Practical guides for HR and finance teams managing positions, FTE, and budgets — written from 30 years of doing this, not theory.
The core concept: tracking positions as distinct from the people who fill them, and why that distinction matters for HR and Finance.
The formula for converting hours, pay frequency, and schedule into a Full-Time Equivalent number — with worked examples.
How two people end up sharing a 1.0 FTE slot, why it's a common source of budget overages, and how to catch it early.
Why vacancy age matters, what an open position actually costs while it sits empty, and how to flag the ones that need attention.
How to track the gap between what's approved and what's actually on payroll, and why that gap is where budget problems hide.
Where spreadsheet-based headcount tracking falls apart as an organization grows, and what a real position control system does instead.
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