An organization might 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 for a number of reasons. First, they might be recruiting employees to fill positions that do not require much skill. For example, if they are hiring for a job that is mindless and tedious work it does not matter to spend a lot of budget on hiring top talent. Another reason is if the organization is tailored towards the marketing industry. Thus, they will recruit and retain top talent just because they have the best ads and employees will see that. Product design is also similar to this, because if they are in that industry and allocate resources towards product design they will still recruit employees. One last reason that I want to bring up is if they do not need a large number of employees. What I mean by this, is if it is a smaller organization that only consists of ten or less employees, then they do not need to allocate a bunch of resources towards recruitment and selection.
A weakness of an organization’s decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection, would be the poor performance and productivity. This can harm the company in more ways than some may expect. Choosing the right person to hire is more than just picking someone for the job, but instead an organization needs to collectively figure out their needs and values. Hiring the wrong people will affect employees both in their professional lives and in their personal lives. Some strengths of an organization’s decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection, would be to save money that can be allocated elsewhere. They also need to remember to make enough profit to pay those top talented employees they recruited.
