Workforce Planning

Workforce Planning is a business process for ensuring that the right people (and number of people) are doing the right job at the right time.

Workforce planning assists business owners and managers to plan for the future, anticipate change, manage the workforce and meet business goals.

Workforce Planning looks at the goals and objectives of the business (now and in the future), the skills, knowledge and experience needed to fulfill the goals and objectives, the risks concerning insufficient and incorrect talent, the best mix of engaging the talent (eg, employment, casual, contract, outsourced etc), retention of people in the business, as well as, management of intellectual capital.

Workforce Planning is an ongoing process which links to the organisation’s Business Planning.  Business owners and managers who invest in planning their workforce generally are ahead of their competitors securing the right talent rather than waiting until the last minute.