Week 3

Most of what we talked about this week encompassed HR's hiring and labor market responsibility. I always knew that good hiring processes were part of any good company, but I never really understood how much involvement HR can have to help a company find good employees.

In addition to using good tools and practices to find the best employees, HR also can help a company determine the best times to hire. For me as a manager of a retail store I simply “feel out” our current employee status and how well we can help our customers. Part of the problem with that “feeling” approach is that I cannot properly forecast demand. Without HR's help I cannot properly determine trends and hiring needs. This would be most prominent in large companies with many employees.