# Build a workforce plan

Forecasts headcount and skills needs against strategy, with scenarios and an action plan.

- Topic: HR & Hiring
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-a-workforce-plan

## Prompt

```text
Help me build a workforce plan.

**Business strategy and goals (next 1–3 years):** [CONTEXT]
**Current workforce:** [headcount by team/role, skills, attrition, location — paste data]
**Constraints:** [budget, hiring market, change events like a merger or restructure]

Deliver:
1. Demand forecast — roles and skills needed by period, tied to the strategy.
2. Supply forecast — current workforce with attrition and internal movement.
3. Gap analysis.
4. Options for closing gaps: build (train), buy (hire), borrow (contractors), automate, redeploy.
5. Scenarios (growth, flat, downturn) with headcount and cost implications.
6. HR metrics to track and an action plan.
```

## What to fill in

- CONTEXT

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