Can Do It! You Can Help!

Assignment #1 – They Can Do It! You can help! A look at Talent Practices at the Home Depot.

Introduction

The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer with stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. ("The Home Depot," 2010)

At The Home Depot, dedication to serving the customer and providing the ultimate shopping experience is priority. Maintaining this focus and commitment is a leadership team that believes the company values and commitment to great customer service will create value for all our stakeholders. Working in a Store Support Center, rather than a corporate headquarters, their leadership knows that the most important people in the fabric of the company are the store associates and store leadership teams. ("The Home Depot," 2010)

Discuss how the leadership at Home Depot intended to use its organizational talent to gain a competitive advantage in the Do It Yourself industry.

The leadership at Home Depot intended to use its organizational talent to gain a competitive advantage in the Do It Yourself industry by creating a diverse channel of entry into the organization and developed dedicated programs that build leadership and functional skills. The company work hard on talent leaderships roles of embedding the enduring importance of human capital to corporate success, internalizing the importance of engaged a superior customer experience, experience growth in challenges employment markets, changes in workforce and consumer demographics and understanding.

Discuss the key channels that Home Depot developed for recruiting talent.

The key channels that Home Depot developed for recruiting talent are creating multiple talent channels, each with specific purpose or designated for specific talent segments. The talent that Home Depot used to recruit people is attached and traditional print media and job boarding as well as creating...