Strategic Staffing
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Timeline
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January 9, 2022Experience start
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January 11, 2022Project Scope Meeting
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April 12, 2022Experience end
Timeline
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January 9, 2022Experience start
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January 11, 2022Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 12, 2022Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Organizational structure Talent recruitment Employee retention Training & development Workplace cultureSkills
talent retention talent acquisition competitive analysisLooking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from Keyano College to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.
Students in this course begin with an examination of the different methods and information sources used to forecast an organization's need for human resources. Then, the course addresses various recruitment techniques, with emphases on the identification of effective sources and media for particular types of jobs, and on the design of effective recruitment messages. The third and largest portion of the course examines the range of tools and techniques used to select the best candidate from a pool of recruits, including Application Blanks, Interviewing, Selection Tests, and Background (Reference) checks.
Learners
Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.
Some final project deliverables might include:
- A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
- A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations
Project timeline
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January 9, 2022Experience start
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January 11, 2022Project Scope Meeting
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April 12, 2022Experience end
Timeline
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January 9, 2022Experience start
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January 11, 2022Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 12, 2022Experience end
Project examples
Requirements
Students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.
Project activities that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:
- Outlining the strategic importance of the Staffing function, how different strategies impact the organization internally and long-term, and its effect on competitive standing in the market and will then applying the different Staffing strategies to support the variety of desired outcomes;
- Applying Staffing strategies that comply with current laws in Canada and why complying can be strategic;
- Identifying the workforce planning process and recommending what method of Staffing would be most effective for the desired outcome;
- Recognizing current, best-in-class Staffing methods from Canada’s Top 25 companies, why the use them, and how to implement a new, strategic method in an organization;
- Researching, identifying, and using the newest methods of recruiting using technology, namely, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Job Search websites, and Linkedin and how to employ them strategically.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
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Timeline
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January 9, 2022Experience start
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January 11, 2022Project Scope Meeting
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April 12, 2022Experience end
Timeline
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January 9, 2022Experience start
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January 11, 2022Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 12, 2022Experience end