The Dofasco Fiasco

Dofasco Case Question 1 In order for Dofasco to overcome the problem of half their workforce retiring in the next ten years Dofasco must come up with a reasonable and effective recruitment and selection process as well as replacement plans in order to meet their requirements for skilled labor. If Dofasco wants to form an effective strategy for handling this problem they must first collect the necessary data in order to form an effective recruitment and selection strategy. The first step for Dofasco is to collect all the data for recruitment so that they will not lack the required labor to be a profitable company in the future. The first step in data collection for Dofasco is to find out which employees plan to retire within the next ten years and what positions they will have when they retire. They will need to also account for what position those employees will hold when they retire in ten years as opposed to those retiring in two years. For example, someone who retires within the first few years (of this ten year span) will most likely be in same position they are in now, whereas someone who retires after nine years will most likely hold a much higher position when they retire considering Dofasco’s current corporate culture of internal development. Once they have an idea of who will be retiring and when, as well as what positions they will hold, the company or HR department can begin to collect the relevant data needed to ensure a good recruitment strategy. One of the very first steps after finding out who plans to retire will be to perform detailed job analysis on the positions of the employees who will be retiring. Dofasco should already have a strong recruitment and selection strategy in place considering their corporate culture and low turnover rate, but it will need to be modified to account for the