Attracting the Right Workers
Completion requirements
This text highlights the need to attract and retain the ablest employees. Managing talent includes planning for succession as people are either promoted or otherwise leave the position. The process starts with attracting the right workers for the organization and then keeping star employees. Managing talent well means helping them to grow, develop and stretch.
Effective Selection and Placement Strategies
Learning Objectives
- Explain why a good job description benefits the employer and the applicant.
- Describe how company culture can be used in selecting new employees.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of personnel testing.
- Describe some considerations in international staffing and placement
Selecting the right employees and placing them in the right positions within the company is a key HR function and is vital to a company's success. Companies should devote as much care and attention to this "soft" issue as they do to financial planning because errors will have financial impact and adverse effects on a company's strategy.