Human Resources Life Cycle or the Employee Life Cycle refers to the stages of an employees during the employment in a particular organisation and the shifting various roles the Human Resources function play in each of those stages are categorised in different models in different manners as listed below. The main 3 stage Human Resources Cycle model are as follows:-
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Redeployment
Some models of the employee life cycle have four, five stages, while others have six or more.
4 stage HR Cycle model- Recruiting and On boarding
- Orientation and Career Planning
- Career Development
- Termination or Transition
4 stage HR Cycle model- Recruit
- Train
- Evaluate
- Promote
5 stage HR Cycle model- Recruitment
- Education
- Motivation
- Evaluation
- Celebration
7 stage HR Cycle model- Recruit
- Manage
- Reward
- Train
- Motivate
- Policies
- Evaluate
8 stage HR Cycle model- Job description
- Selection and placement
- Organisation design
- Skills assessment
- Training and education
- Performance management
- Compensation and reward
- Career planning and career development