You were hired to work as a HR Consultant for a small local hospital, with the task of expanding the workforce of certified medical assistants. Looking at the current three employees, you find a discrepancy in compensation between Susi, a 2-year employee at $28,000, Tom, 5-year employee at $27,000, and Raul, a 10-year employee at $33,000. All are employed as certified medical assistants, yet they all make different amounts of money. According to survey data, all three employees are below the market rate for this job in the local job market. All three employees are also exemplary employees with near perfect scores in their most recent performance evaluation.Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:Explain the discrepancy in pay among the current employees.Describe the strategy you would take to correct the internal equity issue.Describe the strategy you would take to correct the external equity issue.Explain how you will ensure that new hires will be paid equitably both internally and externally.Explain how an organization's Total Compensation strategy affects an organization's financial operations and its ability to attract, motivate, and retain top talent.Cite all sources according to APA formatting guidelines.

Workforce ShortageClick here to read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America's hospitals, at the American Hospitals Association's (AHA) website.Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, create a 5- to 6-page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.Your plan should include the following elements:IntroductionProblem description of the healthcare workforce shortage and its implicationsThe aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long-term attentionProvide a rationale on why these aspects need attentionA description of the financial implications for these issuesEvaluation of alternatives with an explanation of the risks associated with these problemsYour recommendations to solve these problems An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan A description of the next steps, if the plan failed Conclusion Reference listTo support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.Submission Details:Your assignment should be addressed in an 5- to 6-page document.Submit your documents to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.