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Chapter 05
Human Resource Planning and Recruitment
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Human Resource Management:Gaining a Competitive Advantage
Learning ObjectivesDiscuss how to align company’s strategic
direction with its HR planning.
Determine labor demand for workers in various job categories.
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of ways to eliminate a labor surplus and avoid a labor shortage.
Describe various recruitment policies to make job vacancies more attractive.
List various sources from which job applicants can be drawn, their advantages and disadvantages and evaluation methods.
Explain the recruiter’s role, limits and opportunities.
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3 Stages in HR
Planning
Process
1. Forecasting
2. Goal Setting
& Strategic Planning 3. Program
Implementation &
Evaluation
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Forecasting Stage of HR Planning
Determine Labor Demandderived from product/service demandedexternal in nature
Determine Labor SupplyInternal movements caused by transfers,
promotions, turnover, retirements, etc.transitional matrices identify employee
movements in different job categories over time to chart historical trends in company’s labor supply
useful for AA / EEO purposes
Determine Labor Surplus or Shortage
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Options for Reducing Expected Labor Surplus
Option Speed Human Suffering
FastFastFastFastFastSlowSlowSlowSlow
HighHighHighModerateModerateLowLowLowLow
1. Downsizing2. Pay reductions3. Demotions4. Transfers5. Work sharing6. Hiring freeze7. Natural attrition8. Early retirement9. Retraining
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Options for Avoiding Expected Labor Surplus
Option SpeedRevocability
FastFastFastSlowSlowSlowSlow
HighHighHighHighModerateLowLow
1. Overtime2. Temporary
employees3. Outsourcing4. Retrained transfers5. Turnover reductions6. New external hires7. Technological innovation 5-6
Downsizing
Downsizing -planned elimination of large numbers of personnel to enhance organizational competitiveness.
4 Reasons for Downsizing:1. reduce labor costs2. technological changes reduce need for labor*3. mergers and acquisitions reduce bureaucratic
overhead4. organizations change location of where they do
business* Economy wide, capital spending ratio increased over 300% between 1990-
2010, indicating employers substituting technology for labor.
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Possible Negative Effects of Downsizing
Long-term effects of an improperly managed downsizing effort can be negative.
Lower long-term profit, performance and productivity
Loss of talent
Disrupts social networks needed for creativity and innovation
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Early Retirement Programs
The average age of U.S. workforce is increasing.
Baby boomers are not retiring early due to: improved health fear that Social Security will be cut mandatory retirement is outlawed collapse of the financial and housing markets made
it economically unviable to retire
Many employers try voluntary attrition among older workers through early retirement incentive programs.
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Employing Temporary Workers
Hiring temporary workers helps eliminate a labor shortage and affords flexibility needed to operate efficiently during demand swings.
3 Advantages:1. Temporary workers free a company from
administrative tasks and financial burdens.2. Temporary workers are often times tested
by a temporary agency.3. Many temporary agencies train employees
before sending them to employers.
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Outsourcing and Offshoring
Outsourcing uses an outside organization for a broad set of services.
Offshoring is outsourcing where jobs leave one country and go to another.
To help ensure the success of outsourcing: Choose an established, large outsourcing
vendor. Jobs that are proprietary or require tight
security should not be outsourced. Start small and monitor constantly.
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Affirmative Action Planning
Plan for various subgroups within a labor force.
Workforce utilization review is a comparison of the proportion of workers in protected subgroups with the proportion that each subgroup represents.
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HR Recruitment Process
Job Choice
Recruitment Influences
JobChoice
ApplicantCharacteristics
Personnel PoliciesRecruiter Traits& Behaviors
Recruitment Sources
Vacancy Characteristics
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Personnel Policies
Organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are recruited. Characteristics of the vacancy are more
important than recruiters or recruiting sources.
Personnel Policies vary: Internal versus external
recruiting Extrinsic versus intrinsic rewards Employment-at-will policies Image advertising
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Recruitment Sources
Internal Sources faster, cheaper,more certainty
External Sources new ideas & approaches
Direct Applicants& Referrals
self selection, low cost
Newspaper Advertising -large volume, low quality
recruits
Electronic Recruiting Internet
Public & Private Employment Agencies -
headhunters can beexpensive
Colleges & Universities campus placement services
JOBSJOBS
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Recruiters
Functional Area HR versus operating area specialist
Traitswarm and informative
Realism realistic job previewhonesty
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2 Steps to Enhance Recruiter Impact
1. Provide timely feedback
2. Recruit in teams
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Summary
HR planning uses labor supply and demand forecasts to anticipate labor shortages and surpluses to enhance organization’s success and reduce human suffering.
HR recruiting creates an applicant pool should a labor shortage occur.
Organizations can use recruiters to influence individuals’ perceptions of jobs.
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