Week 1b:
- Organizations often prioritize marketing and product design over recruitment and selection because effective marketing can directly drive sales, while innovative products can establish a strong market position, contributing to long-term growth. Companies may also leverage their brand recognition to attract talent, reducing the immediate need for extensive recruitment efforts. The ROI from marketing and product design is more easily measurable, while recruitment is seen as a longer-term investment. In competitive industries, staying ahead in product innovation and market positioning is crucial, leading to resource allocation in those areas. High investment into recruitment and selection may lead to failure of the position (i.e search cost, lost productivity, and wasted salary dollars).
- The potential strengths of an organization’s decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection in favor of a focus on other aspects of the business are: strong market presence or innovative product (investment in R&D), have measurable results (i.e. sales) and increase competitiveness. The potential weaknesses of an organization’s decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection in favor of a focus on other aspects of the business are: talent gap and skill shortages, decreased long-term sustainability and difficulty adapting to change with less younger hires being targeted.
One reply on “The Case for Recruitment & Selection”
Hi Jenny! Great points! I also mentioned that organizations that prioritize marketing and product design over recruitment and selection focus on the sales and the profit they can make. This also touches on the argument made in the lecture that we answered! I noted that the direct sales can bring profit, but I do not believe it will be long-term. Doing so can help the company make unique and individualized products or marketing strategies that are unique to them. I appreciate your weakness, you recognize how important recruitment and selection are to an organization! Not prioritizing recruitment and selection can lead to issues like gaps within the company and the organization not being able to reach its organizational goals because employees were not properly selected for the position. Overall, great work, and thanks for sharing!