To: Terry Lloyd-Executive Vice president
From: John Munro-Vice president of production
Subject: Recommendation for a primary and back-up candidate for the post of production manager.
The Pittsburgh plant has been trying to hire a new production manager to replace the former Pittsburgh production manager. We have received number of applications for this post both internally and externally. However after an initial screening, the list of potential candidates has been reduced to eight names. Apart from the interviewing process, the eight potential candidates were subjected to several selection devices for testing both their soft and hard skills.
Of the eight potential candidates, my recommendation is to consider George Martin as a primary candidate for the post and Jay Davis as a back-up candidate.
Mr. Martin is a MA degree holder in industrial relations from Cornell University. He has 14 years of experience of which 6 years in the capacity of production manager. His personality and interview rating was amongst the highest and his intelligence test score was above average. Mr Martin works for one of Dynamo’s competitors and therefore it was difficult for him to provide references as he is concerned about his current employer reaction. Having said that, it is imperative to find out if there is a non-compete agreement that could prevent him from joining us. At this critical stage Pittsburgh plant is going through, I strongly believe that Mr. Martin’s qualification and experience is needed to control the extremely high production cost and labour strife. Further, hiring Mr. Martin externally would be a good opportunity to bring a fresh perspective and new solutions to the problems Pittsburgh plant is facing.
Mr. Davis is a Harvard educated BA and MBA. He has been with Dynamo for the last 10 years and served as an Assistant PM for the last 7 years. His annual performance review shows that he has performed exceptionally and is ready for an immediate promotion. He had an overall good rating in the personality test and an exceptional ranking in intelligence test. He also scored an average of 5 out of 7 on the overall interview ratings. Promoting Mr. Davis as a plant manager will certainly motivate him to exert all his experience and knowledge to succeed in his new role and provide quick solutions to the challenges Pittsburgh plant is facing.

To: Jill Sinclair- Vice president Human Resources
From: John Munro-Vice president of production
Subject: Improvement of recruitment and selection process:
To ensure that key positions are filled effectively and in a timely fashion, and for the overall improvement of the recruitment and selection process, I recommend the following to be taken into consideration:
Maintaining a pool of talents for key positions:
Building and maintaining a pool of talents creates and sustain competitive advantage for filling future key positions in a timely fashion. This pool