Recruiting for the 21st Century: The Market


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Overview/Description
Employment markets evolve and change with economic, societal and demographic conditions. It used to be that employees worked for the same company for many years and then retired with a gold watch and company-provided pension when they reached age 62 or 65. However, this is no longer the norm. People not only change jobs, but change careers several times in their working lives. Many employees who have reached traditional retirement age continue to want or need to work for any number of reasons.  And each year thousands of new workers enter the workforce, looking forward to beginning their working careers. The workforce is made up of a rich cross-section of workers from a range of generations and backgrounds, each of whom bring their own experiences and perspective, and are capable of making major contributions to your organization. This course will explore how businesses can tap into today’s labor market by developing recruiting and retention policies that address the needs of their organization while capitalizing on the available variety of talent and experience.

Target Audience
Business owners, managers, human resource professionals

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Today's Recruiting Climate

  • recognize the value of understanding today's recruiting climate.
  • identify reasons for the tight labor market.
  • identify strategies for recruiting for diversity.
  • choose the best way in a given scenario to address the sense of disconnection workers feel.
  • identify reasons that employee retention is a valuable strategy.
  • identify strategies for retaining employees.
  • Recruiting the Generations

  • recognize benefits of hiring veteran workers, baby boomers, and younger employees.
  • identify myths and facts about the veteran worker.
  • apply appropriate strategies in a given scenario for recruiting veteran workers.
  • identify characteristics of the baby boom generation.
  • apply the appropriate strategy in a given scenario for recruiting a baby boomer.
  • discriminate between characteristics of Generation X and Generation Next.
  • apply the appropriate strategy in a given scenario for recruiting a younger worker.
  • What Job Candidates Want

  • recognize the importance of knowing what job seekers want from potential employers.
  • identify factors to keep in mind for recruiting.
  • identify career development opportunities that are attractive to job candidates.
  • apply the most appropriate method of employee recognition to a specific scenario.
  • apply the most appropriate method of providing flexibility in specific business scenarios.
  • Course Number:
    HR0221