Question

Propose an HR plan (including at least one measurable outcome) for three of the following areas.

^•   o       Understanding the number and type of employee required to meet organisational objectives.

o   Identifying effective ways to attract, recruit and select the right people. o      Using training and development initiatives to support performance management.

Answer 1

1. number and type of employee required:

• HR team should consult with line/ reporting manager and senior management (example sales) for how many sales executive/ area managers/ regional managers are needed in what specific geography and for which new/ existing project
• Line managers will be able to tell what kind of technical and commercial skills are required in a specific project, what basic and higher educational qualifications/ range of years of work experience/ type of projects or clients handles, specifically for each positions
• Then HR should engaged self team/ job portals/ recruitment agencies, depending on hiring budget available and timeline for each of these positions and follow further recruitment operations interviews etc.

2. Effective ways:

• Advertise on your industry related job portals about the openings detailing on your company brand image and importance of job role/ person in the company plus associated benefits
• Hire specialized recruitment agencies in your industry, who can promote your brand to do specific head hunting
• Use LinkedIn/ Twitter etc. professional networking to do proper information communication about your company/ new and upcoming projects/ strengths of your company/ long secured career etc.
• Provide employee referral bonus to your employees for recommending better know and trustable talents

3. training and development initiatives:

• conduct technical and non technical workshops on latest technologies or tools that your company uses
• make employees well aware what kind of projects you are going to deal and secure in future in T&D sessions, and what skill set and kind of competency would be needed to develop and train in respective employees
• Perform Cross-Training, which is mix employees of different and related departments, cross train them in each other’s function to have better understanding how overall operations could be optimized. Example- Supply chain department can train with Finance, both can have better understanding on practical intricacies each department face in inventories, with cost minimization required