Q1. Suppose you are a manager who has just accepted the resignation of a crucial employee. After you send your request for a replacement to the human resource department, how could you help the recruiter to do more effective job?
Q2. If at your company the regular university recruiter became ill and you were assigned to recruit at six universities in two weeks, what information would you need before leaving on the trip?
Q3. In small businesses, managers usually handle their own recruiting. What methods would you use in the following situations? Why?
a. The regular janitor is going on vacation for three weeks.
b. Your office assistant, who manages all appointments and handles all filing in your office, has the flu and won't be in the office for two days.
c. Two more salespeople are needed: one for local customers and one to open a sales office in Victoria, British Columbia.
d. Your only chemist is retiring and must be replaced with a highly skilled person.
e. Your only computer programmer/analyst plans to go on a three-week leave to India to visit his sick mother next week. If his mother's health turns for the worse, he may be delayed by another week or two.