Encompasses all the tasks involved in acquiring, maintaining, and developing an organizations human resources.

Planning for staffing needs Recruiting and hiring Training and development Appraising performance Administering Compensation and benefits Overseeing changes in employment status

Forecasting supply and demand Evaluating job requirement

Planning begins with forecasting demand Estimate the supply of available employees

Job analysis:
process by which job are studied to determine the task and dynamics involved in performing them

Job description:
Statement of the task involved in a given job and condition under which the holder of the job will work

Job specification:
Statement describing the kind of person who would be best for a given job, including the skills, education, and previous experience that the job requires

To make sure that all new employees understand the companys goals, policies, and procedures, most large organizations and many small ones have well-defined orientation programs.

to objectively evaluate employees according to set criteria

Wages - compensation based on an hourly pay rate or the amount of output produced. Salary - compensation calculated on a periodic basis, such as weekly or monthly. Incentive Programs cash payments to employees who produce at a desires level or whose unit.

Employee Benefit and Services

Insurance Retirement Benefits Employee Stock-Ownership Plans Stock Option Family Benefits Others

Promoting and Reassigning Employees Terminating Employees Retiring Employees

Layoffs - termination of employees for economic or business reason Firing and Employment a Will employees right to keep or terminate employees as it wishes

Mandatory retirement required dismissal of an employee who reaches certain age Worker buyout Distribution of financial incentives to employees who voluntarily depart, usually undertaken in order to reduce payroll

Inc. 500 companies that say they find Internet recruiting useful, by business sector

o Computer related o Business services o Consumer goods o Telecommunications o Health care o Industrial products

60.2% 17.6% 4.7% 4.1% 3.5% 2.9%

o Construction
o Finance o Media o Transportation

2.3%
2.3% 1.8% .6%

Benefits

Drawbacks

o Speed o Increased volume of resume o Reach o Not every one has internet access o Cost Saving o Not every use internet access to search for jobs