Sweet Tooth Inc. Case Study

Sweet Tooth Inc., a candy company, is facing increased demand for its new line of candy products and

plans to add a new production line with $50$ workers. As the newly appointed Vice President of Human

Resources, your initial task is to create a staffing plan for this new production line. The company's

historical staffing data for production line positions is as follows:

Out of all applicants, $20$ percent are selected for interviews.

Among those selected for interviews, $80$ percent accept the invitation.

Following the interviews, $15$ percent of the candidates receive job offers.

Out of the candidates receiving job offers, $50$ percent accept the offers.

On average, the company's recruiters can process $100$ recruits during a single recruiting drive.

H$1304/$ Staffing

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The staffing timeline of the company during its previous hiring of production line employees can

be found below:

INSTRUCTIONS

Questions:

$1.$ Determine the number of individuals Sweet Tooth should recruit for the $50$ new assembly$-$line

jobs.

$2.$ Using workload$-$driven forecasting, calculate the number of recruiters needed for the staffing

effort.

$3.$ Estimate the time required to fully staff the new production line based on historical data and the

recruiter's capacity.