Chapter 2. Workforce Planning and Employment

Workforce planning and employment (WPE) speaks to HR’s responsibility to ensure integrated, seamless, and effective recruitment, hiring, onboarding/orientation, and exit processes that support the short-term, long-term, emerging, and strategic objectives of the organization.

Many who are working toward the SPHR credential may find that their roles are more strategic. Even then, however, it is essential to maintain an awareness of tactical and transactional roles. Why? There are many potential reasons. Primarily, however, SPHR-level HR professionals may find themselves managing HR professionals who are performing roles that are largely tactical or transactional in nature. As such, it is essential to ...

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