Part of Sharon's job is to check applicants' references and do background checks. When would you recommend that Sharon do this? 30 days after an employee starts the job. Immediately after an applicant submits an application or resume. Only when an applicant is identified as a finalist for the job. Only when Sharon believes that the information provided by an applicant is suspicious. During the forecasting stage of HR planning, the HR professional tries to: develop HR policies and practices based on anticipated moves by major competitors. anticipate economic trends which are most likely to impact the company's success. determine the supply of and demand for various types of human resources. predict the number and types of legal challenges the company is likely to face within the year. Your company conducted a needs assessment in order to analyze which specific employees need training to learn the new e-mail system. This revealed that very few employees know how to use the new e-mail system. What type of needs assessment was conducted? Competitive analysis Task analysis Organization analysis Person analysis