Human Resource Management
How would you evaluate the nurse recruiting strategy currently being used by the hospital?! ................................................................................2 On which recruitment sources should the hospital focus its recruiting strategies and why?! .................................................................2 What stage or stages in the recruitment process seem to be most amenable to improvements? What specific improvements would you suggest to decrease the yield ratios? Why?!.........................................4 Appendix:!...................................................................................................5

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How would you evaluate the nurse recruiting strategy
In addition to that the average cost per nurse hired is € 100 and this is € 183.65 lower than the average. The other two strategies, journal ads and applicants from university programs, are also recommendable and it also allows the hospital to approach a higher variety of different applicants.
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Data 3: Comparison between the Old and the new recruitment sources
Yield Rates Recruitment Source Potentially Accepted Qualified Interview Offered Job Accepted One-Year AboveJob Survival Average Rating Average Cost Per Nurse Hired

Employee referrals Journal ads Educational Institutions University programs Averages for „new“ sources Averages for old sources

1.08 1.06

1.86 1.90

2.60 2.38

3.25 4.75

4.33 9.50 3.00

6.50 9.50 3.43

100.00 112.50
130.00 114.16 283.65

1.00
1.04 1.24

1.50 1.75 1.87

1.71 2.23 2.79

2.40 3.40 5.25

5.61 8.53

6.47 13.65

The table (data 3) above illustrates how the recruitment would look like if the hospital focuses on those three recruiting strategies. Especially the differences in the average are enormous in comparison to the old strategies. The average cost is 114.16 instead of 283.65 this is an decrease of 169.49. In addition, if the hospital would operate those strategies, they would get for every 3.4th applicant one accepted job offer, while it was 5.25 with the old recruitment strategies. Therefore the hospital