Is it possible to ask my Director of Football to sign my favourite staff?

[bpecanha]

Hi everybody,

I'm playing with the team I support (Vasco) and, this time, I've set my DoF to make player signings and to take care of contracts. Although I think he's quite slow, he's trying to sign some players. Usually, what I'm doing is to set scouting duties, get the results and, if I like a player, ask my DoF to sign him.

However, I'm having a problem with staff. Actually, my DoF brought four new scouts and a reserve assistant manager. However, I seriously need an assistant manager to the first team and he doesn't seem to care. I don't want to negotiate contracts with staff myself, so I have two questions:

1) I have placed an advert looking for an assistant manager and got a lot of interest. If I shortlist my favourite options, this is going to make my DoF try to sign them more actively?
2) Is there any other way to make DoF sign a specific staff quicker?

Thanks