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Staff Planning
The staff planning cycle is best described as, what happens right from realising the company needs more workers, right up until the new employees retirement.
Firstly planning:
A lot of organising goes into deciding what type of candidate is right to hire and why; the management team need to come together to make an informed decision. Then processing the advertisement and getting it out there, trying to make sure the right type of people see it. During this time the management team may write up any company goals/objectives they may wish to achieve and why by hiring a new employee.
They will also compare the current staff- their skills, whether any of them should be promoted or if they aren’t meeting standards how to best handle that type of situation. New hires need to be from a specific market- do the company wish to hire school leavers, university graduates- education is a very big factor here as some people will be far more qualified, however some may be over qualified. Once this has all been discussed the management team need to come up with a suitable course of action.
Then Actions:
Assuming the management team have chosen to go ahead and make arrangements for the staffing plan to involve external hiring, they need a course of well justified actions. If they hire externally, they may need to promote someone and gossip of how much someone may be getting promoted can trigger competition within the office as the management team lay out a suitable pay rise and how much work will be done in order to justify it. If further training arrangements are needed for anybody interested in progression they will need a budget.
The management team should also consider staff that may be closing in on a suitable retirement pac...

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...the HR Department prior to being communicated with the applicant.
• All data of potential candidates gathered from the recruitment process should be filed accordingly or destroyed once a letter has been sent out asking the candidate if they would like to be kept on record for any future similar positions.
This procedure was designed by me as Office Manager, in order to make sure that all future job descriptions for Classic Interiors meet business requirements and are of a professional, efficient standard. This document also maintains the aim of having the potential employees being assessed against reliable and measurable standards at every stage. It ensures that the recruitment method is lawful, for example; following the Equality Act of 2010. Finally, the candidate may be assured it’s a genuine job offer, which helps the company grow and maintain its reputation.

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