Contact Personnel immediately! Revise the job description and draft the copy for an advertisement to go in the Technicians Journal. The deadline for copy is only three days away.
We are in trouble, we won't find a replacement with Frank's level of experience in a hurry. He has built our systems and it will require specialist ability for a newcomer to understand them."
So, someone is leaving and the response is 'reactive' - no preparations have been made in advance - there is an element of panic. The horse has bolted - the stable door remains wide open. Typically a 'theorist' would point to a lack of organisational preparedness ¨ strategy and planning. But this type of situation is common and human. What issues and approaches point the way to better understanding of staff resourcing and planning? We need to understand
Jobs are sought and filled within a labour market system. Job finding, recruitment and the mechanisms of labour markets - internal and external - are significant elements in society and essential structures in both the lives of those people who have to work for a living and the processes of organisational management.
This resource explores various questions about what labour markets systems are.
How do we discern the inputs, structures, processes and outcomes of the social
constructions that we call " labour markets "? No particular answers
are offered but questions such as "what and where is the labour market"
try to reference issues and debates - relevant to an analysis of labour markets.
