Sg Cowen Case Study

College of Business Administration

MGT 352: Human Resource Management Group Project

Case Study Analysis

Harvard Business School Case #9-402-028: “SG Cowen: New Recruits.”

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Table of contents

1 Introduction .........................................................................................................3 2 The recruiting process .........................................................................................3 2.1 Informational interviews ..............................................................................3 2.2 On-campus round .........................................................................................4 2.3 Super Saturday .............................................................................................4 3 Evaluation of S.G. Cowen’s Recruiting Process .................................................5 4 S.G. Cowen’s Evaluation Criteria .......................................................................7 5 Evaluation of the four candidates ........................................................................9 6 Conclusion.........................................................................................................12 7 Appendix ...........................................................................................................14

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1 Introduction

SG Cowen, located in the United States, is an industrial company established in July 1988. Orientated in the financial sector, SG Cowen constituted a hiring approach containing diverse steps with methods, approaches and decision criteria. To asses the job applicants and to make a decision about the most eligible candidates, we have created a standardized construct to quantify the criteria.

2 The recruiting process

The recruiting procedure starts with an on-campus recruiting program by arranging team captains to these core business...