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Guide to University Recruiting Workforce Planning

Guide

Misalignment with budget cycles and unclear business line needs can make workforce planning challenging for UR teams. This guide offers three approaches to workforce planning that empower University Recruiting teams to move from being requisition fillers to strategic partners.

Workforce planning in early careers is notoriously difficult. Among our 200+ members, not one has felt they have a perfect system. Even the most advanced organizations with the most sophisticated, developed programs cite demand planning as a key challenge.
Why makes workforce planning so challenging?

  • Timelines in campus recruiting means hiring is happening for, often, years from now.
  • Hiring managers struggle to predict precisely what they will need far enough out.
  • The perennial problem: Changes. A workforce plan is agreed to. Then, it changes.

 

Download the guide to get actionable data and approaches to workforce planning that help you become a strategic partner to the business.