Apple’s Make-vs.-Buy Decision

Nekima M. Gilliam
Dr. Linda Force
HRM 500
November 7, 2012

Based on the information given but in your own workds, explain what approaches to recruiting might be best suited for Apple’s talent acquisition?
Based on the information, however given in my own expressions, I will attempt to explain what approaches to recruiting might be best suited for Apple’s talent acquisition. I personally feel that advertising through a large scale employment security agency would be the most rewarding type of advertisement to get the attention of job seekers. The employment would screen applicants and only process applications for individuals who are better suited for the job. Working with Apple you are entrusted with very confidential information. I feel recent college graduates or individuals whom have worked jobs in which they have had hands-on- experience assembling electronics would better candidates for a job offer within Apple. These energetic, inspired recent graduates are the future to these companies such as Apple. They are innovative and have a drive to advance their knowledge of technology. These new recent graduates are full of ideas and dreams that could carry Apple to an all new level, in regard to technology. The textbook also provides us with another way in which Apple hunts for talent through LinkedIn, a networking site in which it allows the individual to post their job histories. (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, Wright 2011, p. 153). Apple also recruits through job fairs in an attempt to hire employees that a being laid off or have been employed with other large technology companies in the past. Describe the recruiter traits and behaviors that would lead to the most successful recruiting campaign for Apple.
Some recruiter traits would include an individual who has an understanding of the sole mission of Apple. Other