assignment
With her decision to expand Salty Pawz, Wanda needs a workforce.However, she has never interviewed or hired anyone in her life.While putting labels on bags of dog treats one afternoon, you askWanda how she intends to recruit and select her workforce. Shesmiles and says, “Well for once, I have a plan!” You can’t wait tohear her plan and feel like maybe after all this time she isgetting the hang of running Salty Pawz like a business should berun.
Wanda’s plan is to place an ad in a local newspaper and havepeople who are interested in learning more stop by the local coffeeshop to speak with her. She thinks that filling out applicationforms at this point is premature, so she will have them leave theirname and phone number in her planner for now. Wanda doesn’t haveany particular questions in mind to ask the applicants. Instead,she thinks it is more natural to just let the conversations evolve,so she can figure out who she “clicks with.” She doesn’t want themto feel like they are being interrogated! However, she isparticularly interested in hiring mothers with younger school agechildren who can start work after they drop their kids at school.She also is going to keep her eyes open for at least one young manbecause sacks of flour are heavy. The only thing she is certainabout is asking each person for his or her salary requirements, soshe can set her pay schedule and budget accordingly.
Your Task
- Explain to Wanda why virtually everything in this hiring planis a bad idea based on the key role that Human Resource Managementplays in the success of her business.
- Be sure to inform Wanda about the laws that govern theemployer-employee relationship and what could happen if she becamethe subject of an employee lawsuit. (For reference, Wanda’sbusiness is located in the state of North Carolina.)
