Sprout Program in Arrow Electronics

A vital factor in organizational structures is to have a strategy for training employees. Arrow Electronics, with their initial sprout program, targeted an audience with valid credentials, however, their failure was due to flaws in their planning. The training program can only function correctly if the recruiting process in place is efficient and reliable. The training program should provide clear goals for the employee and welcome feedback from them. Employees should be involved in decision making and recognized as a valuable resource for the company.

Recruitment is an important tool in the selection process for any company looking to hire the best. The old program targeted freshly graduated college kids and Arrow did this to upgrade the professionalism of their salesforce. However, the program encountered many problems due to lack of skills specific to each location and the insecurity of old employees, stemming from new recruits holding stronger credentials. Arrow should screen new recruits because it is more profitable when the stakes are higher and small differences in talent can lead to large differences in productivity such as in sales. Developing and implementing multiple screening is an effective strategy in order to sort applicants, from the low skilled applicants compared to the high skilled applicants. A common misconception when recruiting is judging an applicant’s behavior as true or a façade to acquire the position. With multiple phases of screening, it will signal applicants that have high confidence in their abilities to strive for the position and repel those who do not.

Screening should be done to stymy adverse selection, which arises due to asymmetric information between parties. To mitigate this problem, Arrow ...

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...lls into the trainees; however, these acquired skills will be applicable solely to Arrow because they are learnt them through real life situations.

Secondly, new employees won’t be seen as a threat to veteran employees, instead they will create competition and motivate the entire workforce to work harder to increase productivity. This is accredited to the equality of opportunities created by continuous evaluations performed on employees to distinguish between those prepared for larger responsibilities and those who are not. Furthermore, the majority of the training will be completed by previous employees, which will reinforce Arrows promise to creating opportunities and remaining loyal to veteran employees. In conclusion, the new training program assures employees a higher compensation, equal opportunities and practical knowledge to achieve Arrows goals.