Scenario
You are the newly appointed director of human resource management for the police department of a city in the northeastern United States. Your organization has struggled to hire new police officers for some time. Your predecessor attempted to increase recruitment and selection of new officers by implementing an employee referral plan. However, the number of new officers hired through referrals has fallen short of hiring goals. The need for police officers intensified when your city’s newly elected mayor promised to lower crime by increasing the number of police patrols in high-crime areas. The police department has met the need for increased patrols by assigning existing police officers additional hours and paying overtime wages. As the number of hours worked and overtime payments increased over time, this practice—originally intended to be a short-term remedy—attracted unwanted attention.
A front-page article in your city’s newspaper has revealed that three police officers earned higher annual salaries than the mayor, due to excessive overtime. Stung and embarrassed by this disclosure, the mayor fired your predecessor and put you in his place. Both the mayor and your boss have given orders to “reduce overtime by hiring new police officers immediately!” This mandate requires you to plan and implement new strategies to hire 25 new police officers.
Fortunately, the former director of human resources left behind several documents that will help you perform these tasks. Refer to the following documents as directed when you perform the requirements below: (1) “Memo on Proposed Employee Referral Plan,” (2) “Job Description of City Police Officers,” and (3) “Data on Recruitment Sources and Methods.”

Create a report (suggested length of 4–6 pages) in which you address the following:
A.  Analyze factors in the internal and external labor market that influence the supply of and demand for police officers by doing the following (refer to the scenario above and the attached “Memo on Proposed Employee Referral Plan” to complete these tasks):
1.  Discuss three factors that are influencing labor demand.
2.  Discuss three factors that are influencing labor supply.

B.  Design a recruitment plan for police officers by doing the following (refer to the task attachments and your knowledge of best practices to complete these tasks):
1.  Identify three recruitment objectives for your organization.
2.  Develop a recruitment strategy for attracting job applicants by doing the following:
a.  Determine the size of the applicant pool needed to produce 25 viable candidates (job offer-ready) using yield ratios and the recruitment data in the attached “Data on Recruitment Sources and Methods.”
b.  Recommend two types of individuals who should be targeted for recruitment (i.e., the target groups listed in the attached “Data on Recruitment Sources and Methods”).
i. Justify your recommendation.
c.  Describe two effective methods for reaching each  target group.
C.  Design a selection plan for police officers by doing the following:
1.  Recommend three appropriate selection methods for all  target candidates.
a.  Justify each  of your three recommendations.