Responding to the challenge of a changing workforce: Recruiting nontraditional demographic groups

Citation
D. Doverspike et al., Responding to the challenge of a changing workforce: Recruiting nontraditional demographic groups, PUBL PERS M, 29(4), 2000, pp. 445-459
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Management
Journal title
PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
ISSN journal
00910260 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
445 - 459
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-0260(200024)29:4<445:RTTCOA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
As a result of a shortage of qualified applicants and the changing nature o f the demographic composition of the workforce, there has been a recent inc rease in interest among human resource professionals in the targeting of re cruitment efforts toward specific subgroups of the population. Based on the professional literature, this article discusses principles for the recruit ment of Older Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and members of racial and ethn ic minority groups.