5 Challenges for Human Resources in a Digital World
Summary
Bersin & Associates, a global research and consulting firm focused on learning, talent and human resources strategies, recently published a report on the Top Best Practices for the High-Impact HR Organizations. The research also outlined the key competencies driving results today — familiarity with integrated talent management, understanding of workforce planning and comfort with social networking and HR technology. Happily, people are working on technologies to solve the problem.” For recruiters, the ability to sort through loads of information — including applications from various platforms and employment data — will be a skill worth honing. Companies like Saba have spent considerable resources integrating social networking that can be used for development and knowledge transfer, with learning curriculums, performance management tools and competency maps. Bloom says, “When it comes to metrics, the easiest to do are very rarely the most valuable!” There’s no question that HR needs to create data structures that will deliver information on business goals not only to help the company understand their workforce, but also to optimize their talent-related processes.