Recruiting Plan Strategy for HR Management and Org Leaders: Fleet, Farm and Home

Today, the labor market in the United States is challenged on numerous fronts, including most especially the scarcity of talented and motivated employees. To determine the current situation, the purpose of this project is to develop a business report on a recruiting plan strategy for HR management and organizational leaders for the expansion of Fleet, Farm and Home (FFH) (hereinafter alternatively the company) with a specific focus on three potential future locations in the midwestern United States: Ottumwa, Iowa, Ottawa, Illinois and Grand Island, Nebraska. A comparison of the respective labor markets, unemployment rates, median incomes and educational levels for these locations is followed by other relevant data as appropriate. In addition, an assessment of the laws that impact FFH's recruiting strategy is followed by an analysis of the resources that will be required for recruiting minorities. Finally, this project provides a recommendation for the optimal locations for FFHs expansion plans together with supporting rationale.

Comparison of the Labor Markets for Each Selected Location

Population

Ottumwa, Iowa: 25,545 (as of 2019); this population has remained essentially unchanged for the past 5 years (Population levels, 2022).

Ottawa, Illinois: 18,792 (Population, 2022).

Grand Island, Nebraska: 51,147 (Populations levels, 2022).

Unemployment Rates

Ottumwa, Iowa. Unemployment rate: 3.4% (Dec 2021)

Ottawa, Illinois: 5.5%

Grand Island, Nebraska: 2.6% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022).

Median Incomes

Ottumwa, Iowa. $26.275 (2019)

Ottawa, Illinois: $27,481 (2019)

Grand Island, Nebraska: $30,586 (Median incomes, 2022).

Educational levels of the work force

Ottumwa, Iowa: High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years and over: 86.0%; bachelors degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years and over: 20.1% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022).

Ottawa, Illinois: High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years and over: 90.3%; bachelors degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years and over: 21.3% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022).

Grand Island, Nebraska: High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years and over: 83.4%; bachelors degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years and over: 20.3% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022)

Other relevant data

Ottumwa, Iowa: This is the hometown to the well-known and popular Walter Radar OReilly from the motion picture and television series M*A*S*H. This small city has one community college (Indian Hills Community College) and comparatively easy access to 4-year universities including the University of Iowa in Des Moines (Ottumwa overview, 2022).

Ottawa, Illinois: The small city was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate on August 21, 1858 (Ottawa overview, 2022).

Grand Island, Nebraska: This city is located on the largest inland island in the world. In addition, and notwithstanding its comparatively small population, Grand Island has several higher educational institutions, including Central Community College, Northeast Community College, Southeast Community College and the University of Nebraska at Omaha (Grand Island overview, 2022).

Laws that impact FFH's recruiting strategy

The companys recruiting strategy for one of the new locations of interest described above are impacted by a number of labor laws, including generally the Fourteenth Amendment as well as specific federal laws such as the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

…company assigns a higher priority to candidate who have acquired at least 1 or years of college as well as a minimum of 1 year of retail or customer service experience. Because all three of the proposed Midwestern U.S. cities are essentially mirror images of each other in terms of demographic composition, educational levels, median incomes and labor laws, the recommend city is Grand Island, Nebraska based on its modestly larger population and access to community-based educational resources despite its slightly higher median income level.

The following resources that were used to compile this report support this recommendation base on the following rationale:

Education levels. (2022). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from https://www.census. gov/quickfacts/: This online federal resource provides timely and accurate data concerning the respective educational levels in each of the three proposed locations for the companys envisioned expansion.

Median incomes. (2022). Google. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/search: This online resource provides the most up-to-date information concerning median income levels for municipalities across the country.

Summary of the Major Laws of the Department of Labor. (2022). U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved from https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/majorlaws: Although FFHs human resource department has an admirable track record of keeping abreast of existing and newly introduced labor laws that are relevant for the companys operations, this online resource provides authoritative information concerning each type of relevant labor law as well as newly implemented changes to these laws.

Unemployment levels. (2022). U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved from https://www. bls.gov/regions/midwest/: Although the nation currently enjoys a historic low level of just 3.2% unemployment, these rates vary depending on the state and municipalities that are involved. Because the company…