Transcript Staffing

Staffing
HR Staffing
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Determining HR needs
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Identifying and recruiting employees
Evaluating candidates
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Projecting staffing levels
Job analyses
Managing competencies
Selection tests
Interviewing
Managing retention
Job Analysis
Systematic process for collecting information
on the work-related aspects of a job.
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Work activities – what the worker does, how and
why these activities are conducted.
Tools and equipment used in performing work
activities.
Context of the work environment, such as work
schedule or working conditions.
Requirements for performing the job – KSA’s.
Job Analysis Applications
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HR Planning
Recruitment: job descriptions and want ads
Selection: job requirements and
qualifications
Pricing jobs
Training and Development
Performance Management
Types of “Job” Analysis
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Task analysis
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Competency analysis
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Task statements
KSA’s
Competencies
Matrix / Models
Compensation analysis
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“Compensable” factors
Hay Process
Job Analysis Methods
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Gather job information
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Job documents
Interviews: Critical Incident Technique
Questionnaires:
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Observation: Motion studies
Diaries: Time studies
Analyze job information
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Task Inventory Analysis (customized)
Position Analysis Questionnaire (off-the-shelf)
Create task statements
Create KSA’s or job qualifications
Validate job information
KSA’s Defined
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Knowledge: A body of information
(typically of a factual or procedural nature)
that required for successful completion of a
task.
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Skill: An individual’s level of competency or
proficiency in performing a specific task.
Usually be expressed in numerical terms.
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Ability: A more general, enduring trait or
capability an individual possesses when he
or she first performs a task.
Competency Models
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“Core Competencies” for sustainable
competitive advantage.
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More general descriptions that cut across
many categories of jobs.
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Integrated with selection, training, and
performance management.
Competencies Behavioral indicators Validation
Anheuser-Busch Competencies
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Task force (HR staff and facilitator)
identified key business imperatives.
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HR Staff and consultants
Company strategy and business objectives
Mission and values
Focus groups of managers reviewed
competencies
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Narrowed and prioritized list
Confirm or edit 4-5 specific employee
behaviors for each competency
Anheuser-Busch Competencies
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Questionnaires sent to supervisors who
were asked to rate the frequency that
each behavior was exhibited by:
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Top performers – “role models”
Satisfactory or competent employees
Employees who need improvement
Completed competencies integrated with
selection and performance management
system.
I. Achieving Competitiveness
Customer Focus: Aggressively monitors and anticipates customer
requirements and responds to them in an appropriate manner.
Business Focus: Strategically monitors business performance
and environment to enhance competitive position.
Innovation and Change: Actively seeks out new ideas and
displays creativity in adapting to changing conditions.
Results Orientation: Demonstrates the drive and persistence to
meet and exceed job goals for self or other.
Analysis and Planning: Uses critical thinking to solve problems
and develop effective work plans.
Systems Thinking: Improves and integrates business process to
meet organizational strategic goals.
Technical / Functional Expertise: Demonstrates, enhances,
and shares job-related knowledge and skills.
II. Succeeding Through People
Valuing people: Demonstrates respect for others regardless of
personal background.
Commitment to Development: Develop own and others’
capabilities to better meet organizational needs.
Professionalism: Demonstrates candor, composure, and
commitment to obligations in work relationships.
Empowerment: Delegates or accepts responsibility to expand
own capabilities to take appropriate risks and make decisions.
Influence: Uses appropriate methods to motivate others.
Team orientation: Accepts the team approach and takes
necessary action to support its processes and goals.
“Team Orientation” Behaviors
Individual Contributor
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Recognizes that own
success is linked to team
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Supports team roles, norms
and decisions.
Speaks up when the team is
headed in wrong direction.
Keeps others informed of
decisions and information
that may affect them.
Manager
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Creates and monitors teams
to meet business objectives.
Sets clear expectations for
teams.
Works to build commitment
towards common goals.
Provides resources
Recognizes team for
accomplishments.
Measures own success by
team’s success.
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Why use competency models?
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Why avoid competency models?
Strategy and Staffing Systems
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Which types of corporate and business
strategies would be likely to use:
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Job-based staffing systems?
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Competency-based staffing systems?
Recruiting
Process Inputs and Outputs
HR Planning:
Number of jobs
to be filled
Recruitment:
Selection:
Pool of qualified and
interested applicants
Job Offers
Job Analysis:
Job Descriptions
and Minimum KSA’s
Internal Recruiting
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Identifying and attracting applicants from
among individuals already holding jobs.
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Why recruit internally?
Why NOT recruit internally
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Open vs. Closed recruiting
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When should you post a job?
When should you NOT post a job?
Open vs. Closed Systems
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Closed system
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Cheaper and less time consuming
Better for targeted searches
Should be used if open postings aren’t really
open
Open system
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Identify more potential candidates
Less likely to overlook “hidden talent”
Enhances perceptions of fairness
External Recruiting Sources
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Walk-ins
Internet
Print advertisements
Colleges & Universities
Job Fairs
Employment agencies
Temporary agencies
Referrals from current employees
Former employees
Headhunters
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Deciding on a Source
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Quantity of applicants
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Quality of applicants
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Large headcount vs. single jobs
Specialized skills vs. general skills
Types of people that the media
reaches
Location and Relocation
Budget
Past experience
Choosing A Message
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Amount of contingent pay
Team vs. individual work and appraisals
Promotion opportunities
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“Promotes from within” consideration for MBA’s
Details about the company
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“Fun place to work”
Environmentally friendly
What is Most Important For You?
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Interesting work
Wage / Salary
Incentive Pay
Benefits
Growth / Development Opportunities
Job Security
Location
“War for Talent” Study
Source: E. G. Chambers, H. Hanafield-Jones, S. M. Hankin, and E. G. Michaels, III, “Win the War for Top
Talent,” Workforce 77, no. 12 (December 1998): 50–56. Used with permission of McKinsey & Co.
Assessing Recruiting Effectiveness
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Cost per hire
Time to hire
Tenure of employees recruited
Job performance of employees recruited
Yield ratios
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Applicants per source
Candidates per applicant
Offers per candidate
Acceptance per offer
New hire per acceptance
Measuring effectiveness of advertisements by
coding responses.
Yield Ratios
The ratio of applicant inputs to outputs at
various points in the recruitment process.
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Total Applicants
Qualified Applicants
Invited to Interview
Job Offers
New Hires
YIELD
50% / 2.0
20% / 5.0
40% / 2.5
75% / 1.33
Overall Yield:
3% / 33.3
Opportunistic Hiring
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Companies need to hunt for talent continuously to
capture people when they are ready to make a move.
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Identify ideal candidates and court that person.
Hire them for a specific position even if the slot is not
currently open.
While they are waiting for that position they can be doing
special projects and getting to know the organization.
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GE brings in 100 people a year
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Within 18 months they are hired from the “bullpen”
into line jobs within the different divisions.