Case #8

Synopsis:

An HR generalist/recruiter of a small non-profit organization caught up with decision of choosing Taleo recruit. Decision making becomes critical as the volume of recruits is relatively lesser.

Approach:

Being the recruitment in charge, I have the responsibility of deciding a suitable solution to the Company. The decision has to be accurate (something that will be consistent with my Company’s size, budget, requirements and available resources).

My first thought process being a hiring in-charge, would definitely be to weigh the pros and cons of incorporating a recruitment tool. With the working knowledge of recruitment and analysis of current trends (what is hot now and what my competitors are doing) it’s an easy guess that, technology plays an important role in today’s business and technology is transforming HR and its different function including recruitment.

It is also a well know fact that, recruitment budgets are the biggest of all and a smart hiring manager should always think about different strategies to minimize the same because that would reflect eventually on your firms total revenue.

Tomorrows needs can be drastically different from that of today, as companies can grow fast and be twice or thrice its size in just a matter of few years.

Hence, being responsible for recruitment, I would approach the demo with an open mind and would ask the vendor all the essential questions and concerns that I have. I would find out about the possibility of a free trial for a period (if that’s workable).

My decision will be based on the points that I gathered from the demo and my discussion on the same with my manager. The rest is a ‘what if’ analysis on the tool like getting answers to what if the tool works out to be more economical (from the current recruitment methods)? What if, its more is quicker in filling vacancies? And what if, it can make the entire recruitment process more effective and so forth? Change is constant and hence decisions will be more based on the future requirements than on the present.

Conclusion:

Open approach to the problem is always the best and gives one the best results. Decision will be based partly on the information gathered from the demo and partly based on the firms requirements i.e. the cost of running a tool (break-even point). But my approach would not definitely be sidelined by the thought of Taleo partnering with Paychex as it’s irrelevant in my decision making process.

I would buy and can be sold only on what we (as a company) require and only on what would keep us growing.