Staffing Forecasting and Planning - 9781586441586

Almost Nothing that "Olof Krarer the Eskimo" Said in Lectures on Her Culture was True.

Krarer on Eskimo babies:"...when a baby is born in my country it is just as white as any American baby, and it has light hair and blue eyes. But the mother does not wash it with soft water and soap, as they do in this country, but she goes to work and greases it all over, and the child is never washed from the day he is born till the day he dies, if he remains in that country."

Krarer on Eskimo marriage customs:"It is a risky thing in my country to get a wife. A young man has to steal his girl out of her parents' snow-house and get her away into another. If he is caught trying to do this the girl's parents turn right on him and kill him. If he has not enough pluck to steal a girl for himself, he has to live alone, and when he goes to sleep he crawls head first into a fur sack. When he wants to get up he must crawl out backwards. I suppose he is what you would call an old bachelor."

As explored in Staffing Forecasting and Planning, workforce planning is the foundation of strategic staffing because it identifies and addresses current and future challenges to a firm's ability to get the right talent in the right place at the right time. It may be generally understood but rarely acted upon that forecasting and planning can increase an organization's ability to improve its capabilities, reduce its costs, and survive any economic environment.

Talent and its acquisition are investments, not costs. By enabling the firm to acquire and retain the talent it will need to execute its business strategy, staffing planning is essential to a firm's ultimate strategic execution and financial performance. Staffing forecasting and planning ensures that the right talent will be in place at the right time, and enhances the return on the firm's investment in its talent