Human Resource Office Case Study

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Mrs. Paramo has been with this Human Resource Office (HRO) for over three years and has excelled to great lengths due to her great work ethics, as well as her experience and training in the HR Staffing career field. Mrs. Paramo has shown to be a very driven and motivated employee, who is also a quick learner, which has made her a very well-rounded Staffing specialist. She has exceeded the expectations in developing and posting vacancy announcements, providing advisory services to management; and ensuring that all pay affecting actions are processed in a timely manner, with little to no error. Mrs. Paramo continues to excel in the use of USA Staffing, a system used to recruit and hire applicants for positions within the agency. The ability …show more content…
During these challenges the agency would have falling short on several high priority requests, without her hard work and dedication. She has proved to be a Subject Matter Expert in the Staffing (Recruitment, Placement and Compensation) field and a valuable asset to the Human Resource Office and California National Guard.he position requirements remain complex while the available candidate pool remains limited, due to the lack of training or knowledge in the HR Staffing field. With the agency being unique to it 's "excepted service" requirements, it is quite hard to fill the position with an individual that possess the knowledge of the California National Guard Dual Status Technician program. The lack of such knowledge and experience would severely impact the ability for the organization and HRO to continuously recruit and place employees within positions and utilize resources essential to the mission. Consequently, it would prevent the agency from completing it 's mission and goal of protecting the state and nation, due to low manpower. Mrs. Paramo has received an offer from the Department of Veterans Affairs for a similar position with a higher salary and promotion potential to …show more content…
Therefore the agency can 't afford to lose another valuable and experienced employee. Overall, the vacancy announcement and applicant evaluation process would be delayed as a result, and prevent managers and supervisors from filling vacancies in a timely manner. The pool of candidates possessing the civilian knowledge, skills, and abilities required by this position is extremely limited. The tasks and duties of this position requires a candidate to have an extensive background in HR and Staffing policies, processes and procedures. The recent personnel losses have shown that we cannot retain employees or recruit candidates who are equipped to perform the job with minimal training, at the equivalent level of Mrs. Paramo. In order to hire and train a potential candidate for this position it would cost the federal government thousands of dollars, as well as the loss of productivity while the training of such individual occurred. The loss of several employees within the last 3 years has caused the agency to constantly recruit for HR positions, which have not provided any candidates that have knowledge of our agency 's processes and policies. Nor did the candidates possess the knowledge, skills and abilities of

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