# Dynamic Programming

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**Parent**: https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/bizstudies

DU, Lilun

[LI, Qing](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/faculty/li-qing)

YU, Peiwen

[Optimizing High-Volume Recruitment](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2025/11/optimizing-high-volume-recruitment)

[Recruitment](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/recruitment)

[Dynamic Programming](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/dynamic-programming)

High-volume recruitment—hiring a large number of people in a short time—is a challenging process, yet one that is common across industries, from hospitality to global manufacturing. A poorly managed process may overwhelm the recruiting team and lead to inadequate hiring decisions. Thanks to HKUST’s Qing Li and co-authors, recruiters now have guidance for
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[Read Full Paper](https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/epdf/10.1287/opre.2021.0562)

[LI, Qing](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/faculty/li-qing)

[How to Recruit in High Volume?](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2021/11/how-recruit-high-volume)

[Recruitment](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/recruitment)

[Dynamic Programming](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/dynamic-programming)

[Approximation](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/approximation)

[Secretary Problem](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/secretary-problem)

[Random Yields](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/random-yields)

[BizTalks](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/biztalks)

We model a multi-phase and high-volume recruitment process as a large-scale dynamic program. The success of the process is measured by a reward, which is the total assessment score of accepted candidates minus the penalty cost of the number of accepted candidates in the end deviating from a preset hiring target. For a recruiter, two questions are important
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[ [BizTalks](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/biztalks "BizTalks") ]

[Watch Video](https://video.ust.hk/Watch.aspx?Video=DFE2D78BF44E14DF&embed=Y)
[Read Full Paper](https://isom.hkust.edu.hk/files/OM/FacultyPublications/LiQing/SeRecruiting_Aug_2021.pdf)