I'm off to Melbourne for the weekend so I'm going to cheat and steal someone else's comments to keep you going until I get back next week. Then I'll take a more in depth look into emergency situations and e-learning.
Until then Alan Collins has some interesting views on key issues any HR practitioner should be keep an eye on over the next two years.
1. Generational Shifts. As more baby boomers defer retirements because of the recession, there will be huge human resources opportunities to address generational issues at work. We'll see more HR best practice innovations in benefits like elder care, pet care, concierge services, paid time off and flextime. With companies competing for top talent, HR folks will need to come up with these and other newer benefits to meet the diverse generational needs of the millennials, Gen Xs, Gen Ys and others they want to attract and keep.
2. Technology Innovations. This is an especially hot area. Enterprise-wide platforms like SAP and PeopleSoft that standardizes HR work will continue to evolve. So will the use of social networks like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook in recruiting and the use of virtual teams of employees who communicate through video-conferencing, e-mail, and text messaging. Online technologies that allow more work to be done without much face-to-face interaction will also grow by leaps and bounds in the future. And, HR professionals will need to stay on the leading edge of these new human resources opportunities.
3. Changes in the Aftermath of the Recession. I believe we'll also see, as a result of the financial banking crisis, HR stepping up and playing a stronger internal role in the regulation of issues such as fairness in the workplace, executive pay, 401k's, and ethics. Or at least, I hope so. No one wants their company to be the next AIG.
Obviously, I'm not a psychic. But I believe these three areas represent hot human resources opportunities the will require strong leadership from the HR profession.
Alan Collins
Author, "Unwritten HR Rules - 21
Secrets For Attaining AwesomeCareer Success in HR"
http://www.SuccessinHR.com
Now it should be mentioned like most things taken from the LinkedIn discussion boards, it is American. So before you jump on the website and order the book takenote that some of his points are based for an American business market.
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