Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse

Ivy Cuttino

Strayer University

Dr. Shelia Monjeau Letica

Hrm530- Strategic Human Resources Management

November 7, 2011

Discuss how the employee selection methods at Outback Steakhouse help the organization achieve a competitive advantage.

Choosing the right person for employment within most organization is the beginning of success for any company who wants to keep a competitive edge. People the core that makes a company successful. Therefore, since the competitive edge to a business success is it’s choices of the people that the management in chare hires. Trying to fill these positions with the right person, management must first layout the specification for the job and match it to the right candidate (Stewart & Brown, 2009).

Outback Steakhouse has an interview process for hourly and salaried employees that will help hire and retain people to successfully run their business. This process helps keeps employers achieve a competitive edge because it allows Outback Steakhouse to recruit the potential employees, look at their experience extensively, then select the most competent employees who are able to change the vision Outback Steakhouse. Outback Steakhouse employs people who appreciate the value of collaboration, courtesy, and single liability. Outback Steakhouse management used various types of exercises that assisted them to pick out the perfect person they wanted on their teams. The potential applicant is tested against the old setting of Outbackers who have been very prosperous in the company. The cognitive ability, personality and judgment assessment is used to see if a person is a right fit. Testing the cognitive ability, personality and judgment assessment are given to help keep Outback Steakhouse a step above their competition when it comes to the operation of hourly and salaried employees. Outback Steakhouse not only keeps their turnover low, they have built a competitive edge in the restaurant industry, by taking...