Case Study #20 - Recruiting When qualified candidates are scarce recruiting becomes tremely competitive particularly when companies go after the same cansate. This often happens when warding 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 qualitied candidatert. Their warch has been local and they are bestante expand there wach because of the high cost associated with recruiting and the inte success they ve had with this approach Company has been fortunate to find a few candidates the local market After interviewing three shon-ded candidates and tech company. Company X made an offer to one and advised the other two candidates that they were all the success candidate was given one week to consider the other. The candidate and for a week's extension to consider the offer. The candidated for a wesente consider the offer but was pated only an additional three days At the end of the time period the candidate wertyd heter and was a contract to sign. Rather than returning the signed contract, the candidated Company that he had accepted a position at Conwy. He had received the offer they accepting the first position at Company. The second company new that the candidatera eta egited Company offer Before accepting Company V's after the candidate had comedia respected mentor who advised him to ignore his verbal commitment to Company Comey 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 Company as the more prestigion of the two employers Company is both frustrated and disappointed by whated with 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 at in an appropriate manner? Why wyret? 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 station . What could we have legally done in this station with the candidate? Does awerbal acceptance constitute indicate Should we take legal action against this candidater why not Should we take legal action against Company Why not? What would you have done if you had been in the candidate's post 5. Dis Company Yact ethically, knowing that the candidate had accepted another affer? 6. How can situations like this be avoided? 7. What could we have done to maintain this candidater candidate's interest in the position we are 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 Washis sufficient time? What about the additional day we get this candidate was this the right thing to do? Why or why not? Should we consider permitting candidates to Altera, we can't wait forever, but highly qualified candidates are so catto find. What do we do in the future? 9. During our conversation with the candidate after he dedine or offer his was that this candidate simply saw Company as the more proud of the employer How can we change a candidate's perception of our organization? Provide us with as many ways you can show we make our organization more attractive to potential candidates! 10. What about the candidates we decine? Do we go back to them and make one of them Does make sense to do this! What Impression of they have our pansCan incredined them and 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 What risk do we have by doing this with affect the loyalty to our organi