RECRUITING AT

JULIA RICHTER’S

“DRESSED FOR SUCCESS”

Sidra Malik Faryal Zaidi

Rida Sheikh Misbah Siddiqui

CASE SCENERIO

• Dressed For Success is a chain of clothing boutique.

• Located throughout Southeastern U.S.A.

• Operating since 15 years and has seven outlets.

• Sells a variety of women’s designer clothes, shoes and accessories.

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• Owner recently decided to expand to Miami South Beach area.

• New store require a Store Manager and minimum 5 Sales Associates.

Example…..

• You have been hired as new Manager of HR responsible for:-

Ensuring adequate staffing levels at all store locations.

• Store Manager need 30 days to train, staff and prepare the store.

DUTIES OF A STORE MANAGER

o Saleso Preparation of daily sales and deposit

report.o Maintaining store displays.o Inventory management.o Customer service.o Hiring, training, retain and

supervising store employees.

QUESTION 1

A. 3 Methods To Recommend1. Internet/Online Recruiting or E-Recruiting.

2. Advertising .

3. Employment Agencies (lack of time).

B. Cost Benefit Analysis of Job Recruitment

Putting a job vacancy on your own company website costs you nothing while putting one on a job board usually only costs a small amount you can clearly see the cost savings possible with online recruitment.

C. Use of Headhunters for the Recruitment

• Headhunters are industry terms for a third-party recruiters who seeks out candidates often when normal recruitment efforts have failed.

• Due to their higher costs, headhunters are usually employed to fill senior management and executive level roles.

Information about the Compensation being Considered for the Job

D. Information about the Compensation being Considered for the Job

Compensation Benefit for a Store Manager and Sales Associate is not necessary However the Large / Upscale Retailers provide Compensation Benefits to them

2. What recruitment methods should be implement to help increase diversity in the

organization?

DIVERSITY RECRUITING-(SHRM)

New studies show that Employee Referrals, Internet and Job Fairs are especially

effective for diversity recruiting.

Employee Referrals 70%

Internet Job Postings 68%

Job Fair 68%

News Paper 63%

Internships 60%

Employment Agencies 59%

Trade Journals 58%

Networking 48%

Corporate Website 50%

3. What would be the appropriate salaries for a store manager and a store associate?

SALARIES OF A STORE MANAGER AND A STORE ASSOCIATE

• STORE MANAGER:

Basic Salary of $50,000 per year is correct according to the Requirement of 5 years of Experience.

• SALES ASSOCIATE:

The Pay of $9.50 per hour is correct.

Commission is not necessary.

FORMAL JOB DESCRIPTIONS

Yes formal job descriptions are necessary for an organization as it can be used:-

• To develop a consistent salary structure based on duties, responsibility and qualifications of each position in the organization.

• To increase the effectiveness of the Employee and Organization.