Business Human Resources

Business Human Resources

Current State of Labor

Wal-Mart has been facing legal problems related to child labor issue. Focusing on its strategic plan Wal-Mart is still getting positive response from many labors who wants to work in wal mart. The U.S. retail chain Wal-Mart had announced plans to create over 22,000 jobs in the U.S. in the course of 2009 as a result of its expansion plans, which cover the opening or expansion of between 142 and 157 stores in fiscal year 2009/10. Wal-Mart planned to create over 1,000 jobs in several states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia. Hiring took place in different occupational categories, including store managers, pharmacists, human resource managers and cashiers. Through this we can see that current state of labor is flourishing ignoring the legal problem that Wal-Mart had faced (McCauley, 2006).

Recruiting Policies

Recruitment policies have undergone a major re-vamp with a large disk of local recruitment. Recruitment are sometimes conducted seasonally, such as during Christmas, when more staff is hired part-time to cope with the growing business. Applications can be completed online or by visiting a local shop and get an application form. After examining the application, the next step is an interview for a potential employee. This is followed by training and trial period in which they were set on their various skills. If they do well through these phases are then hired and become part of local family. The policy uses a filtering process that is useful not only identifies the top candidates for employment, but also at the same time creates a list of employees who may need additional tests to accurately predict their abilities.

Recruiting Methods

There are various recruiting methods to be used by Wal-Mart. To attract new candidates Wal-Mart uses the tools of Cats recruitment and HR blogs. In Wal-Mart's new methods of collection of applications and recruitment the tools used are:

Recruiting via Internet 

The speed-networking 

The job-dating 

The competitions 

Recruitment in the field 

Parties connected to find work

Recent Changes in Labor Needs

There have been recent changes in labor needs noticed in order to get cheaper labor. Immigrants to work as labors are allowed in Wal-Mart so in this case they need to provide them basic accommodation. Some labor needs flexible hours to work because of their other commitments. Some students work part time to earn some money while studying (Lavigna, 2004).

Recruiting sources

Employees: The first candidates to be considered are those employed by the company. In using an ...