Framley Engineering Case Study Answers

According to the case study Framley Engineering is a relatively small company compared to other companies which are global firms. I feel that his may have a huge bearing on engineers deciding to join the company or not. Some employees will be looking for career progression and many not get this if Framley is too small also employees will be looking for the best possible salary as Framley is smaller in comparison to other firms they may not be able to offer the employees as big a salary. These issues may be impacting on Framley’s recruitment and selection.

Also according to the case study it says that Framley relies quite heavily on external recruitment to try and acquire more experienced people. This may be quite a large issue that is impacting …show more content…
I would see this as major hindrance on the people you select as the person selecting them doesn’t know much about engineering how do they expect to pick a good person for the job.

The case study also refers to the fact that people holding the interviews actually didn’t have very good interview skills. I would regard this as a necessity when interviewing future employees that the person constructing and holding the interviews that they were excellent in this field and knew exactly what they were doing to ensure the best person was …show more content…
I feel the company would benefit if they looked within in their own firm to see if there was anybody suitable and had the necessary skills for the job. This would benefit the firm much better than external recruitment as the person they are hiring knows the company much better, knows how it works and its policies. So if you hire someone externally it may take them time to adjust and get to know their surroundings. If you don’t have someone within the firm with the necessary skills for the job I feel the firm would still benefit from sending someone away for training so that they will gain these necessary skills as you will be getting back a person who should be very efficient in their work. In the short term this may be more expensive for the firm but in the long run it may be cheaper as you are getting someone who is very good at the job so this may improve production also this person may stay with the company until they retire so the firm won’t need a replacement until then and it gives them plenty of time to train up someone else then. I feel this is very relevant to Framley as they currently have four unfilled vacancies and could send workers on training to get the skills they