Step 3: My Future Workforce Requirements - Basic Future Workforce Profile – Skills, Capability and Capacity What are the different types of roles that will be undertaken? Types and numbers of roles What is our ideal capacity, where are our skills shortages and now where are they likely to be in future? What future business functions will exist, and who will we need to do these functions? What will the skill, competency and development requirements of our workforce be? Skill and qualification level What skills will the different roles need to have? (Some skills will be common across the organisation, some will be common across teams or functions, and some will be specific to individual roles) Type of employment What types of employment do we need to have? Will they be paid or unpaid? Will they be part-time or full-time? Future Workforce Characteristics Gender What is the gender distribution we want? What will the ethnicity profile of our workforce be? Ethnicity What is the ideal age profile of our workforce? Age What do we want the earning profile of our workforce to look like? Earnings Where will our workforce be located? Distribution What will some of the other employment characteristics of our staff be? Other employment vacancy and recruitment activities, for example: vacancy lengths, recruitment rates, application numbers characteristics exit information (this may be sought through employee surveys, termination information, resignation letters) influences on staff (for example change in business direction, budgets, market pressures) How will staff be rewarded and recognised? What kind of support and development structures will be in place? Workforce support How will our workforce compare to similar businesses and organisations? How will we compare to the regional and Regional/national national picture? comparison
Step 3: My Future Workforce Requirements - Basic Future Workforce Profile – Skills, Capability and Capacity Types and numbers of roles What are the different types of roles that will be undertaken? What is our ideal capacity, where are our skills shortages and now where are they likely to be in future? What future business functions will exist, and who will we need to do these functions? Skill and qualification level What will the skill, competency and development requirements of our workforce be? What skills will the different roles need to have? (Some skills will be common across the organisation, some will be common across teams or functions, and some will be specific to individual roles) Type of employment What types of employment do we need to have? Will they be paid or unpaid? Will they be part-time or full-time? Future Workforce Characteristics Gender What is the gender distribution we want? Ethnicity What will the ethnicity profile of our workforce be? Age What is the ideal age profile of our workforce? Earnings What do we want the earning profile of our workforce to look like? Distribution Where will our workforce be located? Other employment characteristics What will some of the other employment characteristics of our staff be? vacancy and recruitment activities, for example: vacancy lengths, recruitment rates, application numbers exit information (this may be sought through employee surveys, termination information, resignation letters) influences on staff (for example change in business direction, budgets, market pressures) Workforce support How will staff be rewarded and recognised? What kind of support and development structures will be in place? Regional/national comparison How will our workforce compare to similar businesses and organisations? How will we compare to the regional and national picture?
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