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Whether we talk about the digital era, the 4th industrial revolution, or the big shift we are describing the biggest social and economic transformations that have marked the 21st century.
These drastic changes have been driven by the technological revolution and have impacted our daily and professional life. But how is the world of business and work adapting to this new reality? And what is exactly the role of HR experts during this period?
3/ les cabinets de recrutement and HR specialist have identified 10 main trends that will shape the future of companies and HR departments on a worldwide scale:
· 1st HR trend: Employees continuous learning
An average employee’s career can last 30 to 40 years. However, if we consider the speed of technological change, what is the best method to get ourselves prepared for what is coming in future decades?
The answer is to bet on continuous learning. We can no longer limit ourselves with what we just learned in university; our career development depends basically on continuous learning.
In order to provide employees with the necessary knowledge and skills, company training programs, and career development, managers are creating new flexible learning models that can be used in real-time.
Hence, companies Learning Management Systems (LMS) are being adapted to these revolutionary changes by adding more micro-learning, mobile content, videos, and game-based -Learning tools.
· 2nd HR Trend: Talent acquisition
The second human resources trend is related to talent acquisition. Talent acquisition is crucial for every company. To cope with the ever-changing technological revolution, companies are constantly looking for professionals specialized in the new emerging activities.81% of HR and hiring experts confirm that talent acquisition is one of the biggest challenges that recruitment companies will face.
Which is why, HR managers are using more cognitive technologies, social network and even big Data to find the right candidates.
More recruitment firms are capitalizing on online forms, videos, social media (Linkedin), and online interviews, aiming to speed the recruitment process while spending lower costs.
· 3d HR Trend: Dynamic and network-based organization
After being faced with all these changes, companies’ priority is shifting toward transforming the organization of the company and the way it works.
Consequently, a big number of companies are trying to adopt more dynamic and flexible organizations to respond easily to market changes. Companies are being organized around small teamwork which is easy to set up and manage. Smaller teams can work together for one or two years on the same project then move to another one.
· 4th HR Trend: New ways to appraise employee’s performance
The usual path to achieve a promotion or get a pay raise has been changing lately. Seniority, experience, and examinations are no longer the only way of appraisal since it has been a real shift towards fast and more flexible methods.
This fact has pushed HR departments
o look for new and creative appraisal methods based on continuous feedback and super-defined targets.
International companies like IBM, Adobe, Facebook have been experimenting with different ways to reward employee’s performance in a unique and distinguished way.
· 5th HR Trend: New leaders
If times are changing, companies’ leaders have to! Nowadays, companies are looking for more role model leaders, that are capable to adapt to the new economic and social changes.
Hence the trend is moving toward more diverse and young leaders who can digitally run the business. Their ability to manage dynamic and agile teams is highly demanded by companies. These new leaders are strongly oriented to continuous learning and developing their skills.
Even though the need to hire new leaders should involve the whole company, HR leaders play the main role to orient their company in the right direction.
· 6th HR Trend: Digital human resources
The Digitization of companies has already become a fact, so does it for the HR department. One of the biggest challenges of this department is to bring new digital initiatives to the whole workplace by introducing mobile applications (Slack, Trello, Asana…), software, and tools that can change and improve the way the company works.
For example, chatbox services that have been using AI to recruit have found their best clients in the most innovative recruitment companies.
All the current changes have pushed HR leaders to take more roles and initiatives to drive their organization to become more “digital” not only work in a digitized way.
· 7 th HR Trend: Big Data at the service of the HR department
Données is now the most valuable asset in the world. Numbers have become power. Human resources are also included in the big data era.
A growing number of companies are exploiting data about their employees to improve their hiring experience, increase productivity and employee loyalty. This new HR trend has led to the popular word “people analytics” which relates to the big use of Data to improve decisions that affect people’s work.
· 8 th HR Trend: Promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Since nowadays, companies are striving to become more transparent, digitized, and international, the issue of inclusion and diversity has become crucial.
Employees give extreme importance to these principles, as for clients and the global audience they have become demanding in terms of respect for gender equality and cultural diversity.
Hence, the HR department has to create a policy that encourages diversity and promotes inclusion among employees. This step will not only make companies more efficient and productive but it will mainly polish and ameliorate the brand image and reputation.
· 9th HR Trend: Making the right balance between workers and machines
Even though new technologies tend to facilitate our lives, they will always constitute a challenge to employees and HR Leaders.
What are the tasks that can be only performed by people and what are the ones that should be replaced by machines? To answer properly this question, HR managers should redesign jobs, the organization of the company, and its future.
To strike the right balance, each company must identify the essential human skills to combine them with the right robots, machines, and automation tools.
Combining machines and workers can look like a real challenge however it is a real opportunity to increase productivity, let people focus on the human part of work, and create new jobs.
· 10th HR Trend: Enhance the employee experience within the company
HR managers are trying to strengthen the corporate culture of companies, while keeping up with the new millennials’ demand, offering better learning opportunities to increase employee’s motivation and engagement.
Aiming to enhance employee’s experience starting from recruitment till the end of the career journey, is a necessary step to boost their satisfaction, loyalty, and the company’s reputation.
Doing so will help companies to facilitate the transition to a more flexible, dynamic, agile corporate model.
Those were the 10 main HR trends that will shape the future of companies and HR departments during this year and the upcoming ones.
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