Assignment #$2$: Recruiting for Temporary Positions

Value: $15\%,30$ points

Prerequisites:

To complete the Assignment successfully, the students are to:

Read the Article $$How to Higher Temporary Workers$($find attached$)$

Complete the LinkedIn Learning Course $$Working as a Contract or Temporary or Employee$$ by Barbara Bruno $($LinkedIn file link attached$)$

Study the Case on $$Recruiting for Temporary Positions$$ and analyze $5$ presented methods of recruitment.

Write a Recruitment Report using the template attached $(5$ sections$).$

Case: Recruiting for Temporary Positions:

Your company has been instructed by a customer $($or client$)$ to augment your product $($or service$)$ for the next quarter$$s production. No additional units are to be produced but you need to do the work to their specific instructions. This will require the addition of $50$ part$-$time employees for only one quarter. The cost will not be charged against your budget but against the operations department budget. Your only responsibility is to recommend which method to use to fulfill this temporary need. Select your response from the methods listed below:

Allow current employees to be recruited.

Employ homeless workers for the task.

Ask for volunteers from current employees to work overtime.

Use workers from a temporary services company.

Lease employees from an employee leasing company.

Case Details:

Post the jobs and allow current employees to recruit for these temporary positions.

Advantage: Low Cost; Opportunity to observe temporary employees for hiring for permanent jobs later. Disadvantage: New workers may perceive $($or hope$)$ these may be ongoing jobs and be very disappointed when they end.

Employ a local social service agency that locates temporary jobs for the homeless.

Advantage: Indicates good social responsibility; lower cost; could be very helpful in the firm$$s community image Disadvantage: The quality of work is unknown; candidates may not have worked for some time.

Ask for volunteers from current employees to work overtime.

Advantage: Keeps the work for current employees who may want added income Disadvantage: If more than $50$ workers sign up there will be hard feelings toward the firm by those employees not selected.

Obtain temporary workers from a Temporary Services Company

Advantage: Immediately available personnel who can be put to work quickly

Disadvantage: Higher cost

Lease employees from an employee leasing company

Advantage: The leasing company is responsible for all HR functions; highly motivated and talented employees may be kept on after the temporary job ends by continuing to lease them from the leasing firm.

Disadvantage: Higher cost

$3.$ Recruitment$\_$Report$\_$Template.docxDownload $3.$ Recruitment$\_$Report$\_$Template.docx

$4.$ Article, How to Hire Temporary Workers.docxDownload $4.$ Article, How to Hire Temporary Workers.docx

Working as a Contract or Temporary Employee $($linkedin$.$com$)$Links to an external site.

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