Article Review Effective Recruiting Strategies For...

The article that this paper is based upon was written on January7th, 2006 by R.O.C.G. International. The article explains effective recruiting strategies for successful organizations in the 21st century. Organizations should strive to hire the most qualified personnel available. Hiring and retaining highly qualified personnel is the key to an organizations success in today’s modern competitive market place. This paper will discuss the ROCG article and the propositions that best represent what this article is about, the strengths and weaknesses of the material, the questions it raised and the questions it answered. A proposition can be defined as a scheme or plan of action in a business context (Webster, n.d.) The proposition that best†¦show more content†¦If so, determine which strategies have worked the best and employ them throughout the organization. The article contained several strengths and weaknesses. The strengths of the material were its step by step explanation of a successful recruitment process, its emphasis of the necessity to pool talented people, and its explanation of what potential resources to utilize when an organization needs to acquire human capital. The step by step explanation of a successful recruitment process was listed in numerical order and easy to follow. This would make it easy to implement and measure in an organization. The material also emphasized how important it is to pool talented people. I believe this is important for careful replacement and succession planning. This is important, because if a position is vacant it is not making the organization a profit. Therefore, it should be filled immediately. The explanation of what sources an organization can utilize to acquire human capital was resourceful and creative. The article explained the how important suppliers, customers, former employees, emplo yment agencies and associates can be when a vacant position needs to be filled. It made me realize that talented people don’t always appear in the front office with a resume in their hand. And that existing relationships with others should be utilized to find talented prospective employees. The weaknesses of the article were its lack of