2.2.4 Forecasting Employment NeedsAfter an organization's present workforce has been analyzed, the next step in developing a human resource planning system is to forecast future employment needs This requires an analysis of the demand for labor that answers these three questions: 1.What employees will be needed in the future? 2.What kinds of skills and talents will the employees need? And3.When will the new employees be needed?Forecasting employment needs is more of an applied art than a science. Even though many sophisticated forecasting techniques have been developed, in practice forecasting is usually informal highly judgmental, and subjective. The accuracy of employment forecasts is related to the length of time they cover, with short-term forecasts tending to be much more precise and accurate than long-term forecasts.