Recruit Select and Per Plan Class:
Case Study
Swet Tooth Inc. is experiencing growing demand for its new line of candy and needs to add a new production line of 50 workers. You are the company's newly hired vice president of human resources. Your first task is to develop a staffing plan for this new production line. The company's historical staffing yields for its production line positions are as follows:
20 percent of applicants are invited for interviews.
80 percent of interviews invitations are accepted.
15 percent of the people interviewed are extended job offers.
50 percent of the people receiving job offers accept them.
The company's average recruited can process 100 recruits furing a recruiting drive.
The company's staffing timeline the last time it hired production line employees it given in Figure 5-8.
Figure 5-8 Sweet Tooth INc's Staffing Timeline
Applicantion>>> Interview Assessment >>> Job Offer Extended >>> Job Offer Accepted >>>> Begin Prejob Training
14 days + 7 Days + 7 Days + 14 days
Questions:
1. How many people should Sweet Tooth recruit for its 50 new assembly-line jobs?
2. Using workload-driven forecasting, how many recruiters are needed for the staffing effort?
3. How long will it take to staff the new production line?