Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:  Talent Acquisition: Determine appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent, and explain how the strategies

OL 600 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Employee Engagement and Retention

Overview: For this first milestone, due in Module Three, you will analyze HR strategic engagement initiatives for attracting, retaining, and rewarding employees. The four critical element focus on talent acquisition, employee engagement and retention, learning and development, and total rewards.

Prompt: Refer to the chapter readings and module resources to support your responses to each of the four critical elements below. Carefully read and address each critical element as written, using detailed and informative analysis that conveys critical thinking. The four critical elements are aligned to the people technical competency within the HR knowledge domain.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Talent Acquisition: Determine appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent, and explain how the strategies support organizational goals.

 Employee Engagement and Retention: Determine appropriate employee engagement strategies and explain how this approach will increase retention.

 Learning and Development: Determine learning and development opportunities aimed toward attracting and retaining qualified talent within the organization.

 Total Rewards: Identify appropriate total rewards strategies to increase employee retention, and explain how these strategies support the goals of the organization.

Be sure to incorporate instructor feedback on this milestone into your final submission.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: This milestone must be submitted as a 3- to 4-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one- inch margins. Use the latest edition of the APA manual for formatting and citations.

Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Talent Acquisition Determines appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent and explains how these strategies support organizational goals, using specific examples

Determines appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent and explains how these strategies support organizational goals, using specific examples, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate

Does not determine appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent

22

Employee Engagement and Retention

Determines appropriate employee engagement strategies and explains how these approaches will increase retention, using specific examples

Determines appropriate employee engagement strategies and explains how these approaches will increase retention, using specific examples, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate

Does not determine appropriate employee engagement strategies

22

Learning and Development Determines learning and development opportunities aimed toward attracting and retaining qualified talent within the organization, using specific examples

Determines learning and development opportunities aimed toward attracting and retaining qualified talent within the organization, using specific examples, but examples are inappropriate

Does not determine learning and development opportunities aimed toward attracting and retaining qualified talent

22

Total Rewards Identifies appropriate total rewards strategies to increase employee retention and explains how these strategies support the goals of an organization, using specific examples

Identifies appropriate total rewards strategies to increase employee retention and explains how these strategies support the goals of an organization, using specific examples, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate

Does not identify appropriate total rewards strategies to increase employee retention

22

Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

12

Total 100%