Suppose you decide to start a business that recruits students for summer jobs. You will match available students with available jobs. You need to learn what positions are available and what students are available to fill those positions. In starting your business, you know you will compete with local newspapers, Craigslist (www.craigslist.org), and your college. You may have other local competitors as well.

A. Analyze the structure of this industry according to Porter’s five forces model.

B. Given your analysis in part A, recommend a competitive strategy.

C. Describe the primary value chain activities as they apply to this business.

D. Describe a business process for recruiting students.

E. Describe information systems that could be used to support the business process in part D.

F. Explain how the process you describe in part D and the system you describe in part E reflect your competitive strategy.

Please ensure that in your response, you address each part of the assignment listed above in a separate paragraph based on your reading of the chapter. Use MS Word and format your answers with 1.5 or 2.0 line spacing.