In the 1990s, a number of emerging issues are posing serious challenges to the staffing function in both public and private sector organizations. Discusses these issues and their implications on career trends and staffing strategies. In particular, examines and discusses the various staffing and career challenges posed by workforce diversity,the increasing entry of women in the workforce, the increasing demand on education and training, the increasing importance of equal opportunity and age discrimination legislation and the changing pattern in employee aspirations and attitudes. Also presents the way in which organizations in the 1990s are responding to the above challenges. Also outlines and discusses a number of suggestions relating to more effective career and staffing strategies to deal with the above challenges.
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December 01 1994
Career Trends and Staffing Strategies in the 1990s
Rachid M. Zeffane;
Rachid M. Zeffane
Senior Lecturer of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
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Geoffrey Mayo
Geoffrey Mayo
Human Resource Management Specialist and a Research Associate at the Employment Studies Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5945
Print ISSN: 0955-6214
© MCB UP Limited
1994
Career Development International (2001) 6 (5): 30–35.
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Zeffane RM, Mayo G (2001), "Career Trends and Staffing Strategies in the 1990s". Career Development International, Vol. 6 No. 5 pp. 30–35, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09556219410072298
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