Assignment of SHRM: Recruitment and Hiring

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Assignment of SHRM

Strategic Options of Human Resource Development


Developing your small business’s human resources strategies and tactics can seem an
especially daunting task. In many smaller organizations, the HR function is handled by
the business owner or by a senior manager without the support of a large team of
professionals. There are a number of tried and trued human resource development
strategies that can enable your business to manage its most valuable resource its
people without overwhelming your time or energy.
Recruitment and Hiring

The recruitment and hiring of employees is often seen as one of the necessary evils of
running a business. The hiring process can take valuable time away from other
important tasks, and training new employees is an intense process. Nonetheless, the
recruitment tactic an organization adopts can be of utmost importance in setting its long-
term growth and productivity strategy. This is because hiring the right employees for the
right jobs makes the business’s operations run more smoothly and effectively over time.
The key to recruitment is in determining exactly where your business has needs. Do you
need a specialist IT person? If so, don’t hire someone with expertise in marketing to fill
this position. Do you need a generalist who can take on a number of different tasks?
Then look for someone who’s managed projects or has experience working in a fast-
paced environment.

Training

Once you’ve hired employees, training them to do the work as your business requires it
to be done is an important tactic in human resource development. While all
organizations ideally want to hire skilled people to fill open positions, almost all
employees need some level of on-the-job training. Your business might have particular
ways of processing invoices, or it might have its own systems for information technology.
These particular policies and procedures have to be communicated to new employees,
and current employees have to be periodically retrained on key areas. This is important
for any company’s long-term strategy of efficiency and growth. Employees who work
smartly and on the same page eliminate waste and save the organization money.

Benefits and Compensation

Providing benefits and compensation goes without saying for the HR function. However,
there are novel tactics and strategies that your organization can think about initiating to
help it attract the very best employees. Offering work-life balance programs such as
flexible working hours, paternity leave, work-at-home options and extended holiday time
for good performance are all ways to reward your employees above and beyond the
traditional model of pay-for-service HR. These innovative strategies help keep your
employees engaged and it helps them feel like they are valued by the business.
Evaluation and Professional Development

Evaluating employee performance is a final key strategy for human resource


development. Some organizations institute annual evaluation procedures while other
businesses only evaluate employees when something seems to be going wrong.
However, regular evaluation of your workforce can help to spot areas where additional
training is needed or where rewards and benefits can be levied. It also gives the
business owner or manager an opportunity to offer professional development programs
to its employees. Professional development includes any training or further education
plan that isn’t normally available to employees as part of their on-site training. Sending
employees to conferences or networking events, staff retreats and tuition reimbursement
are forms of professional development. They train your employees to sharpen their
skills, which they will ultimately use to contribute back into your organization.

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