Upon performing the environmental scan, it has been determined that Tanglewood might have a problem filling their vacancies in the future for a variety of reasons. With regards to matrix, there are available candidates who are ready to fill managerial positions. However, the hiring policies at tanglewood require employees to start out as store associates and work their way up in the organization if they choose to do so and if the store needs these positions filled. They also strive to hire an exceptional workforce. One way they may want to go about hiring
An exceptional workforce may be to hire motivated, intelligent college graduates. However, according the matrix scan, it has been found that recent college graduates do not necessarily want to start at the bottom of an organization as a store associate in order to work their way up to a higher position.
Additionally, the retail industry holds a negative and partially accurate image of providing low pay,
Requiring long hours, and of their being frequent conflicts with lower-level employees.

According to the forecast of labor requirements found in Table 1.1, next year Tanglewood will need 4,845 store associates, 42 shift leaders, 105 department managers, 21 assistant managers, and 5 store managers. As a result of both figures and the hiring policy at tanglewood of hiring internally and thus starting every employee at the lowest position, the need to hire store associates will increase in the amount needed to perform at the highest level possible. It will be necessary to keep most of at the associate position and promote the more experienced associates into managerial positions.
They will need to keep in mind the other hiring policies of developing talent and having exceptional workforce quality. In order to fulfill all of the current hiring practices,