Introduce 4 candidates applying for the position of the Finance Director of Darlings’ Chocolates PLC, paying attention to the strengths and weaknesses of every applicant.

In the new organizational structure the new position of a finance director was created. As a result Darlings had to find an appropriate candidate for this position. They needed to find the relevant applicant in a short period of time so they had to use the help of the headhunter agency. This agency gave an advertisement with the following requirements approved by Darlings:

- relevant education

- appropriate qualifications

- similar post in the confectionary or catering industry

These were 3 main requests. There were many resumes that the agency got and according to the data they made a shortlist of 4 potential employees and gave it to Darlings. Let’s consider these 4 potential candidates: Mr. W, Mr..X, Mr. Y and Mr. Z. I'd like to consider the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate.

Let’s start with education. It can be said that there were 2 most appropriate candidates Mr. W and Mr. X because they both had a higher education in Economics. Mr. W was the master and Mr. X was the bachelor of Economics and both of them had passed the Professional Accountancy Examinations (W- first grade, X-second grade). Concerning others — they didn’t meet Darlings requirements because Mr. Y’s information was not applicable and Mr. Z had a degree in Mathematics.

Now let’s speak about experience. Mr. W perfectly fitted this position. He had been working for three years with coffee importers and also he held a position of an assistant finance manager (6years). Mr. X had a good and relevant experience too. He worked as an assistant finance manager for Associated Chocolates ltd and besides he had an experience as a finance manager but not in confectionary sphere. Mr. Y had been a finance manager for 11 years with Superchain supermarkets and was an assistant finance director with Fast-Eats catering. In spite of the fact that Mr. Z had held a post in a confectionary industry (biscuit manufactory), in comparison with other applicants his working experience wasn’t relevant at all, because he had no managerial skills and he wasn’t able to control the whole financial policy.

The last point is the personality assessment. Mr. W was a very capable and likeable man. He also was a talented amateur cricketer which meant that he was ready to work in a team and he might have useful connections with businessmen because cricket is a game for rich people. His hobby didn’t badly interfere his work, because he had a full support of his employers. Mr. X has changed too many work places and that meant that he was not stable, but he was an ambitious, creative man with a forceful personality. Mr. Y was the oldest one and might retire soon, he was more appropriate for the personnel manager because he was a very likeable and social man who always maintained good relations with his staff. Mr. Z was more relevant for a financial adviser because he had an exceptional financial brain.

In conclusion, we can say that Mr. W was the most relevant applicant for the position of a Finance Director for Darlings plc.

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