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Selection and Staffing: The Staffing Process

Course ID: ILRHR510
Retain your valued employees, and manage departures and workforce reductions. Systematically assess the effectiveness of selection and staffing in your organization.

Description

This course covers the issues and best practices related to employee retention, reductions in force, and documenting and reporting on the selection and staffing process. It illustrates a systematic approach that can be applied to most organizations.

Who Should Take This Course?

HR professionals responsible for recruiting, screening, hiring, promoting, and outplacing employees.

Line managers, supervisors, and team leaders who are involved in the recruiting process or in making promotion and succession decisions.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:

Course Format

eCornell takes a problem-based approach to learning, and builds each course around realistic case studies and scenarios. All courses are self-paced, and are facilitated by an eCornell instructor, who leads the online discussions and is available to answer any questions about the course content. This course contains the following modules:

How Do We Keep Employees?

Effective orientation as a retention tool
Implementing an effective orientation program
Elements of an effective succession plan
Identifying high-potential employees

What Happens When People Leave?

How and why people leave an organization
Effective and legal strategies for managing a downsizing
The role of HR in managing a workforce reduction
Structuring and conducting an effective exit interview

Reporting and Effectiveness

Reports, tools, and measurements the HR department can use to demonstrate its value to the organization
Effectiveness versus efficiency
Aligning HR effectiveness measurements with the organization's strategic business priorities

Benefits to the Learner

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

Identify effective strategies for retaining valued employees
Implement effective strategies for managing employee departures and reductions in force
Use reports to measure the effectiveness of the HR department's selection and staffing process

Authoring Faculty

Ronald M. Katz, Adjunct Faculty

Sponsoring School

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Total Learning Time

Approximately 5-6 hours over a period of two weeks.

Enrollment

Price: $599.00

Add to Cart

To register, click 'Add to Cart' at right, or contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-eCornell (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).

Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.

Next 3 Course available dates are:

December 9, 2009
January 6, 2010
January 20, 2010

Click 'Add to Cart' to see available dates beyond January 20, 2010.

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ACE CREDIT Recommendation

This course contributes to an eCornell Certificate Program that has been recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT). Please refer to the Certificate information page for additional details.

HRCI Recertification

This course been approved for six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.

Technical Requirements

With all eCornell courses, access is easy. Participants only need a computer and an Internet connection. To view specific technology requirements, visit our Technology Requirements page.