An alternative to workforce planning

Posted on 29. April 2009 by William Uranga

None of the organizations I’ve worked for have embraced workforce planning.  Typically recruiting runs off a line in the budget dedicated to the headcount plan (a top-down approach).   This is reactive.  This isn’t to say the organizations I’ve worked for didn’t plan, but there were too many variables and interdependencies to make workforce planning a [...]
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  1. Cade Krueger said:

    William,

    Great thoughts put together in this post. I think that workforce planning is undervalued and like you say probably overlooked in most organizations. I liked your where your thinking is headed. Web 2.0 is on the rise in the HR world. In order to find specific talent to fill a job in the company is enhanced when properly using Web 2.0. I say good for the HR professional.

    Now that you’ve been gnawing on these ideas for about a week now, what else is on your mind?


    Posted on 5. May 2009 at 15:43

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