Progressive globalisation and remote work drives human resources professionals, as well as business leaders, to seek global solutions. The past decade has changed the HR world and HR trends dramatically.
HR professionals must continue to evolve, to take care not only of positive company culture or inclusive workplace, but also of positive employee experience and employee well being as well as mental health, deal with employee retention and sometimes lack of employee engagement. Even HR departments must adapt to business change and assist the company in achieving its intended goals.
What is required from HR during the fourth industrial revolution?
Top HR trends shows that building the employees’ involvement, as well as taking care of employee mental health in their work is going to be vital. HR departments will have to offer such facilities as work life balance and flexible work arrangements (like remote work and hybrid work model) , as well as employee assistance programs and employee experience.
HR operations need to be optimised through the use of the latest available technologies.
In the long term, technology has been redefining how HR departments operate, a process that is set to continue over the next few years[1].
TECHNOLOGY FOR HR PROFESSIONALS
In short, HR technology covers many applications that help improve the recruitment process, helps with workforce planning and general HR management. HR departments and Hr practitioners need to use new solutions in every aspect of their business, from staff management, talent acquisition, to salaries and additional benefits. The basic goal of implementing modern HR solutions is to streamline practices, reduce costs, increase employee involvement and improve performance[2].
In order to meet the requirements for today’s market, it is important for HR departments to understand the latest HR trends and HR practices; how they can improve work efficiency with use of HR software, and which among them are the best choices for HR team and their business strategy.
Here are the four key HR trends:
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CLOUD DATA
Over the past few years there has been a continuously growing HR trend in cloud data management. According to the data provided by PwC, a consulting company, in the Global HR Technology Survey 2017, more than 70% of companies around the world manage at least one of the processes with use of the cloud[3].
Its increasing popularity results in the need for greater security of the data stored there. By placing data in the cloud, it is possible to avoid the risk and costs connected with the necessity of storing them on our own servers[4].
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
As in every sector, AI is also a hot topic for the HR industry, and will play an equally important role in 2020. It supports HR departments in their basic task – recruitment. The use of artificial intelligence for employee recruitment allows completely objective selection based on the candidates’ skills. Artificial intelligence has no conscious or unconscious bias.
Other processes, such as reward and performance management (calculation of employee bonus, evaluation or management of performance), are also becoming much less time-consuming through the appropriate use of smart tools[5].
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ONLINE RECRUITMENT
There is no doubt that the continuously growing amounts of software and other applications supporting the online recruitment process leads directly to savings in time and support for many activities, and supports skills based hiring. The market offers an expansive range of tools. However, it is important to focus on those tools that actually support key aspects of the HR department work.
These days, recruitment is increasingly often conducted 100% online. Companies create special webpages for job seekers to upload their CVs and to carry out preliminary selection (e.g. through additional questions for each candidate). Such page may also be used for other parts of the recruitment process, e.g. interview arrangement (also online).
The use of software and applications allows us to create channels where we can contact new talents and draw their attention. Online recruitment allows us to get closer to candidates who spend much of their time on the Internet[6].
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IMPROVEMENTS IN EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Currently, employees expect their employers to invest in developing their skills that will help them achieve professional growth. HR teams should regularly provide employees with learning, training and development programmes, as a part of continuous learning, that not only satisfy employee needs, but also really support the development of the company and helps bring new skills. As the employees develop, they become a team of qualified staff able to meet different challenges.
According to the PwC survey, 55% of employers believe that a lack of training and improvement of qualifications limits the employees’ capacity to innovate. That is why companies are today more willing to invest in staff training.
They use the services of external training companies. There is a wide market of edu-tech companies rendering training services with use of modern technologies. They offer various types of online training products and materials that enable employees to quickly and remotely complete the courses and training available on the platforms, and thus improve their competences[7] at a convenient time and place.
FOCUS AUDIT TOOL FOR HR LEADERS
Skrivanek is part of this trend in online training and improving employee qualifications. For HR departments seeking to operate in accordance with the trends in Industry 4.0, Skrivanek language school has prepared a tool specifically designed to improve the recruitment process and assess the language competences of employees and job candidates.
We offer the ability to check every employee and job candidate within the scope of five key language competences in more than 30 languages. The entire process is available with our Focus Audit Tool, a specially designed online platform.
Contact us today! We’ll talk about your need to provide you a customised solution for language testing.
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[1] https://www.thehrobserver.com/emerging-trends-that-will-shape-hr-in-2020/
[2] https://financesonline.com/6-technological-trends-redefine-human-resource-management/
[3] https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/hr-management/library/global-hr-technology-survey.html
[4] https://www.achievers.com/blog/5-hr-tech-trends-to-look-out-for-in-2020-and-beyond/
[6] https://hirehive.com/recruitment-apps-reviving-recruitment-industry/
[7] https://www.thehrobserver.com/emerging-trends-that-will-shape-hr-in-2020/