Project - Staffing Organizations
Sonora Mosley
Columbia Southern University
Joyous Beverage Company
Introduction
Joyous Beverage Company is looking for a sales person to help the company meet its goals.
Mission
Vision
The Joyous Beverage Company is a non-alcoholic beverage firm that is determined in being a global leader and in doing so, they require a qualified salesperson that is technological-oriented and ready to leverage the social media as a platform to reach to more customers in different geographical locations. Joyous mission is to offer quality beverage that satisfy our consumers, and the vision is to become a global non-alcoholic beverage market leader, managing innovation and best employee management.
Job Posting
Joyous Beverage Company is seeking a motivated online sales person in technological-based working environment. The ideal candidate for the job will have good interpersonal skills and work as part of a team.
Joyous Company is the best innovative beverage firm that has ventured in online platforms to reach for more consumers.
The job posting is the best thing for the Joyous firm to attract the best candidates. Joyous Beverage Company is seeking a motivated online sales person in technological-based working environment. The ideal candidate for the job will have good interpersonal skills and work as part of a team. Joyous Company is the best innovative beverage firm that has ventured in online platforms to reach for more consumers.
External Recruitment Methods (Recruitment Agencies)
Recruitment agencies
Talent driven
Time efficient
Some challenges
Recruitment agencies is one of the external recruitment method and is considered good in identifying talent (Phillpott, 2019). The agency is excellent in delivering talent because their focus is to offer suitable candidates. The method is less time-consuming because they take charge of the hiring process. The challenge of the method is that it may fail to consider some requirements during hiring of the employees.
Social Media
Social media method
Knowledgable sales person
The social media method is the most effective because Joyous is looking for a sales person that is familiar with the online and social media platforms because the company is seeking to go digital with its operations. Social media platforms one of the best sourcing method for the salesperson position. The specific platform that will be best for the salesperson position is the LinkedIn which is a professional social media channel that connects with professionals (Phillpott, 2019).
Job Fairs
Job fairs
The advantage of the method is that the HR manager meets with the candidates in person rather than reading their CV (Phillpott, 2019).
The importance of communication
Job fair is an external technique that is appropriate when the HR manager is interested in knowing a candidate in person. Job fairs is a method that help the HR managers to gain the access to a large number of candidates mostly the graduates. The importance of in-person communication and the candidates use of body language is a great way in showing their first impression before hiring them.
Job Boards
Wider market
Speed-up the hiring process by simplifying the application process.
Millennials
Job boards is the best professional online platform that might work complimentary with the social media platform in reaching to the diverse candidates and innovative ones from all over the globe. Job boards is considered a popular technique of the external recruitment because the human resource manager can hire from a wider market. Millennials tend to use the job boards as the main job searches platform and organization should consider using the method when looking for talents (Phillpott, 2019). Recently, job boards are considered the best because it also have the CV database that helps in filtering through candidates profiles based on the chosen criteria.
Internal Recruitment
The internal recruitment methods
Transfer method
Employee referral
The internal recruitment methods include promotions, transfers and employee referral scheme. Transfer method is about knowing the employee contribution in a different department and the experience is needed in the salesperson position (Havock, 2021). Employee referral is also an effective method of getting the best candidate for the salesperson position because the employees understand their performance and discipline. An internal referral from someone who is already within the organization could save time in having to use job boards and social media sites to sort through potential hires.
Promotion
Promotion
Offers candidate that understand the company culture
Minimal training
Promotion is an internal recruitment method that is employed in the workplace and Joyous may use in getting a salesperson. The promotion of employee for the salesperson position is an effective method that offers candidate that understand the company culture ( Phillips, 2019). The method is cheaper is hiring an employee because minimal training is required because the candidate already understands the basics. Also, giving a raise is more cost effective than paying a whole new salary to a new employee. The disadvantage is that there is no new skills or innovation that the company can get through promotion.
Recruitment Strategy
The recruitment strategy
External and internal sourcing
The strategy ensures that best candidates are available
The best recruitment strategy that would will work for salesperson for the Joyous Beverage Company is the job boards and social media platforms that would work complimentarily. The recruitment strategy is effective because it reaches to multiple candidates in the salesperson workforce pool and enable Joyous Beverage Company to hire the best qualified candidate. The external and internal sourcing of candidates for the job ensure that the best talent in the workforce pool after conducting the initial filtering (Phillips, 2019). The strategy ensures that best candidates are available for an interview to choose the top best out of the talent pool.
Conclusion
Joyous is likely to get the best candidate for the salesperson position when the named methods are employed.
The job board and the social media platform ensure that talented candidates that are innovative and creative from a global market.
There is a need to consider diverse methods to ensure the best candidates for the position have the best talent.
References
Havock, I. (2021). Internal Recruitment. Brighthr.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021, from https://www.brighthr.com/articles/hiring/recruitment/internal-recruitment-methods /.
Phillpott, S. (2019). 6 External Recruitment Methods and Their Pros and Cons. Careeraddict.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021, from https://www.careeraddict.com/external-recruitment-methods.
Phillips, J. (2019). STRATEGIC STAFFING, fourth edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781948426404/