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Workforce planning

Workforce planningis the process of analysing an organisation’s likely future needs forpeople in terms of numbers, skills and locations. It allows the organisation to plan how thoseneeds can be met through recruitment and training.

Employees

Set out ambitions, targets and training goals.

Managers

Identify technical skills, competencies and behaviours needed for the next step

Recruitment and Selection

Selection

Selection involves choosing the most suitable people from those that apply for a vacancy,

whilst keeping to employment laws and regulations.

Screening candidates is a very important part, this ensures that those selected for interview have the

best fit with the job requirements.

Curriculum Vitae (CV): a

document setting out a job

applicant’s background,

qualifications, experience and

interests. . The company also provides a ‘job type match’ tool on its careers web page.

Skills and behaviours

There are six work levels within the organisation.

Work level 1: Requires the ability to workaccurately and with enthusiasm and to interact wellwith others.

Work level 2 Requiresthe ability to manage resources, to set targets, to manage and motivate others.

Work level 3 Requires management skills, includingplanning, target setting and reporting.

Attracting and recruiting

Recruitment involves attracting the right standard of

applicants to apply for vacancies, the process varies depending on the

job available

Tesco first looks at its internal Talent Plan to fill a

vacancy.

This is a process that lists current employees

looking for a move, either at the same level or on

promotion.

Tesco advertises

externally:

• through its website and offline media

• through television and radio

• by placing advertisements on Google or in magazines such as The Appointment Journal.

Work level 4 Requires good knowledge of the business, the skills to analyse information and to make decisions,and the ability to lead others.

Work level 5 Requires the abilityto lead and direct others, and to make major decisions.

Work level 6 Requires a good overview of retailing, and the ability to build avision for the future and lead the whole organisation.