Strategic workforce planning: taking centre stage
How strategic workforce planning is securing HR’s role in the business, by Infohrm’s CEO, Peter Howes. Now, more than anytime within my 35 years of experience, workforce planning is performing a pivotal role within many organisations. Even though most developed countries are slowly emerging from the worst economic recession in over 70 years, the demand […]
Workforce planning: Helping to deliver on promises
Peter Howes identifies the five areas that must be considered to successfully cope with an increasingly unpredictable business environment. Workforce planning means taking the steps today to ensure you have the right people with the right skills in place at the right time. It’s a way of translating future business strategy into workforce demand forecasts […]
HCM: Using analytics to help organisations fight back
Peter Howes highlights how the use of eight metrics, that have specifically been identified for use in a downturn, can lead to greater workforce insight, improving efficiency and driving cost savings. With the recession in full swing, rapid changes within the global business environment have left many HR directors reeling. Until recently most were […]