Workforce Planning and Employment Strategies

Overview/Description
In order to remain competitive in the business world, organizations must ensure that they employ the right people in the right numbers at the right time. Workforce planning and employment involves the processes of planning, developing, implementing, administering, and ongoing evaluation of recruiting and hiring to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization's strategic goals and objectives. This course prepares learners interested in the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification.

Target Audience


Human Resource Managers; Leaders and Professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Senior Professional in Human Resources certification examination; Compensation and Benefits Analysts; Staffing Managers and Recruitment Consultants will also have interest in this certification path

Expected Duration


3.0 hours

Objectives :

Lesson Overview

  • recognize the benefits of understanding organizational staffing requirements at the strategic level

    • Strategically Anticipating Skills and Labor Needs

  • match each stage in the staffing needs assessment process with its key considerations

    • Employee Turnover

  • recognize examples of the types of information that can be obtained by conducting a turnover analysis

    • Workforce Analysis, Forecasting, and Planning

  • recognize how the results of a workforce analysis are used in strategic workforce planning
  • match methods used to conduct workforce analysis to examples of scenarios in which they might best be used

    • Flexible Staffing Arrangements

  • identify the issues companies must bear in mind when considering the use of flexible staffing options in a given scenario
  • recognize the advantages and disadvantages of using flexible staffing options

    • Lesson Overview

  • recognize the benefits of understanding strategic recruitment

    • Effective Recruiting

  • identify the key strategic considerations associated with recruitment and selection
  • match strategies for making better hiring decisions with descriptions of how each contributes to the selection of talented employees
  • recognize the three phases of recruitment evaluation

    • Recruiting and Workforce Trends

  • recognize how current trends in the workforce impact the ways companies recruit new employees
  • recognize the three types of centralized recruiting databases

    • Outsourcing Recruitment

  • recognize the pros and cons of outsourcing recruitment

    • The Cost of Recruiting Employees

  • recognize how the talent-flow and engagement measures are used to assess an organization's recruiting efforts
  • recognize examples of three strategic cost measures

    • Previewing Candidates as a Strategic Option

  • recognize the advantages of using realistic job previews in the hiring process


    • Course Number: hr_01_a03_bs_enus