Recruitment of the Workforce at Starbucks
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Recruitment of the Workforce at Starbucks
Added on 2020-03-16
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Running Head: RECRUITMENT OF THE WORKFORCE AT STARBUCKS1Recruitment of the Workforce at StarbucksStudent’s NameInstitutional Affiliation
RECRUITMENT OF THE WORKFORCE AT STARBUCKS2Executive summaryThe success of organizations is solely driven by the employees and hence the recruitment of workers should be much emphasized to acquire the most qualified employees. Much weight should be taken by the workforce diversity as this when managed effectively leads an organization to have a competitive advantage over its competitors. Several strategies are recommendable to the Starbucks organization so that it can be able to select well, recruit, develop and retain employees who have quality skills. Active recruitment is not only made by employing diverse workers, but also there must be appreciating, respecting and responding to theneeds and beliefs of various people and emphasizing provision of a positive work environment. By this way, it helps in accumulating a huge pool of applicants who have got high qualities for the recruitment and hence beneficial to the organization.IntroductionAccording to the Dutton, & Kleiner, (2015), for any team to be successful in the current competitive environment, its employees play a significant role and hence vital. More often than not, the employees in an organization can be very instrumental in breaking or making the company. In other words, if the employees of the organization portray a positive interaction with customers, the customer will come back. However, the negative interaction between the organization’s employees and its clients, this results in losing such customers and hence contributing to the fall of the company (Farbenblum & Nolan, 2017). This paper aims to look at the key challenges that Starbucks as an organization face during hiring and recruiting the right person, training the employees well, motivating and retaining the most qualified and talented employees. Starbucks refers to a specialty coffee house
RECRUITMENT OF THE WORKFORCE AT STARBUCKS3known to have originated in Seattle (Gopalakrishna, Victor, & Fleischmann, 2016). Currently, the organization has more than 15000 outlets all over the world. It is involved in the selling of a wide range of hot and cold drinks, food items together with other accessories. The organization is based on a philosophy of creating an experience for all its customers and human connection.Key challenges for recruiting the workforce at StarbucksSome of the problems experienced by many organizations during recruitment process include an increasingly demanding and a competitive talent market where many companies are competing for the same qualified candidates. The organizations which employ old hiring methods indulge themselves into the risk of losing the opportunity of converting great candidatesand also the failure of attracting qualified applicants right at the start of the recruitment process. Like any other organization, as evidenced by Haskova (2015), Starbucks is faced with a fundamental challenge of attracting and retaining the most talented personnel. Another problem encountered by the organizations is the adoption of the workplace culture that significantly contributes to the success of the company.Strategies for addressing the recruitment challenges at StarbucksFor it to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors such as the Macc coffee, Starbucks has adopted various strategies that are very helpful in addressing the challenges faced by other organizations in attracting, developing and retaining the very qualified employees (Headworth, 2015). Starbucks has also gained its uniqueness through the adoption of the workforce diversity. The efficient management of the labor force diversity at Starbucks has comeas a result of employing diverse workers and being able to appreciate, respect and responding to the arising needs, values and beliefs of the diverse employees and at the same time providing a
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