Why is HR planning an important activity? What are some of the advantages of HR planning? What bad situations can proper HR planning prevent?

Innovative Recruiting

Big tech companies, like GoogleLinks to an external site., have been in the media recently due to a lack of diversity in their workforce and a lack of inclusive recruitment and selection practices at all levels of the organization. Imagine that Google hires you as an HR consultant to help them recruit a more diverse talent pool of computer scientists, programmers, data scientists, coders, software engineers, etc. What innovative strategies would you suggest for Google to increase the number of diverse, well-qualified applicants they attract and hire? Propose both short-term and long-term strategies.