Strategic Approaches to Workforce Planning and Employment (HRCI/SPHR-aligned)


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Target Audience
Prerequisites
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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. The content in this course is based on the Workforce Planning and Employment functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

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

Prerequisites
Familiarity with HRCI Body of Knowledge at the HRCI/PHR level.

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Strategic Approaches to Workforce Planning and Employment (HRCI/SPHR-aligned)

  • recognize the benefits of understanding organizational staffing requirements at the strategic level
  • match each stage in the staffing needs assessment process with its key considerations
  • recognize examples of the types of information that can be obtained by conducting a turnover analysis
  • recognize how the results of a workforce analysis are used in strategic workforce planning
  • identify the elements of a labor market analysis
  • match international staffing strategies to descriptions
  • match methods used to conduct workforce analysis to examples of scenarios in which they might best be used
  • 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
  • recognize the benefits of understanding strategic recruitment
  • 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
  • recognize how current trends in the workforce impact the ways companies recruit new employees
  • recognize the three types of centralized recruiting databases
  • recognize the pros and cons of outsourcing recruitment
  • recognize how the talent-flow and engagement measures are used to assess an organization's recruiting efforts
  • recognize examples of three strategic cost measures
  • recognize the advantages of using realistic job previews in the hiring process

    • Course Number:
    hr_04_a03_bs_enus