From the technical focus on skills to how to best strategy and how to deal with the persistent pay gap, here are some of this week’s top stories.
How many organizations are really sustainable? Although the world is forward-looking, few companies have truly prepared their businesses for that future, a new report shows. In fact, a global survey by Accenture shows how few companies have achieved the highest levels of willingness. Continue reading.
The Pay Gap Persists: Why People Analytics Is More Important Than Ever: Companies around the world are developing strategies for the post-pandemic workplace by hitting the reset button – revising hiring practices, flexible work approaches, corporate culture, and more for a new world. It’s also an excellent opportunity to study wage inequalities, experts say. Continue reading.
How HCM insights can help you emerge stronger after the pandemic: The past nearly 18 months have brought challenges that HR leaders are still solving – and this will undoubtedly be many months to come. HR executives in particular had to shift their priorities again and again: from security and return to work to the redeployment and retraining of talent, DE&I, employee experience and the future of work. A session at the upcoming Oracle User Conference will cover these and other topics. Continue reading.
Boese: How HR-Tech reacts to the new emphasis on competencies: Most companies face similar challenges in the second half of 2021. Of course, dealing with the pandemic, navigating the safety and wellbeing of employees, and managing new ways of working are likely to remain at the forefront. But a second set of HR challenges is receiving a lot of attention. These are some of the talent challenges that were high on the HR agenda before the pandemic. Continue reading.
Elizabeth Clarke is the Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Executive. She graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism and then spent more than 25 years as a reporter and editor in South Florida before joining HRE. Elizabeth lives in Palm Beach County with her family. She can be reached at eclarke@lrp.com.
