There are many external and internal influences in searching for and acquiring talent for your organization. Influences such as health care costs (Affordable Care Act), part-time vs. full time contracts, staffing company vs company hiring, outsourcing, temporary workers; current events in HR: company shootings, disgruntled employees, up front testing that could identify traits that lead to violence, drug testing, etc. Explore three of these issues listed or chooses others that are of interest to you and describe the issue, identify why it is releant to HR departments, the challenges, and any operational issues that need to be considered. human resource class