Question

What are the major strategic choices an organization faces concerning staffing?

   A. What are the advantages of each alternative?

   B. What are the disadvantages of each alternative?

2. What are the pros & cons (from the employer perspective) of conducting executive searches in-house versus outsourcing the function?

3. What are the pros & cons (from the applicant's perspective) of conducting executive searches in-house versus external?

Answer 1

1. ADVANTAGES :

• Levarages Home country base advantages.
• Relatively easy to implement.
• Maximize local responsiveness.
• Levarages low cost adantages.
• Cost-efficient when it is locally respinsive.
• managers are well aware how their products will be marketed.

Disadvantages:

1. Require highly experienced people or consuntant to understand operation.
2. Lack of local responsiveness.
3. Too much centralized control.
4. High cost because of duplication.

2) Pros:

• Recruitment agents are experts in their field and give helpful guidence.
• Many time one needs experience to get good job.
• Agencies are often specialize in certain industires and types of jobs. They are best people to give advice
• They may have excellent contacts in organization.
• They are helpful to employers.

-Cons:

• Candidates are not really don't know if the job placment firm will even send their resumes to employer.

3) Pros:

-Helping hand for recruiting candidates.

-Provide the best database on particular profile.

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