Task 1: Workforce Planning, Recruitment, & Selection
Course Code: 234
Student Name: Brenda Dempsey
Student ID: 255891
Date: April 23, 2017
Student Mentor Name: Becky Melton A1. Factors that are influencing labor demand.
1. Crime: Crime has increased in most areas.
The mayor has promised the community they would be ramping up patrols in high crime areas.
2. Overtime: Police Department has come under some scrutiny due to excessive overtime.
This has been identified by the mayor as an area for major concern and needs to be addressed immediately.
3. Current Demographics: Police Department is understaffed as it stands now.
It will be greatly under staffed in the next five years as 24% of the police officers will be eligible for
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I chose military police for reasons that they have the second highest yield ratio rate and the similarities between the armed forces and our police departments.
The qualities of a police officer are identical to a solder.
B2c. Describe 2 effective methods for reaching each target group.
Group One: Other Police Departments
1. Employee referral; These applicants already know what is expected in the position.
It is also time saving when hiring by employee referral.
“According to a study by JobVite, on average it takes 29 days to hire a referred candidate through a job posting or 55 days to hire a candidate through a career site.”
(business.linkedin.com)
2. Electronic Job Postings: By using online recruiting, you are reaching a larger audience, easier to process than paper applications because applicants are sorted digitally.
Group Two: Military Police:
1. Journals for Military Personnel: Posting on these job sites guarantees that the positon you are posting will be seen by seen by the kind of candidates you are looking for.
2. Electronic Job Postings: By using these kind of sites the police department will be able to save quite a bit of money that could be used for other things within the department.
“These job portals are 30% cost effective of annual fees that the staffing agency charge and the cost of newspaper or ads have the
It is without a doubt that any police department should grow to meet the needs of their constituents. In some cases the number of police officers should not exceed the number per capita of citizens, or this rule may back fire. By this I mean if the number of citizens in any given part of a city or county outweighs the number of allowed police officers, the officer may end up with a work load much greater than he or she can handle and therefore end up either transferring to another law enforcement agency or quitting the force all together because the job is getting stressful.
The Workforce Matters guide for New York State agencies is a very valuable guide and relevant in 2012. It provides insight into the agency staff by recognizing the aging workforce and upcoming retirement; it recognizes the knowledge, experience and institutional memory that will leave the company once these long term employees leave. The plan addresses the changing demographic of its customers and the potential need for “new methods of service delivery and a workforce that reflects its customers”. They did not make the mistake of trying to solve staffing problems across the
The recruitment and selection process have different stage that all have to be to follow, to select the right candidates for the job vacancies.
Our Workforce Matters is a well-informed and useable guide on Workforce Planning. The guide presents individuals with in-depth knowledge on how to successfully create a workforce plan that is suitable for their organization. The guide provides lists, charts, and bullet points that grabs the reader’s attention and makes it easier to comprehend key points. Organizations can use this guide to ensure that their business needs are met by successfully staffing people.
Recruitment agencies are popular but unlike the Job Centre’s they charge commission for recruiting staff on a temporary or permanent basis. This means that the employer may have a chance to see how an employee is likely to work out by putting them on a three, six, twelve-month fix term contract initially. This is
This research project is an analysis of six scenarios. The scenarios are as follows: History and rolls of law enforcement in society, Levels of jurisdiction, Distinction among the multiple functions of Law enforcement agencies, Analysis of Historical events that have shaped modern policing practices, Ethical and professional behavior in the workplace, and Evaluation of how knowledge, skills, and attitude learned in this course apply to your chosen career. There will also be a summary of reactions on Ethical and professional behavior in the work place. Included in the second section, there will be six scenarios. The responses will incorporate knowledge of
The issues that our police departments face in today’s society consist of corrupt police departments, publicity, operating expenses, and constant training to meet the guidelines set by court decisions.
well to the skills officers have but with the high number of police related shootings last year alone, it
It is without a doubt that any police department should grow to meet the needs of their constituents. In some cases the number of police officers should not exceed the number per capita of citizens, or this rule may back fire. By this I mean if the number of citizens in any given part of a city or county outweighs the number of allowed police officers, the officer may end up with a work load much greater than he or she can handle and therefore end up either transferring to another law enforcement agency or quitting the force all together because the job is getting stressful.
The neighborhood is recommending that there be more bike controls out during the day, more police units on patrol during the late-night hours and setting up community safety workshops. We believe that having additional police presence in our neighborhood, will cut down on the crime rate.
The law enforcement industry has become a less desirable job for Americans nowadays. The current shortage of police officer’s applications across the country are attributed to the diminishing pay, bad reputation, and dangerous nature of the job (Ali, 2017). Police departments around the country face severe scrutiny after heavy attention was drawn to police brutality incidents. The general belief that the law enforcement industry in America has a
If internal recruitment is not an option / has been unsuccessful, companies will the need to advertise to a wider audience. An employer will need to decide which method of recruitment is most suitable for the role and organisation. Common recruitment methods include advertising on the company’s own corporate website, using internet based jobsites, recruitment agencies, local or national press, job centre plus or employee referral schemes. The CIPD resourcing and talent planning survey (2013) lists the top 5 methods of recruitment as,
From now on the hiring will be conducted on decided days on a monthly basis.
To identify the real problem the manager conducted a brainstorming session with human resource recruitment team to identify the root causes of high cost per hire. After analysis and discussion it is discovered that the root cause is due to inefficient hiring process and current criteria not meeting the industry standard. Furthermore, contact center is the least favourable career path option for fresh graduates with high turnover rate.
To quickly create a mechanism for employers and job applicants to connect in an efficient manner To effectively increase awareness nationwide of job opportunities in State To increase the number of new visitors to the State.org site To have employers post jobs To have candidates post profiles to the site To have 44,000 new site visitors