Human resource planning refers to the activity of management aimed at co-ordinating the requirements for and the availability of different types of employees.

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Human resource planning refers to the activity of management aimed at co-ordinating the requirements for and the availability of different types of employees.

        In order for businesses to succeed, the employers have to plan carefully before recruiting employees to ensure that they employ the right number of employees and with the right qualities. For example  I am a human resource planner in an Interior Designing  Company and it has come to my notice that the company is short of employees, which is leading to low productivity and low quality levels of service, so I need to recruit more employees. ‘Recruitment' is the process of advertising the availability of a job vacancy, and encouraging appropriate people to apply.

First and foremost, I explore the details of the job openings and define the kind of people, in terms of skills and other qualities, that are most suitable for each specific job.  In this case I need  2 people with experience in redecorating and designing the interior and exterior of homes and offices. They should also be acquainted with  the AutoCAD program or any similar Computer Aid Design(CAD) program. They should have good verbal and written communication skills, problem solving and analytic abilities, organisational skills, adaptability and flexibility and self motivated. Since I know exactly what I need, I go on to search for the best possible candidates to fit my needs and arrange for the best contenders to meet me with me and be interviewed. Thereafter I decide which candidates to hire and when they begin their assignments I evaluate their job performance for a standard period of time. After the trial period I  will decide whether to hire the candidates on a long term-temporary staffing or try another suitable candidate until I find the person with the qualities I am looking for.

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        However this is not an easy task. One of the problems I face as a human resource planner is shortage of skills. There is a shortage of skills in the interior design industry especially when it comes to Information Technology (IT) skills. An interior designer today, needs the relevant up-to-date IT skills like working with AutoCAD, Microstation programs, however it is not easy to come across one. Nevertheless, I can solve this problem by training my own staff with the relevant skills for their duties, that is the designers with up-to-date designing and computer skills like AutoCAD, the photographers with ...

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