Introduction to Honda:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., founded in 1946 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa, is a
multinational corporation primarily known for manufacturing automobiles, motorcycles, and
power equipment. With its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Honda has established itself as a global
leader in the automotive industry, renowned for its commitment to innovation, quality, and
customer satisfaction.
Vision: Honda's vision is to serve people worldwide with the joy of expanding their life's
potential through innovative products and services that exceed customer expectations.
Mission: Honda's mission is to be a company that society wants to exist, creating new value
through initiatives that contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
Strategy: Honda's strategy revolves around four key pillars:
1. Innovation: Continuously innovating and pushing the boundaries of technology to
develop groundbreaking products and solutions.
2. Quality: Maintaining uncompromising standards of quality in every aspect of its
operations, ensuring customer satisfaction and trust.
3. Environmental Responsibility: Minimizing environmental impact through the
development of eco-friendly technologies and sustainable business practices.
4. Customer Focus: Placing the needs and preferences of customers at the forefront, striving
to exceed their expectations and build lasting relationships.
Recruitment and Talent Management at Honda:
Recruitment and Talent Management functions are integral components of Honda's HR strategy,
playing a vital role in attracting, retaining, and developing a skilled workforce that aligns with
the company's vision, mission, and strategic objectives.we can go delve deeply into how Honda
implements these functions:
1- Workforce planning & forecasting: in general, known as what positions to be filled
and how to fill them
To be aligned with the vison, mission and company strategy, Honda emphasizes workforce
planning for future success, and any action plan or procedures to be aligned with the aim of its
strategy and here's a glimpse into their approach:
- eliminate the gap between the current predicted work force needs and the available
employee and the general workforce planning principles can be applied:
- Honda's strategic plan outlines its future growth and
expansion, which drives their HR planning. They forecast their
talent needs based on projected production volume, new
product launches, and market trends. This is evident in their
recruitment strategy for specific skill sets and roles.
For example
Trend Analysis : Analyzing trends in the automotive industry, like electric vehicle
adoption, helps predict the skills needed in the future workforce, technological
advancements: Forecasting technological advancements helps identify the skills required
to operate and develop new technologies
Ration Analysis : retirement planning Understanding upcoming retirements allows for
strategic recruitment to fill knowledge gaps and ensure continuity, sales volume and the
current sales force/production capacity with the production teams.
To approach and achieve the strategic goal honda tends to start with the current employee
to be the first line of candidates.
So the company focus on development and upskills of the internal staff
Honda invests in training programs to enhance the skillsets of current employees. This ensures
they stay relevant amid the evolving technologies in the auto industry, like electric vehicles.
https://hondainamerica.com/news/honda-takes-two-big-steps-to-advance-the-skills-of-its-
workforce/
By combining these elements, Honda can anticipate future workforce needs and bridge any
skill gaps through targeted training and recruitment initiatives
Honda depends on some strategies and procedures in recruitment process not only to
recruit but also to adapt effectively recruitment activity
Recruitment sources:
Internal:
Internal recruitment means hiring employees within the company or seeking applicants for
the job position from the existing employees. Honda posted many position of job vacancies
of many departments onintranet. For example, Honda car service department, Honda sales
department, Honda spare part department, Honda human resources department and
others (Honda, 2019) [refer to appendix 1]. The existing employees of Honda are given
opportunity to apply for the position that they want. Honda no needs to spend more time
on recruiting new employees with no experienced on the job scope and work conditions
because hire a new employees is requiring a lot of complicated process such as read the
resume or curriculum vitae
(CV) of new employees, interviewing them, briefing with them. By using the internal
recruitment method, Honda can avoid all these complicated process. Honda can use its own
staff which is already well understand about the company information. This is a very useful
methods which used by Honda because it save the times, cost of hire and energy to hire
other new employees from the open market job board.
External source:
inn external recruitment method it means hiring employees outside of the company. Honda
posted open position of job vacancies on theinternetto hire employees. Honda posted the
job vacancies on jobstreet website with condition which need to fulfill by employees to
apply for the job. For example Stock & Supply management executive (Spare parts
division), accessories planning executive (spare parts division), IT executive and others
(JobStreet.com, 2019) [refer to appendix 2]. In order to make the recruitment more
attractive, Honda has offer the job vacancies with a lots of benefits such as high salary,
medical benefits and . Honda can save time to screening out the unwanted applicants
because through using this website, Honda can only pick up the applicants which is fulfill
the condition or requirement set by Honda. Nowadays, everyone is using internet and
internet can be use in anytime or anywhere. Therefore, Honda’s job vacancies has been
widen and being search by variety types of people so they can enlarge the chance of getting
more potential and talented people.
The vacancies can be filled through the following channels
• Attracting Future Talent: They actively participate in educational initiatives, like
sponsoring programs by the National Association of Manufacturers, to cultivate interest in
manufacturing careers among younger generations.
https://hondainamerica.com/news/honda-takes-two-big-steps-to-advance-the-skills-of-its-
workforce/
• Global Hiring: Honda implements a ‘Global Employment Program’ to recruit talent
from emerging markets, building a workforce with a global perspective.
https://global.honda/en/human_resources/
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Focus on Development:
Upskilling: Honda invests in training programs to enhance the skillsets of current
employees. This ensures they stay relevant amidst evolving technologies in the auto
industry, like electric vehicles. https://hondainamerica.com/news/honda-takes-two-big-
steps-to-advance-the-skills-of-its-workforce/
Workforce Diversification:
Diversity and Inclusion: The company prioritizes a diverse workforce and established a
dedicated ‘Diversity Promotion Office’ to achieve this goal. They recognize the value of
different perspectives in driving innovation. https://global.honda/en/human_resources/
