Chapter 3: Personnel Planning, Recruiting, and Talent Management

the job analysis itself will provide information about what employees are doing on the job

Responsibilities and Duties

this is a program for attracting and assimilating former welfare recipients as new employees

Welfare to Work

many firms attract employment applications via their own Web Site

Company Websites

are used to track the qualifications of hundreds or thousands of employees

Computerized Information Systems

forecast revenues, and then estimate the size of the staff required to achieve this sales volume

How to Forecast Personnel Needs

selection of the best media should be based on the positions for which you are recruiting

Advertising as a Source of Candidates

temporary employees are examples of alternative staffing arrangements. These also include contract technical employees

Alternative Staffing

the section defines the limits of the jobholders authority on things such as time off, leave of absence, disciple, recommended salary increase, and hiring new employees

Authority

know the firms sometimes present unqualified candidates to make their top pick look better. Overly eager candidates may jump the gun, undermining your present position

Candidates Caveats

involves sending employer's representatives to college campuses to prescreen applicants and create an applicant pool of management trainees, promotable candidates, and professional and technical employees

College Recruiting

it is important when recruiting to treat all candidates with courtesy

Courtesy

every state has a public, state-run employment service agency supported by the Department of Labor, in part through grants and other assistance, such as a nationwide computerized bank

Employment Agencies

employers should carefully review their application forms to ensure they comply with equal employment laws

Equal Opportunity and Application Forms

a proper forecast may involve considering general economic conditions and the expected rate of unemployment, among other things

Forecasting the Supply of Outside Candidates

job boards can consist of internet sites such as monster.com and careerbuilder.com, professional associations, or local newspaper sites

Internet Job Boards

are a recruiting approach that can be a win-win situation for the employer and the student. For employer's, interns can make useful contributions while being evaluated for possible full-time employment

Internships

contains the job title, date, and possible space to indicate who approved the description, the location of the job, and immediate supervisor's title, salary, or pay scale

Job Identification

should describe the general nature of the job and include only its major functions or activities

Job Summary

employers often require applicants to sign mandatory alternative dispute resolution forms as part of the application process

Mandatory Dispute Resolution

1. interviews 2. questionnaires 3. observation 4. participant dairy/log 5. internet-based data collection

Methods of collecting job analysis:

returning and discharged military personnel provided an excellent source of trained recruits. The military branches have programs to facilitate soldiers transitioning and finding jobs

Military Personnel

having outside vendors abroad supply services that the company's own employees formerly performed in-house

Offshoring

with the entire population aging, many employers are encouraging retirement-age employees not to leave, or are actively recruiting employees who are at or beyond retirement age by making their companies an attractive place in which older workers can work

Older Workers as a Source of Candidates

having outside vendors supply services such as benefits management that the company's own employees previously did in-house

Outsourcing

good way to quickly collect verifiable and fairly historical data from the candidates

Purpose of Applications Forms

simple manual devices that can be used to keep inventories and development records to compile qualifications information on each employee

Qualification Inventories and Replacement Charts

making forecasts based on the ratio between some casual factor, like sales volume, and number of employees required, such as the number of salespeople

Ratio Analysis

requires employers to tailor their way of thinking and design HR practices that make their firms attractive to them

Recruiting Minorities and Women

formulating an intelligent program for attracting single parents should begin with understanding the considerable problems they often encounter in balancing work and family life

Recruiting Single Parents

occasionally, a relationships statement is included. It shows the jobholders relationships with others inside and outside the organization

Relationships

states the standards the employee is expected to achieve under each of the job description's main duties and responsibilities

Standards of Performance

personnel plans should flow from the firm's strategic planning process. It cannot be mechanical. It involves predicting the skills and competencies the employer will need to execute its strategy.

Strategy and Workforce Planning

the plans the company makes to fill its most important executive positions

Succession Planning

goal-oriented and integrated process of planning, recruiting, developing, managing, and compensating employees

Talent Management

to maintain a competitive posture, the firm must use a continuous workforce planning approach

Talent Management and Predictive Workforce Monitoring

the benefits of contingency staffing include increasing in overall productivity, and time and expenses saved by not having to recruit, train, and document new employees

Temporary Workers

the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy offers several programs, and al states have local agencies that provide placement services and other recruitment and training tools

The Disabled

1. determine positions to fill 2. pool of candidates 3. application forms 4. various selection techniques 5. job candidates to supervisor 6. selection interviews

The Recruitment and Selection Process

becoming increasingly popular, candidates are submitting video resumes in an attempt to give a better feel for what cannot be seen on a resume

Video Resumes

list of general working conditions involved in this job such as noise level, hazardous conditions, or heat

Working Conditions and Physical Environment

the job analysis is the foundation of an effective job description. It is a written statement of what is done, how it is done and under what conditions.

Writing Job Specifications