Submit Hard Copy Only CASE STUDY: RECRUITING IN A COMPETITIVE, ENVIRONMENT When qualified applicants are scarce recruiting becomes extremely competition particularly when two companies go after the same candidate was often huppen in the case of searching for professionals, After interviewing three short-listed candidates high-tech company Company Xmade offer to one and advised the other two candidates that they were successful. The codul candidate was given one week to consider the offer. The candidate asked for a week's extension to consider the offer but was granted only an additional three days At the end of the time period, the candidate verbully accepted the offer and was sent content to sign. Rather than returning the signed contract, the candidate informed Company that he had accepted a position at Company Y. He had received the second offer after verbally accepting the first position at Company X. The second company knew that the candidate hand verbally accepted Company X's offer Before accepting Company Y's offer, the candidate had consulted a respected mentor who advised him to ignore his verbal commitment to Company and to accept Company Y's offer. There were no substantial differences in the salaries being offered by cach company or in the work that each would expect the candidate to perform. The candidate simply saw Company Y as the more prestigious of the two employers. 1. Describe what Company X should have done to maintain the candidate's interest in the position 2. What would you have done if you had been in the candidate's position