Steven Aguilar wanted an upgrade from the organizational charting tool available in his company's human resource information system (HRIS), so he went searching for an alternative. Aguilar, HR operations and total rewards leader for Blend, a banking company in San Francisco, sought more user-friendly and versatile software that not only would give him a real-time view of employee and contingent worker headcount but also would spur collaboration.
Human resources job postings are up 52.5% from their pre-pandemic baseline. That's far outpacing the average job posting bump of 30.5%, according to data from the jobs site Indeed. What's happening: Companies are beefing up their HR departments to navigate the return to work. Firms are facing two massive challenges in the next year or so: They need to figure out what balance of remote and in-person work functions best for their workforce, and they need to fill open roles as droves of workers quit in "the great resignation."
Harsh. Disastrous. Concerning. These are just a few of the ways Jeanne Achille describes the effects of the pandemic on women’s participation in the workforce. The unprecedented shifts have been the driving force behind the program for this year’s Women in HR Tech Summit, held on the first day of the upcoming HR Technology Conference & Exposition®.
HR, like many other areas of any business, has been through an evolution in the way leaders define, manage and position it in a business. Since I wrote my last article one year ago at the start of Covid-19 pandemic, the world has taught us more. HR has gone from solely an administrative function responsible for recruitment, payroll and reporting to a strategic enabler, where a company’s people strategy is a true asset that drives business results. HR has also broadened to encompass people and culture, with much more focus on diversity, employee wellness and more.
What a difference a few months makes. Human resources (HR) professionals went from laying off workers and desperately trying to hold onto their own jobs to becoming one of the hottest growth areas. According to Indeed, the large job aggregation site, listings for human resources are up 52.5%, significantly higher than other sectors on the site. As a comparison, U.S. job postings on the aggregation site on June 18 were up 30.5% compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Following a strategic management plan can help employees strive for the same goals and maximize the results. Unfortunately, many HR professionals struggle with implementing their strategic management plans because they made errors while setting up the plan in the first place or when they tried to improve it. Focus employee energy and establish priorities by avoiding some of the most common mistakes HR professionals make when setting up and improving strategic management planning processes.