Explains the nature of staffing, giving insight into the major component of human resource management. (The term talent management has become a loose synonym for staffing and human resource management.) The view of staffing here includes legal aspects, human resource planning, recruitment, selection and placement, orientation, training and development, performance evaluation (appraisal), and compensation. Two other aspects of staffing, termination and managing ineffective performers, are covered later in the text. Human resource management is inherently interesting to many students because it relates directly to their experiences in seeking employment. If you were a manager interviewing candidates, name a legal issue that you feel is the most important to be aware of from legislation that affects staffing in the U.S. Why? Discuss any stage of the staffing model and state a good or bad example of what you have seen in regard to a particular stage of the staffing model (example: recruiting, training, etc.).