In with the new, in with the old: How companies can retain and hire great talent Hiring and retaining the skills we need isn’t easy, and it will only get harder over time. But technology, especially data analytics and the tools that derive from it, can give HR teams an edge By Geoff Thomas
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their colleagues still not in the office on a daily basis. So, whether the Great Resignation is a real phenomenon or only anecdotally true, one thing is for sure: organisations are facing a talent crunch and they lack the data to make decisions quickly in response to rapidly changing conditions.
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he arrival of 2022 was supposed to mark our triumphant return to the office. But this ‘return’ is not equally true for everyone. With the configuration of work altered, perhaps permanently, the great challenge for Human Resource (HR) teams is: What is the new normal and what are the workforce's expectations? There is no playbook for what HR is facing today because there is no precedent for what the world has just gone through and – in many ways – is still going through. While the pandemic may have become an endemic in some places, the flux that we have lived with has an air of permanence as people return to the office to find large empty spaces or are greeted by desks and community spaces re-arranged to fit the new normal, with many of
The challenges that HR face
With organisations accelerating their digital transformation, and business models being reinvented, the competition for talent continues unabated in the pursuit of people who are adaptable and who have the skill sets required for the new world of business. This is made even more challenging, where in spite of inflation and a looming recession, people are still leaving their jobs. The new generation of June 2022 |
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