Hrm 532

Calvin Fields
Talent Management
Assignment 1
HRM 532
Dr. James Anderson

                      They Can Do IT

Discuss how the leadership at Home Depot intended to use its organizational talent to gain a competitive advantage in the Do It Yourself industry.

The Home depot use several goods ways to gain a competitive advantage in their market and to maintain it to today’s do it yourself type of business. They created a multiple and diverse channels of entry into the organization and developed dedicated programs that build leadership and functional skills. They work hard to attract top talent and then commit supporting that talent while they prepare for upcoming leadership roles.

Discuss the key channels that Home Depot developed for recruiting talent.

In the chapter it discusses the key channels that Home Depot use for recruiting talent. The developed talent strategy has been built on meeting retail hiring needs when know one was hiring. Some of the leadership development programs that have been formed to meet the leadership talent needs of the organization, in which Home Depot use   to attract top talent and then commits to supporting that talent while they prepare for upcoming leadership roles that include:
    • Embedding the enduring importance of human capital to corporate success.
    •   Internalizing the importance of engaged associates in creating a superior customer experience.
    • Experiencing unprecedented growth in challenging employment markets.
    •   Acknowledging significant changes in workforce and consumer demographics.
    •   Understanding that talented associates tend to leave leaders, not companies, and therefore the competency and prepared-ness of leaders is paramount to ongoing success.

Discuss the critical programs used by Home Depot to keep talent in their pipeline.

The Home Depot has been an essential element in preparing new hires in their pipeline to lead effectively. According in the book to Silzer & Dowell,...