Staffing Plan
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A Staffing Plan is a organizational plan that outlines a company's current and future staffing needs.
- See: Strategic Plan.
References
2023
- GBard
- A staffing plan is a document that outlines a company's current and future staffing needs. It is typically created by the human resources department, but should involve input from all departments and levels of the organization.
- A good staffing plan should include the following information:
- Current staffing levels: This includes the number of employees in each department and their job titles.
- Future staffing needs: This includes the number of employees needed to meet the company's short-term and long-term goals.
- Skills and qualifications required: This includes the education, experience, and skills that employees need to be successful in their roles.
- Hiring and training plans: This includes how the company will recruit, hire, and train new employees.
- Succession planning: This includes how the company will identify and develop future leaders.
- Staffing plans should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis to ensure that they are aligned with the company's changing needs.
- Here are some of the benefits of having a staffing plan:
- Helps to ensure that the company has the right people with the right skills in the right places.
- Helps to reduce turnover and improve employee engagement.
- Helps to control labor costs.
- Helps to improve productivity and efficiency.
- Helps the company to be more agile and responsive to change.
- A staffing plan answers the questions:
- What work needs to be done?
- How many people do we need to employ?
- What skills and experience are necessary to do this work?
- What skills gaps need to be filled (and are there any areas of redundancies)?
- Staffing plans can encompass the entire company or apply to smaller teams or departments and even individual projects.
- For example, if your company’s business goals focus on expanding its salesforce in the coming year, a staffing plan can help prepare the sales department for that growth—so that the right people with the right skills are brought on board at the right times.
- Additionally, a staffing plan helps your business to:
- Reduce labor costs and maximize productivity.
- Eliminate skills gaps.
- Increase employee engagement.
- Increase employee retention and reduce turnover.
- Improve customer experience.
- Streamline business growth.