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Organizational Talent Pools: 4 Steps to Developing Employees

HR Bartender

With unemployment rates hitting record lows, there’s lots of talk about developing internal talent. One way to do that is with talent pools, which are groups of employees who are being trained and developed to assume greater responsibilities within the organization. However, creating a talent pool takes some planning.

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Replacement Planning: 3 Steps to Develop Your Organization’s Strategy

HR Bartender

If there’s one activity that has more of an impact than succession planning, it’s replacement planning. A replacement plan identifies “backups” for positions. But replacement planning doesn’t have to be defined as a subset of succession planning.

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How To Craft a Strategic Hiring Plan in 2025

Analytics in HR

This includes the hard costs of advertising job openings, paying recruitment agency fees, and the soft costs associated with administration, interviewing candidates, and onboarding new hires. Defining job descriptions and requirements: Crafting clear role scopes and job descriptions is crucial for attracting the right candidates.

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9 HR Steps to Create an Impactful Employee Development Plan

Analytics in HR

Businesses are finding that the traditional emphasis on education alone has not resulted in a pool of applicants who possess the required skills. These skills gaps impact organizations on several levels, including hobbling the ability to innovate and increasing costs associated with workers. What is an employee development plan?

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HR Year-End Checklist: 10 Critical Areas to Assess

Extensis

There are holiday celebrations to prepare for and attend, looming work deadlines, and your staff’s time off to track and plan around. File FICA/FUTA: If applicable, submit forms by the IRS deadlines. Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting: If applicable, provide workers with Form 1095-C and file Forms 1094-C and 1095-C to the IRS.

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How to Develop a Staffing Planning (With Staffing Plan Example)  

Analytics in HR

In an ever-evolving business landscape, staffing planning is integral for ensuring that an organization has the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles, at the right time. Contents What is a staffing plan? But only if the right planning and development programs are in place — which is where HR comes in.

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How HR Can Create a Comprehensive Talent Strategy

Analytics in HR

Therefore, being able to recruit, develop, engage and retain the right people at scale should be a top priority. The best talent strategies help the organization meet its goals, create a competitive edge, and meet the career development aspirations of present and future talent. Talent and the management of that talent is everything.