- Competitive resourcing.This will start from an analysis of the basis upon
which the organization competes with other firms for employees. The
factors mentioned above should be covered, and the aim is to seek
competitive advantage by exploiting those that are superior to those of
rivals. One of the factors will be pay. This may not be the only one but it
can be important. It is necessary to track market rates and make a policy
decision on where the organization wants to be in relation to the market. - Alternative strategies for satisfying human resource requirements.These
consist of outsourcing, re-engineering, increasing flexibility skills
training, multiskilling and downsizing. - Recruitment and selection techniques.The strategy should explore methods
not only of recruiting the number of people required but also of finding
staff who have the necessary skills and experience, who are likely to
deliver the desired sort of behaviour and who will fit into the organi-
zation’s culture readily. These processes and techniques will include the
use of:- skills analysis;
- competency mapping;
- the internet for recruitment;
- biodata;
- structured interviews;
- psychometric testing;
- assessment centres.
The aim of the strategy is to develop the best mix of recruitment and selection
tools. It has been demonstrated that a ‘bundle’ of selection techniques is
likely to be more effective as a method of predicting the likely success of
candidates than relying on a single method such as an interview.
RETENTION STRATEGY
Retention strategies aim to ensure that key people stay with the organization
and that wasteful and expensive levels of employee turnover are reduced.
They will be based on an analysis of why people stay and why they leave.
Analysis of reasons for staying or leaving
The reasons why people remain with the organization can be established
through attitude surveys. These could segment respondents according to
their length of service and analyse the answers of longer-serving employees
to establish if there are any common patterns. The survey results could be
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