region and the Southern Oregon Region all have their best hire per applicant ratio using referrals and they all are able to do it at a lower cost than the Northern Oregon Region does using the kiosk and staffing agency methods.