Case Study Presentation on:

Recruitment of a Star
Synopsis
Stephen Connor is the director of research at Rubin, Stern
and Hertz (RSH)
Need for hiring a permanent replacement for Peter
Thompson, his star semiconductor analyst who resigned
Industry is extremely competitive and requires high skill
levels
Upcoming deal with PowerChip company
Rina Shea acting as a temporary resource for this role
Has screened the various candidates and shortlisted David
Hughes, Gerald Baum, Sonia Meetha and Seth Horkum
Post completion of interviews he is currently reviewing the
strengths and weaknesses of all candidates to make a
final offer
Issues Identified
Are the candidates shortlisted a right fit for
this job?
The cost of hiring each candidate
The strengths and weaknesses of each
candidate
Hire internally or externally?
Stephen wants someone exactly like Peter
which could prove difficult given time
constraint
Post hiring implications
Expectations of Stephen for
new hire

Strengths Skills
 Self motivated
 Communication skills
 Team oriented
 Presentation skills
 Amiability, friendliness and
 Analytical & Research skills
likeability
 Good personality  Good industry knowledge

 Loyalty towards organization  Natural stock picker

 Enthusiastic and hard working  Networking skills

 Target oriented  Selling skills

 Good professional network  Ability to perform in fact paced & high

pressure environment
 Relevant industry experience
 Fine with travelling
Loss of RSH by exit of
Peter
Negative Positive

 Peter had excellent analytical and

 Highly competitive and not team
research skills
oriented
 Achieved and even surpassed
 Focus on monetary aspects of job
results
 Perceived as conniving rather than
 Good stock picker
skilled negotiator
 Intelligence and good industry
 Resented by team mates
knowledge
Review of Each Candidate
Strengths and Weakness of shortlisted
candidates
Rina Shea
Strengths Weaknesses

 Loyal
 Lacks considerable experience in the
 Intelligent & Hardworking semiconductor industry
 Has worked with Peter  Lacks strong decision making ability
 Detailed in her work  Hasn’t yet proved herself as star
 Strong Communication skills material
 Intimate knowledge of how RSH  Not confident, admitted to being
works and its culture introverted and may need to develop
better team skills
David Hughes
Strengths Weaknesses

 Team oriented
 Good personality & confident
 Excellent reputation
 Certain clients feared he is already
 Superior industrial network and vast past his prime
client base  Assumption that he may not be able
 Highly experienced with superior to work in a high paced pressured
industrial knowledge environment
 Strong communication skills  Prioritizes personal commitments over
 built lasting client relationships by professional
providing superior client service
 Superior analytical & research skills
Gerald Baum
Strengths Weakness
 Self motivated
 Star power
 Good client contacts
 Excellent communication and  Low coverage for new companies

research skills  Negative attitude and perceived as

 Great stock picker conceited
 Excellent industry knowledge  Does not value time and was late for
the first interview
 Already ranked in II despite covering
semiconductor industry for a short
period
 Proven ability to handle high
pressure
Seth Horkum
Strengths Weakness

 Access to high level executives at

PowerChip
 Has a strategic plan to achieve top  Eagerness to please
spot at coming II rankings  Potential for being misused
 Good client relationships through
 Lack of proven record as he was
high transparency ranked only once
 Great stock picker
 Moderate client base
 Potential to become a star
 Enthusiastic
Sonia Meetha
Strengths Weaknesses
 Motivated and achieved results
 Team oriented
 Hardworking
 Enthusiastic
 Lack of flexibility
 Potential star power
 Not keen on travelling
 Good stock picker
 Experience at a smaller firm
 Superior analytical & research skills
 Possible difficulty to make the transition
 Industry & global market knowledge to a big firm
 Provided good client service
 ‘up & comer’ ranking from II despite lack of
support provided
 Developed rapport with CEOs and top
management of certain companies
Conclusion &
Recommendations
Conclusion Recommendations

 Keep an open mind

 All candidates have great potential  Check references thoroughly

to perform as RSH  Seek many opinions & feedback
 Choice needs to be made effectively  Avoid setting false expectations
 Sonia Meetha is ideal for this job