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Strategic Staffing

Develop sufficient staffing techniques for your company.
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Course: On-Demand
Essential Provider Suzanne Pantoja  12 chapters ·  84 Lessons ·  2h 21m  in Arabic, English 

Course Description

Hiring the right person for the right job is a hard-enough task, but it doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of the challenge of proper strategic staffing. Strategic staffing entails everything from determining staffing needs, career planning and development, job and salary analysis, and exit interviewing. Upon completion of this “Strategic Staffing” training course, you’ll have increased your knowledge and skills in implementing strategic staffing effectively.

The most successful organizations understand the benefits of human resource planning. Effective leaders know that strategic staffing can make or break their success. That is why you’ll want to take this online training course on “Strategic Staffing,” where you will learn how to create a strategic staffing plan for your business. This includes a review of how to do a salary analysis, how to manage employee career planning and development, and how to determine staffing needs. Finally, you’ll learn why you should always have a conversation when an employee resigns from your organization and how to conduct an effective exit interview.

What You'll Learn

  • Define strategic staffing and identify what it entails, including determining staffing needs, career planning, job and salary analysis, and exit interviewing
  • Create a strategic staffing plan covering current staffing levels, forecasting future needs, staffing objectives, and staffing strategy
  • Apply human resource planning methods, including organizational mission alignment, long- and short-term goals, and continuous improvement
  • Conduct a job and salary analysis and understand the purpose and reasons for performing a job analysis
  • Manage employee career planning and development while addressing diversity in the workplace
  • Conduct an effective exit interview when an employee resigns from the organization

Key Takeaways

  • Strategic staffing goes beyond hiring and encompasses determining staffing needs, career planning and development, job and salary analysis, and exit interviewing.
  • The most successful organizations understand the benefits of human resource planning, and effective leaders know strategic staffing can make or break their success.
  • Creating a strategic staffing plan includes performing a salary analysis, managing employee career planning and development, and determining staffing needs.
  • Pre-employment assessments are important to the strategic staffing process.
  • Organizations should always have a conversation when an employee resigns and conduct an effective exit interview.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Strategic Staffing course cover?

The course covers determining staffing needs, career planning and development, job and salary analysis, human resource planning methods, diversity in the workplace, pre-employment assessments, and how to conduct an effective exit interview, with the goal of creating a strategic staffing plan for your business.

Who is this course for?

It is suited to leaders and managers, since effective leaders know that strategic staffing can make or break their success, and the course teaches how to create a strategic staffing plan for your business.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will build skills in human resource strategy, onboarding strategies, recruitment strategies, workforce optimization, and workforce planning, and the course aligns with a Strategic Workforce Planning Certification.

Will I learn how to handle employees who resign?

Yes. The course explains why you should always have a conversation when an employee resigns from your organization and how to conduct an effective exit interview.

What is the format of this course?

It is an online training course structured into lessons covering topics such as strategic staffing, staffing plans, human resource planning, and job analysis.