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How Workforce Planning Apps are Revolutionizing Resource Management

Imagine a world where scheduling headaches vanish, employee skills are perfectly matched to projects, and anticipating future needs becomes a breeze.  Well, friends, that world is here – and it’s powered by the magic of workforce planning applications (WPAs).

In 2024, the way we manage our most valuable resource – our people – is undergoing a dramatic shift. Gone are the days of clunky spreadsheets and endless email threads.  Workforce planning apps have arrived, offering a dynamic and data-driven approach to resource management.

Let’s dive in and explore the exciting world of workforce planning applications, and how are they shaping the game:

Supercharge Your Scheduling

Workforce planning applications take the guesswork out of scheduling. These powerful tools allow you to:

Visually map employee availability: See who’s available for a project immediately, with drag-and-drop scheduling that makes building teams a breeze.

Factor in skills and experience: Ensure you’re assigning the right people to the right jobs by matching employee skillsets to project requirements.

Account for leaves and absences: Anticipate staffing gaps caused by vacations or sick leave, and proactively adjust schedules to maintain productivity.

Embrace the Power of Data-Driven Decisions

Workforce planning apps leverage data to provide valuable insights into your workforce.  These insights can help you:

Forecast future needs: Anticipate upcoming workload spikes and proactively adjust staffing levels to avoid burnout and missed deadlines.

Identify skill gaps: See which skills are in high demand and which areas might require training initiatives.

Track project performance: Analyze how teams are performing and identify areas for improvement.

Boost Employee Engagement

Workforce planning apps aren’t just about numbers – they’re about empowering your people. Here’s how:

Empower self-scheduling: Give employees more control over their schedules, leading to greater satisfaction and ownership.

Improve communication: Ensure everyone’s on the same page with clear and consistent communication about schedules and project needs.

Promote transparency: Provide employees with real-time insights into their performance and career development opportunities.

Workforce planning applications are more than just a fancy scheduling tool; they’re a game-changer for resource management in 2024.  By leveraging the power of these innovative solutions, you can unlock a future of optimized staffing, empowered employees, and a thriving business. Businesses can access a wealth of advantages:

Empower self-scheduling: Give employees more control over their schedules, leading to greater satisfaction and ownership.

Improve communication: Ensure everyone’s on the same page with clear and consistent communication about schedules and project needs.

Promote transparency: Provide employees with real-time insights into their performance and career development opportunities.

Stay ahead of the competition! Envision a future with a contented, efficient team, seamless scheduling, and the liberty to concentrate on what’s essential expanding your enterprise. Workforce planning applications represent more than a passing trend; they are the vanguard of intelligent resource management. Bid farewell to cumbersome spreadsheets and welcome a new era—your ideal team is on the horizon. Discover the power of a workforce planning application now and elevate your business to new heights.

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[ehghtyseven]

I met disco today…

he is very cute and very soft and his feet make a most excellent sound when he runs across the floor 😍

[nemfrog]

Solar system. Dream of stars. 1940.

Internet Archive

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A children's class at the Harlem Art Workshop, at the 135th Street branch of the public library. Susan McIver is teaching in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, ca. 1933-34.

Photo: Posterazzi

[artdecodude]

Marine Air Terminal, #LaGuardia Airport. 1939. Architect: William Delano #ArtDeco #WPA 📸:me/2023 #flyingfish

[birdfriend-theband]

A few pages from "MEMORY ATLAS" - a companion zine to our single "MASSABESIC JONES." "Memory Atlas" is a travel guide to a geographical region that exists only in our memory. It's based on the old WPA travel guides from the 1930s.

You can listen to "Massabesic Jones" below:

[gameraboy2]

"Don't Mix 'Em" by Robert Lachenmann, 1936

[eretzyisrael]

A firm called WPA Intelligence did a survey of American voters asking various questions about whether they want a ceasefire in Gaza and other things.

But one question say volumes about how little liberal - and supposedly educated - Americans know about the conflict they are so eager to opine about.

67% of Democrats agreed with the statement that “a sovereign Arab country named Palestine used to exist where Israel is presently located.” 

Two out of three Democrats don't know this basic fact. For Republicans, 55% thought the statement was false. For all American voters, the results were about 50/50, which is disheartening on its own. 

Older respondents tended to answer the question correctly, while 68% of those ages 18-34 got it wrong.

But the percentage of people altogether who believe the lie is not at all correlated to education. 57% of those with a high school or lower education, 58% of those with some college education, 54% of those with a bachelor's degree and 56% of those with a postgraduate degree believed this fiction of an independent Palestinian state.

This is a damning indictment of the US educational system. 

Another survey question is relevant. When asked, without context, whether they supported a ceasefire in Gaza. 70% said they do.

Then the survey told them that this means that a ceasefire would mean that the hostages would not be released. Suddenly, 20% of those who supported the ceasefire switched sides. (But 70% of Democrats still support a ceasefire without Hamas being defeated and without the hostages being returned.)

Now, imagine if the people surveyed knew about Hamas' promise that October 7 was just the beginning, and the terror group intended to mount much deadlier attacks "again and again" until Israel is destroyed - a story that did not get nearly as much publicity as the daily reports of civilian deaths in Gaza. There would be another large shift against a ceasefire when people get an inkling of what the conflict is really about and how depraved Hamas is. 

The 70% who say they support a ceasefire are the same 70% who know nothing about the history, the facts, the context. 

The people who are the most informed tend to side with Israel.  

The corollary to this is that the people who hate Israel will do everything they can to misrepresent the facts and lie about the conflict in order to get people on their side. 

People learn about the conflict not from school but from social media, from TikTok and YouTube, from loud and obnoxious anti-Israel activists who are committed to lie and misrepresent the issues.  And it shows. 

The media isn't helping matters because most journalists are at least passively anti-Israel and their coverage will minimize real facts, history and context and emphasize Palestinian victimhood. 

If you think that Israel replaced a Palestinian state, of course you would be anti-Israel. This is exactly why so many social media posts represent British Mandate currency as if it was from a nation named "Palestine" and people named "Palestinian."  The coin suggests a story, the reality shows the opposite, and a lot of people don't want the people to know the reality.

[kafkasapartment]

NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism, Mid 20th Century Architectural, 1930. Ernest Fiene. Oil on canvas.

[ifreakingloveroyals]

6 May 2023 | King Charles III stands after being crowned during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (c) Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Minneapolis Armory (1939)

[ehghtyseven]

so fond of ned's little goalie dance at the start of each period

[nemfrog]

Unfair to babies.  WPA Federal Art Project. Between 1936 and 1938. Erik Hans Krause, printmaker.

LOC

[newyorkthegoldenage]

These children, pictured on July 26, 1937, had lived in crowded, crumbling tenements in the city. But they moved to the "ultra-modern" apartments seen in the upper right corner of the picture. It was part of the huge WPA Williamsburg low-rent slum clearance development, open to the public.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP

[whatevergreen]

'Construction Workers, Solidarity in Action,' 1940, Emmanuel Romano

[similarfruit]

WPA Statewide Library Project poster, artist unknown, 1935-1943

The Art Institute of Chicago