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Three Key Challenges HR Professionals Face in a Changing World

Take the Advantage Business magnate and founder of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, once said, "Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming." Indeed, this quote aptly illustrates today’s business environment. In a fast-paced and often cut-throat world, opportunities, like buses, tend to come and go. The question for businesses today is how can they can leverage upon the prevailing circumstances to take advantage of these In order to capitalize on Leaveopportunities. Manag Employee Timesheets & ement System

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every occasion, and minimize opportunity costs, organizations have to be on their toes and be proactive.

The role of HR In this fast-changing business world, HR’s prime objective remains the same, to be the backbone of the organization empowering their employees and business

to grow. How should they continue in carrying out this

objective considering the

current business climate? Below are 3 key

issues for HR Departments to look out

for and resolve so as enable

them to continue empowering their organizations to grow successfully.

The 3 Key Challenges

Challenge 1: Recruiting and Retaining Talent in the Gig Economy The "Gig Economy" has been increasing in popularity in recent years. It is when Leave Manag ement System

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workers choose to work contract and freelance work as opposed to traditional permanent jobs. A recent report by McKinsey found that knowledgeintensive

industries and creative occupations are the largest and

fastest-growing segments

of the freelance economy. With workers

nowadays tending to "job-hop"

frequently, an issue of retaining the

best talent has arisen. Solution: In order to retain gig employees, HR needs to develop a sense of loyalty in them towards the company. For instance, providing company benefits to them – such as covering a certain percentage of their medical fees incurred. By treating them as one of the company’s own, gig workers would feel a sense of loyalty towards the organization. As such, they are more likely to return at any given chance. According to MetLife, 43% of gig workers indicated that attractive benefits would lead them to seek a full-time position, while 29% said that they would be compelled to stay if attractive benefits were offered. Benefit: Retaining talent will help companies to maintain and develop their dynamic capabilities to ensure that they remain firm in the face of adversity.

Additionally, by retaining talent,

companies will not be required to source for additional workers, thereby saving on recruitment costs.

Challenge 2: Resolving Generational Differences According to the Manpower Group, there are 4 different Leave Manag(Millennials Employee Timesheets & Applicant Tracking generations ement System

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35%, Gen X 35%, Gen Z 24%, Boomer 6%) across the global workforce. This

represents 4 different ways of thinking which could lead to


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the workplace.

Solution: To of open

resolve generational differences, encouraging a culture

communication is necessary. To do so, leaders and Human Resources personnel, should support one another and create an environment that allows their employees to freely express their feelings and points of view. All too often, employees keep to themselves whenever they feel aggrieved, building up feelings of anger and

resentment. By encouraging open

communication, workers will be empowered to get to know each other’s motivations and workings styles, thereby building a united workforce for greater efficiency. Benefit: With open communication

enabling a harmonious

workplace to be established, generational differences can be set aside and colleagues will be empowered with greater experiences and flexibility to overcome diverse challenges. Leave Manag ement in System the Age of

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Challenge 3: Ensuring Job Security Timesheets & Attendance

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technology has resulted in many jobs

redundant by automation. It is estimated that as much as 14% of the global

workforce will be affected by this change, with 20 million

manufacturing jobs

estimated to be lost to robots by 2030. This slow

change towards this projection has left many employees worried about job security and anxious about the future of their careers.

Solution: The good news is that not every job can be replaced by technology. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robots lack the emotional capacity to deal with complex situations, as such, developing the capabilities of human workers is still necessary. By sending employees for various upskilling courses, strong returns Leave Manag Employee ement System

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on investment can be gained in the form of bridging skill gaps present in an organization while cultivating employee loyalty. Benefit: By addressing the issue of automation, businesses will have a greater

wealth of options available to overcome obstacles to ensure

that they continue to strive and succeed.

In Essence The above challenges may sound daunting, however, in rising to the challenge, as an HR Professional you can empower your workforce not only to be equipped for today’s challenges, but for the challenges of the future. And if you need that extra boost to strengthen your HR department, why not try

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