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HR Planning
Determining Employment Needs
Effective HR planning is essential to understanding your company's employment and hiring needs.
HR Planning provides the recruitment information your company needs, including:
- The number of positions to be filled
- The types of positions to be filled
- When the positions need to be filled
- The skills required for these positions
Benefits of Hiring Youth
- Expanding your available workforce: Youth make up a large and growing share of Alberta's working age population.
- Flexible staffing: A large proportion of youth work part-time while studying.
- Skilled workers: Youth often have beneficial skills such as:
- energy,
- flexibility,
- new perspectives and innovation,
- comfort with rapid change,
- experience with people of diverse backgrounds,
- familiarity with technology such as social media, and
- awareness of market trends.
- Balanced labour costs: Hiring youth in entry-level roles can help keep wages affordable while you invest in their training. As they learn and grow in their role, youth continue to add value and are often ready to take on more responsibility and higher-paying positions.
Benefits of Hiring Newcomers
- Expanding your available workforce: International workers are increasingly playing a significant role in Canada's labour force.
- Enhanced competitiveness and effectiveness: Newcomers bring new skills and talents which can boast your competitiveness in the marketplace. New ideas and perspectives can stimulate new ways of thinking and introduce more effective business practices.
- Access new markets: Having staff knowledgeable of diverse cultures and languages can help your company grow in local and global marketplaces.
- Connect you with other organizations and workers: Newcomers often have strong connections within their communities and can connect you with other potential job candidates and new potential business partners.