In 2010, a new Recruitment Manager was hired at Badger Care, a transportation se

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In 2010, a new Recruitment Manager was hired at Badger Care, a transportation services company specializing in the transportation of disabled individuals. She began to track recruitment and hiring statistics for 2011 and 2012 and found that over the two-year period, Badger Care had the following historical record resulting in 37 new drivers. Use this historical data to draw conclusions about future recruiting and hiring efforts. Type in all of your work below to get maximum credit for answer the question.

Total

Applicants

Meets

Minimal

Qualifications

Phone

Interview

Job

Offer

Accepted

Job

6-Month

Survival

A) Badger Care needs to hire 15 new drivers by the end of 2013. What number of applicants should they target for recruitment to have 15 new drivers accept a job offer?

B) How many face to face interviews should Badger Care be prepared to hold in order to hire 15 new drivers?

Total

Applicants

Meets

Minimal

Qualifications

Phone

Interview

Job

Offer

Accepted

Job

6-Month

Survival

Explanation / Answer

This question is related to probability-

A. As per the given statistics the probability of accepting the job offer by 37 drivers out of 323 applicants is 0.114551084 (i.e. 37/323). So for 15 new drivers the required applicants would be 130.94 (i.e. 15/.114551084) or say 131 Applicants.

B. As per the given statistics the probability of hiring 37 drivers out of 52 face to face interview is 0.711538462 (i.e. 37/52). So for hiring 15 new drivers the required face to face interview would be 21.08 (15/.711538462) or say 21 face to face interviews.

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