Riordan Manufacturing Staffing Strategies Paper

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Introduction

Founded in 1991, Riordan Manufacturing, Inc. is an industry leader in the field of plastic injection molding. With a current total workforce around three hundred employees and a turnover rate that increased from 3.7% in 2002 to 8.8% in 2004, it is obvious that Riordan's three recruiting team members are very busy. This paper will evaluate the staffing strategies currently used by Riordan's recruiters for efficiency and legal compliance. In addition, the paper will consider what staffing needs Riordan may have in the future to determine if their current strategies can be used or if they will need to evolve based on the growth of the company.

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Riordan Recruitment Strategy

Riordan's management team realizes that the company's most important asset is their employees. HR's proactive approach to recruiting the best and brightest candidates will help to provide future leaders for the company as they continue to grow. Riordan currently uses the following methods for their staffing needs:

1. Analyze every position within the company and establish future needs based on retirement age of the incumbent and future growth impacts.

2. Analyze the diversity of the positions within each occupational group. Although the company does not have an affirmative action plan, it would be prudent to establish the fact that diversity helps the company grow.

3. Develop a mentor program by first selecting and training veterans of the company and then pairing with protégés that are company fast-trackers.

4. Using the established job analysis on file to develop job postings for internal and external candidates.

5. Establish relationships with the employment contacts with all colleges within the area to establish communications of company job needs.

6. Develop newspaper articles detailing future job opening, include company benefits and adding educational reimbursement for certain situations.

7. Meet with company's Information System's manager to create web announcements of job openings.

8. Create an employee pool with the applicants submitting for consideration for job openings.

9. Conduct background check immediately following accepting application from an applicant that there is an interest in.

10. Conduct interviews of applicants passing background checks.

11. Narrow candidate pool to three candidates and submit names to the department heads for final selection.

12. Hire and provide orientation for new hires.

13. Monitor the process. (Sullivan, 2006)

The process above provides the steps needed to recruit proactively which will better serve the company now and as they grow. At this time HR makes recommendations based on attrition, correcting the imbalance of diversity within the corporate office. All other areas of the company show a very strong make-up of diverse groups.

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