Also called: Strategic Workforce Planner
Predicts how many people a company will need, with what skills, and when.
You model how many nurses a hospital needs next winter, compare it to expected retirements and recommend how many to hire now.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in HR, business or analytics.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Analytics, Human Resources, Economics.
Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years). Tracks management analysts.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI forecasting tools model future staffing; deciding what to do about the gaps stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, Spreadsheets or computer applications, AP Microeconomics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1111.
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