IFSM 300-Stage 4 Chesapeake IT Consultant, LLC Stage 1 -4 By Shawn McDowell

Chesapeake IT Consultant, LLC Stage 1 -4 By Shawn McDowell University of Maryland University College IFSM 300 Oct 12, 2017 Chesapeake IT Consultant 2 Background and Organizational Analysis Introduction Chesapeake IT Consultant, Inc. (CIC) has become a leading Information technology (IT) consulting firm that has created a name for itself by providing Information Technology solutions for the specific small to mid-tier businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies at the local, state and federal levels that they support. CIC has total annual gross revenue of $80,000,000. The company has a main headquarter located in Baltimore, Md. that has 300 employees and two other remote satellite locations in Herndon, Va. as well as Bethesda, Md. that has a total of 100 employees combined. CIC’s President and CEO is Alvin Morris expects that the company will be awarded two new contracts in the coming months. This growth in the company will require the additional hiring of 75 new consultants to handle the contract requirements. Currently the concerns of the organizations manual hiring techniques utilized by the company has been identified as an inadequate system for reviewing, interviewing and hiring the upcoming large numbers of new employees. The decision has been made to identify a new near-term solution that will automate many of the manual hiring process steps and reduce the time it takes to hire new staff. As outlined in Porters generic strategies, “This process will optimally position CIC in the current industry and effectively generate superior returns.”(Strategic Management, 2010) This study will clarify the reasoning for procuring a new IT software hiring solution that will allow CIC to become a more effective consulting firm for years to come. Organizational Strategy The business environment that CIC operates in requires the need for hiring the most qualified personnel available. In order to maintain their successful business strategy and maintain the competitive edge in the IT industry, CIC acknowledges the need to adapt to current and future technological concepts to, “increase CIC’s ability to quickly provide high quality consultants to awarded contracts to best serve