Week 1 – Blog Post: The Case for Recruitment & Selection 

1. Why might organizations decide to allocate more resources toward marketing or product design rather than using those same resources to do a really good job in employee recruitment and selection?

There are a multitude of reasons why a company might allocate more resources toward marketing or product design rather than recruitment. As for marketing within a company it is important that they stay focused on making sure their company attracts new customers as well as retaining existing ones. Marketing is a good way to do this because they will be able to show what they are capable of for their customers. As for product design this is also a huge part of a company. The company wants to make sure they are solving customer problems and even try to find new ways of entering a certain market while still being successful. A lot of companies may see employee recruitment as something that is not as important if they are not successful in other ways. If there is no money coming in then it could be seen as they won’t need to spend the extra money on employee recruitment.

2. What are the potential strengths and weaknesses of an organization’s decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection in favor of a focus on other aspects of the business?

One potential strength in not prioritizing recruitment is that they will have money for things such as marketing and product design, for example. It will help to make sure they have the room and money to continue to grow and maximize the efforts for growing a company. This will be especially useful when trying to maximize profit and help in the long run. One potential weakness would be that they will not have employees that are good. Whether that be they are not actually skilled enough in the position or they end up having to go through the hiring/training process more frequently due to the person quitting or being fired. It will end up being a waste of money because there is no initiative to find a good employee.