Case Study Analysis

EDU/215

January 23, 2012

Kimberly Holloway

Carl Robins, newly employed with ABC, Inc. is a recruiter for the company. He has recruited new employes and has high hopes of getting them started in work as soon as possible. Carl will soon learn that he has a long road to travel, and more on the job training to complete himself before accomplishing his goals.

Carl Robins has recruited 15 new trainees. The trainees are to work for Monica Carrolls, the operations supervisor. Carl recruited these trainees in April. Monica has contacted Carl two months prior to a July start and Carl has assured Monica that the new recruits will be able to start work when anticipated.

The key problems with Carl's plan are one, Carl failed to see that the new trainees files were completed updated and complete. Carl did not notice that this was not accomplished until 2 weeks after the original call from the Operations Supervisor, more than a month after Carl recruited the trainees. Another key problem are the incomplete orientation manuals, and the fact that there are only three of them. The last key problem is that although Carl scheduled orientation, he did not follow the proper procedures of setting up the class and then reserving the training room, by use of the training log.

In all Carl could have kept his promise to the Operations Supervisor, and made his life easier by using some alternative methods in his recruitment of the new trainees. Carl's main difficulty was time management. If he had ensured that applications were complete and transcripts were in order at the initial time of recruitment then the promise of the new trainees starting in July may have been achievable in the time frame promised. Carl delayed in verifying that all the necessary steps were being taken. Another alternative might have