Amazon as the organization
Formal Essay 20%
Situation: Your boss pulled you to the side and told you of his decision to increase the number of employees working for the office and to motivate the new employees as well as current employees to the point where they will remain with the company ad infinitum. You were named recruitment and retention specialist and told to hire and keep the best workers consistent with availability, market conditions, and law. In your quest to hire the right people, you were confronted with these questions!
• What methods of recruiting are used (e.g., media advertisements, e-recruiting, employment agencies, college interns, employee leasing, contract employees, temporary employees, part time employees, or tenured employees)?
• What knowledge, skills, and abilities are required in the employees you select?
• What level of education, prior work experience, past performance is essential?
• How diverse is the geographical area and how diverse should the workforce be?
• What EEO and affirmative action considerations are relevant?
• Are employees with disabilities sought & what reasonable accommodations considered?
• How do you decide whom to select (electronic, one-on-one, group interview)?
• Once you hire the “right” people, how do you “keep” them? Consider this!
• Companies need to pay competitive wages;
• Some companies offer commissions and/or bonuses using a pay for performance process with salaries and bonuses linked to productivity;
• Other companies offer profit sharing, IRAs, profit sharing, vacations, stock options, and even repayment of the worker’s school loans or his/her child’s school loans.
• Beyond financial rewards, some employers offer non-monetary incentives such as “Employee of the Month,” certificates, flexible work hours, telecommuting, elder care, child care, health care, training opportunities, job sharing, and job swapping.
There is no single formula to retain quality staff. Retention incentives are defined by the composition of the workforce. To illustrate, Facebook staff may be young, active, mobile, competitive newcomers with outstanding school loans & vacations as their focus. Wal-Mart staff may be a more conservative, laid back, and older lot more interested in part-time schedules and flexible work hours.
Briefly describe the organization and the composition of the workforce in order to answer the questions.
Project: Paper Requirement – Write a 10 page paper on the plan you’ll submit to hire & retain consistent with the above factors. Make it double spaced, size 12 font, and normal margins. The title and citation pages are in addition to the 10 pages. Be creative & innovative in recommending hiring and motivational options to your boss. You must use scholarly sources.
