a. (P1.) Describe the internal and external factors that need to be considered when the college is planning the human resources requirements for its needs.

The objectives of HR Planning is to forecast future requirements for HR, to ensure the best use of the existing HR,to provide control measures for any necessary requirements and to assess the downsizing. There are plenty of internal and external factors that HR need to consider when the college is planning the human resources requirements for its needs.
One of the external factors is available labour as they have to maintain adequate staff levels at the college, as the college is an educational environment staff are a big factor. The available labour is a very big external factor as the availability to recruit qualified candidates can be seen as a problem if the available labour levels are low therefore the college cannot employ candidates up to the college’s standards. They may have to employ candidates with highly specialized skills and because of this the college may have to look in other areas not only of the city but in some cases the country, this links into the location of the college. As this is not internal recruiting it can cost a high amount of money. Another external factor of HR is the government regulations and policies. The regulations can influence the way the college goes about training, rewarding, recruiting etc. If any of this is done wrong and not following the government policies the college could end up in law problems. For example different legislation acts affect the workplace such as the equality act, the act states that the workplace should be modified for people with disabilities to create a fair working enviroment.The next environmental factor which would affect the college is its competitors outside of the college, this will not only affect the staff but also the students. If a