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EXAM 2 Workforce Planning & Recruitment Flashcards

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Workforce planning

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Identifying the need for and availability of employees

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Workforce planning benefits

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Forecasting- predicting the future

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Workforce planning outlined process

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Organization’s mission ->
Forecast Supply & Forecast Demand -> Identify Mismatches -> Conduct HR Programs

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Methods for forecasting the demand

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Trend analysis
Delphi technique
Nominal group technique

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Trend analysis

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Past staffing levels - pattern?

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Delphi

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Experts, never meet, ask individually and send back out

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Nominal group

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Experts, ask independently, discuss as group

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Method for forecasting supply of labor

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Talent inventory

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Talent inventory

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Satisfy demand?

Identify gaps between the skills employees possess and those required to meet business needs

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Shortage

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Demand > Supply

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Surplus

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Supply > Demand

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Dealing w/ shortage

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  • Higher recruit
  • Signing bonus
  • Incentive
  • Higher productivity
  • Postpone retirement
  • OT
  • Outsource
  • Improve job

Ultimately, lower turnover

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Dealing w/ surplus

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  • Change job
  • Cut hours, pay
  • Increase retire
  • Demote
  • Fire
  • Layoff
  • Hiring freeze
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Recruitment

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Process of identifying and attracting a SUFFICIENT pool of qualified applicants

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15
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Internal recruiting sources

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Promote from within and only hire outsiders for entry level positions

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Pros of internal recruiting

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  • Lower $
  • Know already, know us
  • Motivate to perform well, reward
  • Less turnover
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External recruiting sources

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Hire employees from outside the company

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Internal recruiting methods

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Job posting/internal job board

Nomination

Performance evaluation

Talent inventory

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Performance Evaluation

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  • Biased
  • Relies of performance review system
  • Good @ one job, doesn’t mean good @ other
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Talent inventory

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Time consuming

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External recruiting methods

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Walk-ins

Former employees

Employee referrals

Ads

Internet

22
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Walk-ins

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  • Not fast
  • No foot traffic
  • Competition
  • Risky
  • Cheap
  • Taking initiative
23
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Former employees

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  • Why’d they leave?
  • Less risky
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Employee referrals

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  • Not fair
  • Favoritism
  • More info
  • Can tell if good fit
  • Reputation on the line
  • Diversification issues (people like people like us)
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Ads

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  • Expensive
  • Not a lot of info
  • Lots of applicants or very few
  • Certain jobs
  • Not as popular
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External recruiting methods

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Walk-ins

Former employees

Employee referrals

Ads

Internet

Educational institutions

Employment agencies

Trade & professional associations

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Public (state) employment agencies

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Unemployed looking for work
- Screening
- Free
- Typically blue collared jobs

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Private employment agencies

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  • Fee
  • Screening
  • Push people to get paid

2 Types
- Temp agencies (seasonal, short-time)
- Executive agencies (top level like CEO)

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Most used recruiting methods?

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External job boards

Employee referrals

Company website

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Most effective recruiting method?

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Employee referrals

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Recruiter influences

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  • Demographics
  • Functional area (manager > HR)
  • Personality
  • Skills
  • Timeliness
  • Realistic job preview
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Realistic job preview

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Expectations of job

  • Embellishment
  • Honest
  • Scare people off (short-term)
  • Stay (long-term)
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How can we ensure that recruiting is legal?

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  • EEO laws (Cannot discriminate sex, race, color, age, disability, religion, origin)
  • Recruiting sources (liable if discrimination present)
  • Job postings/ads (certain words)
  • Misrepresentation

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