An Overview of the Process

This book describes all aspects of the strategic staffing process in detail. From an overall perspective, the process usually includes the following steps:

  • Identify and prioritize longer-term staffing issues and implications—those that arise from your business strategies and plans. A staffing issue usually involves a significant difference between the staff that will be available and the staff that will be needed to implement business strategies effectively. This might be a difference in skills, staffing levels, or both. It could also be a deficit or a surplus.
  • Create a staffing model that calculates specific shortages and surpluses of talent. Such a model usually includes:
    • Defining the number (staffing levels) and ...

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