Case Study: Chipotle's Hiring Strategy

Chipotle’s goals are to sell “food with integrity” and “delicious, fresh, sustainably grown foods.” They’re moving to align this with their hiring strategy by hiring the best “quality” people to work for their company, meaning their employees will have integrity just like their food.

Factors that can affect the supply of and demand of labor at Chipotle could be people who are not hispanic are discouraged to apply for a job their because they feel they will not be hired because chipotle’s work force is mostly hispanic.

If I worked at Chipotle’s Human Resources department I would recommend that they be carful if they continue to hire immigrants due to the fact that green cards and any other government document that makes them legal to work in the United States can expire. If this happens and they do not renew the document the company is employing an illegal immigrant which can get them in a lot of trouble. I would recommend that they hire people who are best set for the position and not by their race or ethnicity. By doing this they can avoid being accused of discrimination. …show more content…
An Advantage of doing this is they’re promoting someone who is already a part of the company and has a knowledge of how it works. If the person choses to take the promotion they’re more likely to want to work with the company long term. A disadvantage of this is that you may need to refill that workers spot. Another way to recruit people is to go to college job fair. College job fairs are filled with people who are going to be graduating from college and are looking for long term employment. Disadvantage of this is people may not be qualified or they maybe over qualified for the