Company Planet is expanding and needs to fill 25 new job openings as quickly as possible. After ensuring that there is a clear picture of what the hired employees will need to know and be able to do, the next step in finding these employees is to:

A. develop a recruiting process to attract qualified applicants.
B. place an advertisement in the local newspaper.
C. hire someone to hire employees for you.
D. pass the task off to the operations manager for whom the employees will be working.

Ans: A. develop a recruiting process to attract qualified applicants.