Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management CASE STUDY (20 Marks) General Energy is start-up oil and gas company, the global HR Director, who is based in Turkey was keen to recruit an HR and Reward Manager to be based in the London office. The role is fairly unique as the ideal candidate required a strong reward background with some HR generalist experience. Given the uniqueness of the role, the Global HRD was not sure exactly what background and career path the possible candidates might have taken. She initially pitched the role between £50-£100k. The client was aware of Hudson as we are the preferred supplier with the previous organization she worked for – Thames Water.

We agreed that we would work on this role on an exclusive basis and dedicate the time fully to finding the right candidate. As this was a brand new role within a start-up company we suggested to the client that we would send CVs of candidates at various levels to enable the hiring manager to assess the level and experience required. Filtering through CVs, the hiring manager was able to identify the type of individual from a technical and cultural perspective that would suit the organization. We agreed that a candidate at the more senior end was required as this role would need a candidate who has experience of designing and implementing reward projects. We did offer a candidate the role but unfortunately the candidate was not confident in moving to a start-up organization. We however did find another candidate who had previous oil and gas and start-up experience who was a better fit for the role. The candidate accepted the offer and has enjoyed joining General Energy.

Answer the following question. Q1. Debate the difficulties being faced by the organization in recruiting a reward manager. Q2. Explain the selection procedure used in the recruitment of HR and Reward Manager.