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How to enhance and maintain a highly skilled workforce?

​By Mansour Baker, SHRM-CP

Posted  08 June 2020

Each area addresses the activities necessary to enhance and maintain a highly skilled workforce.

• Manpower planning is work-load based for accurate projections
• Performance management is linked to training and compensation, and targets are set to ensure productivity and appropriate reward/recognition
• A formal learning and development program are developed to ensure that skills are developed, and the company has access to specialized workforce
• Leading edge recruitment program that provides with best-in-class candidates

Exhibit 1

The 4 areas to enhance & maintain a highly skilled workforce

​1. How to develop an effective workforce planning?

​To develop a workload-based workforce planning approach and methodology according to industry and international best practices and train human resource staff members on its administration and associated tools.

​2. How to review and upgrade a performance management?

​Review and upgrade the existing performance management approach to enhance target setting, performance evaluation, feedback, post evaluation action planning, and automation.

​3. How to develop and implement training programs?

​Deployment of an organization wide training needs assessment to identify skill gaps and performance requirements and development of training programs to upgrade company staff skills and capabilities and ensure they can carry out functions needed to realize the company strategic and operational objectives.

​4. How to develop acquisition and retention strategies?

​Develop the framework for the company recruitment strategy to enhance resource planning, talent acquisition, and selection of highly skilled quality employees.