Case Study #10 - Recruiting When qualified candidates are se recruiting becomes competitive particularly when companies go after the same candidate. This often happens when arding for professionals Company is highly competitive market that requires who are highly skilled and have unique KSAOs for the position where they are employed Company has had a difficult time finding qualified candidates. Their sach has been local and here te pand there wach because of the high cost asociated with recruiting and the limited success they ve had with this approach. Company has been fortunate to find a few ideal candidates the local market After interviewing three short sted candidates are the company made an etter to one and advised the other two candidates that they were all the successful candidate was given one week to consider the other. The candidatered for a week's extension to consider the offer. The candidates for a week's nice to come the offer but was pated only an additional three days. At the end of the time period the candidate werblyed the other and was a contract to sign. Rather than returning the signed contract, the candidated Company that he had accepted a position at Conwy Y. He had fived the offer there cepting the first position at Company. The second company new that the candidata werbally accepted Company offer Before accepting Company offer the candidate had comedia respected mentor who ved him to ignore his verbal commitment to company many offer. There were no substantial differences in the salaries being offered by each company or in the work that each would expect the candidate to perform. The candidate simply saw Como as the more prestigious of the two employers. Company is both frustrated and disappointed by what are this candidate and want to prevent this situation from happening again in the future. Company has hired your team to investigate and address the following issues 1. Did the candidate act in an appropriate mannet? er hyret? 2. What should the candidate have done? 3. Is what happened to us legal? . Are there any laws that protect us from this type of stution! What could we have legally done in this to andate? Doel verbal acceptance constitute binding Should we take legal action against this candidater why not Should we toleration is company wheret? What would you have done if you had been in the candidate's position 5. Did Company Yact ethically, knowing that the candidate had meeged another affer? 6 How can situation like this be avoided? What could we have done to maintain this candidater le candidate's interest is the position were offering to the & When the candidate asked for a week's extension should we have permitted the extension . We gave this candidate one week to consider the Was this sufficient time? What about the additional 3 day we gave the candidate is the right thing to do? Why or why? forever, but highly qualified candidates are so ficat fed What do we do in the future? 9. During our conversation with the candidate after he dedined our offer is en was that this candidate simply Company as the more precious of the player How can we change a candidate's perception of our organization? Provide us with as many ways you can on how we make our organisation more attractive to po candidates 10. What about the candidates we declined? . Do we go back to them and make one of the most Does it make sense to do this? What impression will they have of our in deined them as candidate, and now we appear to have changed our mind and decided to make them an offer? How will this make them feel about the other and son What risk do we have by doing this Will this affect the loyalty to our con Case Study #10 - Recruiting When qualified candidates are se recruiting becomes competitive particularly when companies go after the same candidate. This often happens when arding for professionals Company is highly competitive market that requires who are highly skilled and have unique KSAOs for the position where they are employed Company has had a difficult time finding qualified candidates. Their sach has been local and here te pand there wach because of the high cost asociated with recruiting and the limited success they ve had with this approach. Company has been fortunate to find a few ideal candidates the local market After interviewing three short sted candidates are the company made an etter to one and advised the other two candidates that they were all the successful candidate was given one week to consider the other. The candidatered for a week's extension to consider the offer. The candidates for a week's nice to come the offer but was pated only an additional three days. At the end of the time period the candidate werblyed the other and was a contract to sign. Rather than returning the signed contract, the candidated Company that he had accepted a position at Conwy Y. He had fived the offer there cepting the first position at Company. The second company new that the candidata werbally accepted Company offer Before accepting Company offer the candidate had comedia respected mentor who ved him to ignore his verbal commitment to company many offer. There were no substantial differences in the salaries being offered by each company or in the work that each would expect the candidate to perform. The candidate simply saw Como as the more prestigious of the two employers. Company is both frustrated and disappointed by what are this candidate and want to prevent this situation from happening again in the future. Company has hired your team to investigate and address the following issues 1. Did the candidate act in an appropriate mannet? er hyret? 2. What should the candidate have done? 3. Is what happened to us legal? . Are there any laws that protect us from this type of stution! What could we have legally done in this to andate? Doel verbal acceptance constitute binding Should we take legal action against this candidater why not Should we toleration is company wheret? What would you have done if you had been in the candidate's position 5. Did Company Yact ethically, knowing that the candidate had meeged another affer? 6 How can situation like this be avoided? What could we have done to maintain this candidater le candidate's interest is the position were offering to the & When the candidate asked for a week's extension should we have permitted the extension . We gave this candidate one week to consider the Was this sufficient time? What about the additional 3 day we gave the candidate is the right thing to do? Why or why? forever, but highly qualified candidates are so ficat fed What do we do in the future? 9. During our conversation with the candidate after he dedined our offer is en was that this candidate simply Company as the more precious of the player How can we change a candidate's perception of our organization? Provide us with as many ways you can on how we make our organisation more attractive to po candidates 10. What about the candidates we declined? . Do we go back to them and make one of the most Does it make sense to do this? What impression will they have of our in deined them as candidate, and now we appear to have changed our mind and decided to make them an offer? How will this make them feel about the other and son What risk do we have by doing this Will this affect the loyalty to our con