Internal vs External Hiring Case Scenario:

You are the manager for Franklin Youth Detention Center in Franklin City, Franklin. Recently two detention supervisor positions became available and you are making the final decision on four candidates who made the final cut. You must choose two of the four candidates. The problem is that there is a conflict between those on the interview panel about who should be hired.

Supervisors Carl Nugenhoffer and Betty Rubble both feel that it is best to promote from within. Note, they are connected with the union and they tend to value promotion from within but also based in years of service.

Supervisors Peter Gates and Rhonda Parsley beleive that the most important aspect is to hire the most qualfiied persons. Although they understand that seniority$,$ the union and internal experience is important, the detention center should not rule out external talent that could support the wayward youth that they serve.

Candidate #$1$: Carl O'Grady

O'Grady is interested in relocating to Franklin City, Franklin from Lemoyne, Pa$.$ He has over $15$ years of experience as a supervisor and he specailizes in behaviora health, substance abuse counseling and he has a bachelors degree in criminal justice. Note, a degree is not required for this position. His performance reviews from his current employer "exceeds expectations" and he has received an award from Governor Spendalot in his state for his heroic efforts to de$-$escalate a riot in the detention center.

Candidate #$2$: Sheila Hovenhoffer

Hovenhoffer has been in her role with the Franlkin youth detention center for $15$ years and she applied to be a supervisor. Hovernhoffer has a great rapport with the kids and often provides a "motherly" approach to de$-$escalating behaviors; which is very successful when addressing youth behaviors in the detention facility. She has an assocaiates degree in community counseling with a minor in art therapy. Her performance exceeds expectations consistently and she regularly receives "kudos" for her exemplary efforts from upper management.

Candidate #$3$: Kellie Cambridge$-$Harvard

Cambridge$-$Harvard is a post$-$doctorate from Harvard and has conducted extensive research on the holistic social adaptability model as a means to fulfill the requirements for her PhD in Psychology. She has not applied experience working directly with kids in a detention center but her model has proven to be very effective for reducing returns to detention and her therapueutic mileu has proven to help the wayward youth to resolve conflicts in a much more prosocial manner.

Candidate #$4$: Fred Cucammonga

Cucamonga has been working at the detention center for $10$ years and his performance has exceeded expectations consistently. He is very good at following policies and procedures and even created a small non$-$profit known as "Bikers for kids in jail"; the scope of the nonprofit is to link kids in detention to mentors out in the community to help them stay in school and stay on a positive track.

Please make a recommendation for hiring two out of four candidates based on the following parameters:

Write one paragraph for each candidate to justify why you made a decision to hire them for this position.

Write one paragraph for each candidate to justify why you decided not to hire them for this position.

Specifically, what factors drove this decision based on the knowledge, skills and abilities of these candidates?

Finally, briefly summarize how much weight you have placed on internal versus external experience.