Trends in HR in 2022 and 1 year hence
It is interesting to see HR professionals view their priorities with a complete different lens post covid and with employees looking for more than just a job, the shift of employee working styles, talent crunch and how to make a workable employee experience for all.
- Shift to hybrid working style:
This year has definitely made C-suite think all over again, do we have employees work in the office, work remotely or just in hybrid. The decision is clearly which is workable based on factors: industry specific, cost of office space, flexibility, company policies, external factors, technology adaption, resource availability and so on.
- Redesigning the workplace:
We shouldn’t forget most employees worked in hybrid mode or remote in 2020, 2021 and even 2022 so HR had to reinvent what an office space should look like. Is your workplace attracting talent to come work out of their offices. Workplace of the future definitely required a face lift.
- Focus on employee well being
Past 2 years have really made us examine our effort to maintain our health, an employee is looking for an employer who encourages employee well-being. Many HR conducted yoga, dance, mental wellness awareness sessions, in-house counsellors.
- Use of technology
With the shift to a hybrid working style our internal systems and digital platforms is a focus in 2022 and even in the next year. Creating social platforms for interaction and moving from an office based/ paper-based process to a digital process is clearing taking center stage for HR and other professionals.
- Diversity, Inclusion, Belonginess
DI is not a new concept but is gaining acceptability and awareness. C-suite is aware of the benefits of having a diverse workforce and today have taken it as the priority. Focus of recruiting a diverse set of individuals, customizing company policies, training and development.
- Attraction of key talent
Attracting the right talent and retaining talent is a challenge and HR professionals are finding ways to create a pipeline of talent, attracting the best talent and retaining the talent.
- New age skills required
Skills required today are different and employees need to continuously update their knowledge. HR professionals create training workshops, external training programs, on-the-job training opportunities depending on the requirements.
- Employee experience strategy
Creating an employee experience, remember your employee is your brand ambassador- a person who promotes your company, engages other colleagues which help in engagement with customers and increases the productivity levels.
- Continuous communication
With the hybrid working style, it becomes even more important to maintain social and interactive digital platforms for employees to continuously communicate. Communication is a continuously process and even more is requirement in remote working as this leads to isolation.