Congratulations!! After reading your letter, the CEO of Chip’sWidgets, Inc. is beginning to see that an operations manager may havesome value for his company. However, he is a shrewd businessperson whofeels he just made a significant investment in additional staff and willnot hire an operations manager based on one good letter. You still havesome work to do because Mr. Chip has now asked you to present thepoints in your letter in greater detail to him and his two businesspartners.

He would also like you to explain how recruitment and selection ofan operations manager will add to his company’s strength, and he wouldlike to understand current human resource trends and how those trendsmight help the company. In addition, because he has business contacts inother industries, he wants you to help him explore outsourcing some ofthe HR functions just as he does with payroll and legal services, inlieu of hiring an operations manager.

To complete this assignment, develop a PowerPoint presentation that contains the following slides:

• cover slide
• A slide that explains what strategic human resources means andhow strategic recruitment and selection can strengthen growingcompanies, in particular, and offer them a competitive advantage
• A slide that reiterates the benefits of hiring an operations manager that you included in your letter
• At least one slide that outlines your proposed recruitment strategy for the operations manager position
• A slide that highlights current trends in the employment marketand explains their impact on strategic human resources planning; in theNotes section of the slide, discuss the Affordable Care Act and otherlegislature that could impact staffing levels and plans
• A slide that examines the advantages and disadvantages ofoutsourcing and outlines how these advantages and disadvantagesinfluenced your proposed recruitment strategy
• A summary slide to reiterate the benefits of your planned recruitment strategy
• A slide containing at least two references from credible sourcesthat you used in your research for this presentation, formattedaccording to APA standards.
• For all slides except the cover and reference slides,include a minimum of 250 words in the Notes section of each slide thatexplains your rationale and provides further details for theinformation included in your slides. This information would form thenarrative of your talking points in an actual verbal presentation.

Because the company manufactures artistic widgets, feel free to add alittle creative flair to the slides while still keeping yourpresentation professional. Unless created by you, images should becited; visit this FAQ for more information.