Workforce Attraction
Attracting new staff to fit your culture – 9 Key Themes
- Attraction, recruitment, retention equation
- Research with your employees or target market employees
- Employee Value Proposition and Employer Branding (reputation)
- Advertising strategies
- Recruitment and selection mistakes and the costs of getting it wrong
- Leadership and management style
- Work-life balance, flexible work practices and location
- Career development opportunities and skills development
- Salary rates and working conditions
Research, Tools and Resources
Hunting The (Hidden) Hunters, What Job Hunters Want in 2010, Careerone, February 2010, www.careerone.com.au: The C1-7 Model – The Seven Job Hunter Categories: Personal Ambition (7%); Recognise Me (11%); Rewarding Challenge (10%); Flexibility (24%); Contented (12%); Supportive Environment (28%); and Drifters (8%).
Industry: http://www.workforceinfoservice.sa.gov.au/resourcestools/resourcespublications/industry
Employer Resource Kit: http://www.workforceinfoservice.sa.gov.au/resourcestools/resourcescollection#resourcekit
Websites and Vignettes:
http://www.fthskillscouncil.com.au/workforce.asp
http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications10/ictworkforceplan.htm
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/media/corporatepubs/docs/workforceplan/wfp_2010_2013.pdf
http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/dpe_site/publications/PIDWeb.pdf
http://www.workforceinfoservice.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17846/defenceIWAP09-14.pdf
