Case Study - L-D Tool & Die

The recruitment and selection process can affect the efficiency and effectiveness of any organisation so it is crucial that the right person is employed for the job. The selection process also involves the image as an employer and its ability to attract quality staff. When an individual is applying for a job, he/she will need to undergo some steps.

The recruitment and selection process have different stage that all have to be to follow, to select the right candidates for the job vacancies.

(Huffcutt et al. 2001) reported that criterion-related validities for interview are more reliable in recruiting and selection of a personnel. The interaction between the interviewer and interviewee are deems important to set up the reliability, validity, fairness, and utility of the recruitment selection process. Apart to that, based on Johnson Company requirement, the candidate should be able to perform market survey and deal with customer relation activities. From the facts, there is concern from that individual customers are drastically declining. The candidate must be able to do an analytical structure and initiative of follow up to tackle the issue. The candidate require to attend client feedback and gather teamwork solutions as well. The role also should cover tasks to conclude and manage to communicate the outcomes. It is essential for the candidate to have a proven organizational skills. The capability skills of problem solving and interpersonal skills are very crucial. This is because the main aspects for the position is able to communicate with customer and warehouse team to deliver some the products to the clients. The excellent communications and listening skills will be the advantage for the candidate. Through interview process, the interviewer must take consideration of the candidate willingness to travel and work on hectic period during the holiday season. The candidate have to be flexible and

Founded in 1975, Custom Molds Inc. is the producer and supplier of bespoke molds and plastic connectors to the electronics industry. Building on its reputation, the company expanded in-house operations in the 1980s to include the limited production of plastic parts geared towards R&D based initiatives. During the early 1990s, the company realized that the shifting structure and market environment of the electronics industry was starting to impinge on the company’s manufacturing processes. This created a host of issues.

According to Wright et al (2011) recruitment and selection are part of the human resource practices common within organizations in an effort to develop human capital, which is necessary for better production. Numerous scholars have discussed the issue in different contexts. Pramila (2010) discussed the issue of recruitment and selection in an Indian- based company. The article presents effective recruitment practices, which are valuable for organizations. Among the identified practices include internal recruitment, interviews, personality tests, employer references, succession planning, and newspaper recruitment. According to Najafi (2011) the most important aim is to achieve an improvement in their recruitment and selection. With information provided in this article, the researcher is able to advance a thorough understanding of the different issues on improving recruitment and selection processes within organizations.

Product development: Using the plastic moulding skills, it can develop new or improved products that will appeal to the customers (for example, improved skylights to reduce heat loss).

* Employing third party for rolling out the new technologies (once they are successfully implemented at a particular location) would reduce the pressure on the IT structure and the central IT team. This would allow them to focus more on the projects which may provide breakthrough for the

Custom Molds Inc., manufactures custom designed molds for plastic parts and produces custom made plastic connectors for the electronics industry. Established in 1987, the primary focus was to provide manufacturers or electronic connectors a source of high-quality custom-designed molds for producing plastic parts. After building a strong brand reputation through the designing and fabrication of precision molds, Custom Mold’s expanded into the limited manufacture of plastic parts. The operations at Custom Mold’s include a process for fabricating molds and a second process for producing plastic parts.

Many different avenues exist that can be utilized in the recruitment process. While traditional methods of recruitment such as newspaper advertisements employee referral programs are still be used, many companies, including Fortune 500 companies, are moving towards more technologically advanced avenues such as career opportunity pages on the company website, online job boards, social media, etc. The way an organization presents itself using any of these avenues is essential to the recruitment process as it is the only opportunity for the organization to attract

Internal recruitment can be done relatively cheaply and quickly; the vacancy can be advertised through staff notice boards, company intranet or company-wide emails.

Recruitment and selection process held an important role for building a strong sales force performance. This process requires the company to invest through human capital as an important resource. The objective of this process is searching for qualified candidates to fulfil the right positions and hopes that they can make long-run returns for the company. Even though there is no right or wrong way how the company chooses the right candidates for certain positions, every single step in recruiting and selecting candidates should be taken carefully in order to get the right person in the right position.

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In order to solve any problem, it is first necessary to formulate a solution to that problem. The Recruitment project is a multi-solution approach to the problem of using technology in the recruiting process. The solution of updating the corporate website will be handled by the Information Technology manager and Intern. The solution of finding the right job boards to advertise and manage employee data on will be handled by a Human Resource manager and Intern. This solution will address the issues of marketing, finance and accounting, management leadership roles and scope, legal issues and concerns,

In addition, the employment process requires effective communication in terms of the messages to post via advertisements. This is because potential candidates will be attracted by the content of the messages displayed through the adverts. In light of the current technological advancements such as the Internet and social networks, human resource managers would want to utilize such channels to reach many potential candidates across the globe (Lugonja, 2011: 2). This calls for flexibility and willingness to invest in technology where adequate efforts have not been made. However, a multidimensional approach would work better since not all people can access the Internet. In a nutshell, the process of selection and recruitment involves looking for and motivating prospective employees to apply for available job posts. Being a negative process, selection entails scrutinizing the qualifications of candidates that have applied in order to choose only the best applicants for various jobs (Sharma, Khurana, & Khurana, 2009: 17).

Even though they were growing fast, they faced few problems which include staffing and decrease in sales. Staffing has become a major issue in the company, since there were locations that have buildings but no employees. This problem in hiring the right employees that meets criteria of the