Responding to the economic environment...plenty of research, where's the advice? As well as the BCG paper we discussed last month, the number of whitepapers available on how to respond to the current economic challenges grows and grows. Accenture have released "a time for bold moves", Watson Wyatt "workforce planning challenges and opportunities" and it seems the HR blogosphere is alive with opinions. All of this is valuable, but at Aruspex we've been hearing from the community that practitioners really need guidance on what practical steps to take, not just what theoretical issues to think about. Good point! So to help our workforce planning community, we're doing two things:

  1. Offering insights and case studies in an HR.COM virtual conference on May 14
  2. Delivering step by step guidance on how to respond in a webinar direct from us on June 3

It's time to take a step beyond the theory and into real world advice and examples of how you can help your organization build advantage in these challenging times!

 

Customer Case Studies - Aruspex has clients around the world, and they tailor our tools and approach to achieve the results they need to suit their specific needs. On our website, we have a selection of case studies that show how just how versatile our framework is, and just how much value you can achieve. Here's a glimpse of what you could learn:

  • How workforce planning can help companies survive the economic downturn

  • Putting people at the center of the business using CAPTure

  • Achieving a balance between global synergy and local autonomy
  • Industry-wide cooperatioin to build a sustainable future
  • Developing first class HR strategy through wfp
  • Overcoming the challenges of an aging workforce
  • Balancing business unit autonomy with organization-wide autonomy through decentralized planning

These stories can also provide you with some ideas about how workforce planning can help you solve your future workforce challenges. Visit our website to download these case studies, and to learn how we can help with your specific industry and organizational challenges, give us a call - we'd be happy to talk to you about it!

"Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are."
- Allan K. Chalmers
Human Resources Leader report on how companies are finding new opportunities despite the downturn. They advise that companies may be missing out on opportunities when they cut ties with former employees.

Hotelexecutive.com state that the economic climate has made CEOs take a more active role in talent management. New surveys suggest that companies are focusing on their current staff rather than engaging in new hiring.

Workforce Planning in an Economic Downturn - A step by step webinar direct from Aruspex to share tips and techniques you can immediately apply to help your organization build future value during these tough times. 3pm ET, June 1.

Workshops - Our next workforce planning workshops will be taking place in Atlanta on May 12-13, in Melbourne on June 3-4, in Houston on June 10-11, and in Sydney on June 17-18. To find out more about these workshops, and when we are next coming to your city, visit our website.

Making Better Workforce Decisions - Aruspex founder Stacy Chapman will be presenting this webinar at HR.COM's VIEW virtual conference on May 13, 2.30pm ET. For more information, visit HR.com.

Human Capital Institute 2009 Workforce Planning Conference - June 16-17 in Boston, MA. For more information, visit HCI.

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