Recruiting for the 21st Century: The Market


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Overview/Description
It's the beginning of a new century and a new millennium, and the employment market is hot, hot, hot. Employee attitudes have shifted from "I'm really glad I have a job" to "What have you done for me lately?" The Post-war generation is getting ready to retire, and fewer workers from succeeding generations are available to step in. But that generation isn't gone yet, and using the skills of older workers is part of the answer to today's labour crunch. This course will explore how today's businessperson can define both the labour market-place and the business culture, and it will also investigate how to develop recruiting and retention policies to match the needs and wants of both.

Target Audience
Business owners, managers, human resource professionals

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Today's Recruiting Climate

  • recognise the value of understanding today's recruiting climate.
  • identify reasons for the tight employment 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 why employee retention is a valuable strategy.
  • identify strategies for retaining employees.

    • Recruiting the Generations

  • recognise benefits of recruiting veteran workers, middle-aged people 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 Post-war generation.
  • apply the appropriate strategy in a given scenario for recruiting someone from the Post-war generation.
  • 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

  • recognise 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:
    HR8221