Plan your workforce

Prepare a workforce plan to develop your current workforce and recruit people with skills to support your business as it grows or changes.

Workforce planning—when integrated with your business plan—can help you:

• retain employees and reduce turnover
• find the right people for key roles
• reduce skills shortages
• identify staff training and development needs
• improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity
• increase job satisfaction and employee engagement.

For more information, visit the Workforce Planning Connect website developed by Jobs Queensland and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ).

Workforce Planning Connect

Workforce Planning Connect is a suite of free resources designed to support employers plan for the skills and workforce they need.

Choose the resources that work best for your business size and follow the steps to begin or enhance your existing workforce plan.

Micro to small businesses

The Workforce Planning Connect workbook is a practical, self-guided resource to help you build a workforce plan in full or to focus on key activities to support specific workforce needs.

Small to medium businesses

The Workforce Planning Connect toolkit is a comprehensive resource designed to support your business through the workforce planning process. The toolkit can be used to:

• develop a complete workforce plan
• address a specific workforce challenge, opportunity or need within a business.

There are also toolkit resources to help support your business. Customise the templates to assist you with your workforce planning needs on topics such as:

• knowing your workforce
• workforce supply and demand analysis
• risk assessments
• developing a detailed workforce plan.

For more resources and information, visit the Workforce Planning Connect website.

Also consider...

• Learn about apprenticeships and traineeships.
• Read about managing people through change.
• Learn about business skills planning.