Page 1 Assignment 2 Our Workforce Matters A guide to work force and succession planning for New York state agencies Orla Spetrini February 5, 2012 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 …show more content…
There was an assembly of demographic and separation data but as this is not detailed, I cannot see if other data was also looked at. If the internal landscape is not analyzed properly, when you begin your design, this can cause the entire plan to fail. Demographic and separation is not enough to create a solid plan. You also need education, training and certificate information, historical hiring trends, attrition trends, internal movement trends, performance history and retirement projections. Although often hard to gather, this information will be the most valuable tool and will ensure success in the end. “It’s rate for an organization to have all of the information needed to do a perfect workforce plan but your goal is not to have it perfect, your goal should be to become an expert on the composition and capabilities of your workforce”. “Managers must be trained (perhaps by human resources staff) to use the process or tool effectively and apply the results analytically.” SHORTCOMINGS It is not obvious that the plan includes a detailed staffing requirement that includes defining the capabilities and staffing levels that will be needed in each job category to implement the business plan. The focus should be on 5-10 critical capabilities and then out of those what capabilities are different from job to job or level to level. The other critical factor will be those capabilities that are
I have worked at my job for going on four years. The company has continuously hired and fired people since I have been there, as far as the management go, I call it “The District Circle of Life”. The staff in which I work and interact with the most with is the Community Assistants (CA). A Community Assistant job combines being a Leasing Agent and a Resident Assistant into one job. The staff consist of twelve student workers that either attend Texas A&M University or Blinn College. We give tours of our property to prospective residents, handle legal documents, organize the office, and put on events for the residents that reside at our property. During
The Impact of the Aging Population on the Health Workforce in the United States: Summary of Key Findings. (2006, March). Retrieved April 27, 2016, from
‘provide clear information, supervision and training for employees and ensure that suitably competent people are
The key to the success of any business is the strength of its staff or work force. However, to remain economical, a company's work force must be able to increase efficiency, lower staffing costs, reduce turnover and provide long term growth for the company. In order to achieve all of these goals, a company must have and implement a successful work force planning strategy. This can be difficult as many companies fail to see where there staffing short-comings lie, and therefore can not determine the best strategy for hiring, outsourcing and shifting staff positions. Since each company's staffing needs are different, a successful staffing strategy must have a broad enough outline to be applicable to any company while also being specific enough to accurately address that company's staffing needs. In 2001, Governor David Paterson, the New York State Department of Civil Service and the New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations published a guide for work force planning for their state agencies titled Our Work Force Matters. This guide provides eight steps for the planning processes along with several strategies and
This has been identified by the mayor as an area for major concern and needs to be addressed immediately.
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.
“The human resource planning process, demands the HR manager to first understand the business requirement. Only if he comprehends the nature and scope of the business, will he be able to employ those who will deliver the required performance. When it comes to engaging the
Therefore it is vital HR professionals know ‘methods for managing and evaluating team performance.’ (2.21.2 HRPM) Again harking back to the continuous professional development of the organisation, employees and HR professionals themselves.
A. Management of Workforce Capability and Capacity: Mr. Mantz likes to analyze the whole situation, knowing the environment, knowing the mission, vision, and goals. In analyzing the situation he said, “you’ve gotta understand the dynamics of the surroundings, which includes knowing your mission, vision, and goals. The workforce also becomes a key component, and you have to understand it very well
A sound business plan creates the foundation for the future of your business. However, the management is mostly too busy with various responsibilities - focusing on the product/service, pursuing customers, team management, and administration – to prepare a stalwart business plan. Also a business plan is not a one-size-fits-all document. We at understand this and have over 200 man-years of collective experience to provide you a compelling solution package. As business plan consultants we advise you in polishing your ideas and strategies to make your business beneficial. There is no “exact” method to design a business plan. Bizwin is a business plan consulting firm, and our priority is to cover the important questions pertaining to every aspect
As the director of human resources in a privately-held, mid-sized engineering and manufacturing firm, one of the most important roles is to develop a comprehensive staffing plan. The staffing plan for this organization should provide details about the strategies to recruit, hire and provide on-boarding activities for 20 new engineers within eight months. The preparation of the comprehensive staffing plan for this firm would require critical consideration because of the location of the company. The engineering and manufacturing organization is situated in a southwestern city with larger than average percentage of individuals receiving several forms of public assistance. In addition to having a school system that is ranked as one of the lowest across the country, the southwestern city has a lower than average number of college graduates. These statistics regarding the city makes the preparation of a staffing plan to be a process that requires critical consideration.
Aging! We all do it every day, but have you ever thought how it is going to affect the rest of your life or more importantly your career? Aging isn’t something that we get to choose if we participate in, however working is, and aging may affect that choice. Right now, I want you to think about the age of sixty-five. What words pop into your head when you think of someone sixty-five? I’d imagine some of the words you thought of were retired, old, fragile, slow, as well as many others. Those words right there all help to explain the many concerns that one’s employer may have when hiring someone that is of the older population. When we think of the older population in the work force we don’t necessarily think of positive things, instead we think of things. When we think of this population in the workforce we generally think of lower production rates and higher costs. These can create issues among the older population, as employers must consider all the possibilities when hiring someone. We know that more people in the older population are continuing to try to continue their careers, but why? How hard is it for them to continue? What changes have made it easier? How are the younger and middle aged populations perceiving them in the work place? This are only some of the many question surrounding the increase of aged workers.
This assignment will be investigating what constitutes “best practice” in recruitment and selection, and explain what strategies should be used to ensure the best qualified and most effective employees are selected. In particular this essay will focus on;
Before we can begin the staffing plan process, we must first answer a few questions in order to find what it is we are looking for. For example, how much time do we want the individual to dedicate to the job? Do we want full-time, or part-time employees? What is the length of service that we are
Workforce planning is defined as efficient function that is belonging to human resource management. This is actually work in a proper system format to determine as well as identify needs of the organization with respect to their size, knowledge, type, and capabilities of their workforce to gain related objectives. (Samdahl, 2012)