Assignment
Issue You are the HR Manager at Texas Hydraulics, Inc. in Temple, Texas with approximately 600 employees. You recently noticed an increase in employee turnover for skilled craft workers. Here is a link to the manufacturer http://www.texashydraulics.com/
Assignment Commentary
In this web site challenge you will use the Texas Workforce Commission and the Bureau of Labor Statistics web sites to support an organizational issue related to external recruiting. In this assignment you will demonstrate skill in identifying and using credible and reliable sources of information as well as applying APA formatting.
Web Search Directions
Go to the TWC web site and review the information available within the site.
Link to the TWC website http://www.twc.state.tx.us
Be sure to check out the following:
Labor Market Information http://www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/bemp/labor-market-information.html
TRACER http://www.tracer2.com/
Texas Labor Market http://www.tracer2.com/cgi/databrowsing/?PAGEID=4
Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site and review the information available within the site.
Link to Bureau of Labor Statistics web site http://www.bls.gov/
Be sure to check out the following:
Economic News Releases http://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm#OEP
Monthly labor review http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/
Career Outlook http://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/
Essay (fall session) (40% of grade)
Describe the different types of employee turnover that can negatively impacting employee retention at Texas Hydraulics. Why would an HR department want to measure the different types of turnover? How would this help Texas Hydraulics with the employee retention problem? Inform your response with information from the required readings (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014) and at least one other source. Paraphrase only, no direct quotes. Properly cite and reference in APA all sources of information. This response should be 400 to 500 words in length.
Resources (35% of grade)
Investigate the TWC and BLS web sites, identify a total of five resources that you believe would assist you with the completion of tasks related to external recruiting, labor market demographics, or about competition for labor. Provide a brief summary of each resource as well as a link to the resource, correct APA citation, and references. This response should be 50 to 100 words in length per resource (about 4 to 8 lines of text).
Written Requirements (25% of grade – 10% layout and 15% APA)
Your response to this assignment should include a title page, body of the paper, and reference page. The essay and resources should be addressed separately and should include separate headings. The text should be Times New Roman, black, 12 point font. One inch margins all around. No direct quotes, paraphrase in your own words. Your response should be within the designated word count range. Your assignment should be uploaded by the midnight of the due date.
Your assignment should be uploaded as a word document in the assignment folder.