Presentation for my Human Resource Management Class - We were instructed to create our own business... I created a business called "iDEA"

1. iDEA LLP
P3
- Produce, Promote, Purchase
Owners: Felicia Fort, Krystal Mitchell,
Sadia Coleman
Effective Human Resource Strategies

2. About iDEA LLP
• Is a Product Development and Manufacturing company
• Established: March, 2010
• Number of employees: 30 employees currently
• Non-Unionized Business
• Revenue: Managed about $10 Million
• Vision: Produce, Promote, and Purchase
• Mission: To hire the best and bring our clients visions
and dreams to life by producing, promoting, and
allowing their products to get purchased.

3. iDEA LLP
Organizational Structure
Total of 30 employees
Founding Principles include- 3
people- Felicia Fort, Sadia
Coleman, and Krystal Mitchell
Human Resources-1 person-
Shawnji Cooper, MBA, SPHR
Sales Department -2 people
Marketing Manager- 2 people
Managers- 2 First line managers
Factory Workers- 20 Factory
workers

4. What iDEA LLP Needs
•We are asking for $50,000.00
• To help toward the purchasing of a foreclosed
Duplex Manufacturing Facility.
•Location: Norfolk, VA

5. Strategies in Place
• Employment and Recruiting
• Training and Development
• Benefits
• Health & Safety
• Employee and Community Relations

6. Employment & Recruiting
• Recruiting for positions:
– 2 HR Specialist, 1 HR Assistant, 20 Production
Laborers
• Recruitment Methods:
– LinkedIn, Monster Jobs, and Idealist
– Virginia Employment Commission – Norfolk
Region
– Employee Referral Program
– Benefits, Training & Development

7. Training & Development
Create a training environment that makes it
comfortable for employees of all backgrounds
and levels to be creative
– Cross Training
– Hands-on Training
– Collective Trainings
• Customer Service, Increasing clientele, employee
handbook

8. • Retirement – MassMutual Financial Group
401(k)
– $1 - $1 Match
• Taft-Harley Retirement Plans (Unionized
Employees)
– Disability
• Worksite Disability Income Insurance through
MassMutual
Benefits

9. Benefits
• Healthcare - Kaiser Permanente and Blue
Cross Blue Shield
-Family - $250
-Single + 1 Dependent - $185
-Single - $ 135
-Dental and Optical for $22
• Paid Time Off
-15 Days - Universal Leave (inclusive of vacation & leave)
-10 Days – Federal Holidays
-4 Days – Personal Health (accrue 1 each quarter)

10. Benefits
United States Department of Labor (2012) labor
statistics for the State of Virginia
•Production Occupation labor average - $35,588
-We offer $38,588
•HR Specialist annual wage - $65,670
-We offer $68,670
•HR Assistant annual wage - $35,430
-We offer $38,430

11. Benefits
Family Friendly
-Discounted Gym Membership
-1 Free Family Exercise Course
-Innovation Company Scholarship
-Family Days and the Annual Company Picnic
Other Benefits
•Bonuses: Referral Bonus, On-the-Spot, 5% Annual
Bonus (2.5% Employee Performance and 2.5%
Company Performance)
•Optional Telework Day

12. Health & Safety
• Safety is the #1 goal for our employees
• OSHA- Employee Rights
• Safety Training program
• Safety Incentive Program
• Health
– Each factory worker is mandatory to get a physical
every 3 months

13. Employee & Community Relations
• Meeting the needs of stakeholders,
employees, and the community is key to the
success of our company’s growth
• We service a wide variety of clients and it is
important to serve their communities as well.
• iDEA LLP sponsors a localized school program
called “ Little iDEA’s”
• iDEA promotes employee socialization
amongst departments and prides itself in
workplace flexibility.

14. ANY
QUESTIONS
FOR
iDEA