From the article: Top Ten Human Resources Trends of the Decade
Now that you have had a look at the top ten Human Resources trends I've presented, plus several of my runner ups, what are your top Human Resources trends of this past decade? Do you agree or disagree with the Human Resources trends I have selected? Share yours. What did I miss on my list of HR trends of this past decade? Share Yours - Like Mine?
Social Media
- Your mention of social media and Internet resonated with me. I think video is becoming more prevalent: from video interviewing to video resumes, to recruiters recording company videos or questions to which the candidates must record a webcam answer. With the advent of social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook, people are used to seeing each other, although in those sites it is a static picture.
- —afitzpatrick1
HUMAN RESOURCES TRENDS
- HI SUSAN. YOUR ARTICLES AND NEWSLETTERS ARE AMAZINGLY EXCELLENT TO KNOW AND APPLY IN MY WORK PLACE. I FEEL THE MULTI-TASK ORIENTED, FLEXIBILITY, HONESTY, ROYALTY, RESPONSIBILITY, RELIABILITY WITH POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND ALERTNESS HELPS IN JOBS NOWADAYS. THESE TRAITS ARE USEFUL AND SUCCESSFUL TRENDS FROM THE EMPLOYER'S POINT OF VIEW. IN ADDITION, THE RESPECT FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS IS AN ADDED BONUS TO APPLY AND ADOPT.
- —Guest NIM
Across the Board
- One of the worst trends I see in HR is the irrelevance of the person. People are not treated as individuals anymore, but as a group, and as a group you must think this way or that way. That is what the government intervention has done and I, for one, want the government out of private business.
- —Guest roblady
Hi
- Hi Susan, what a great review - many thanks and much appreciated!
- —bruce7890
Employee Loyalty
- Earlier loyalty was important for HR activity. Now in the present scene of downsizing, employees are no longer confident of long run jobs. Can we expect loyalty, commitment, and creativity in this uncertain future of their jobs? This trend is a big challenge for HR Managers, to meet Business Strategy.
- —venugopalakrishna
Readers Share Their Top HR Trends
- I do not know how we fit the failed economies as I read the "Death Of Economics" By Paul Obemoroi and Joseph Stiglitz in the failed globalisation, We have CRM failures, too. Where exactly we come up with the few scarce, very scarce, factors we have used and IT is now still booming, but the poverty is in transition, too, Surprises me. Maybe we need better lean and clean honest brains for the still new innovation to meet the standards. With the trade free, we still complain of China that is growing and Russia that failed, but gets the contract for the chunk of the oil deals in Iraq. May I have someone help with the above? Then I am better equipped to remark. For now, I am still a student at the 65 and still learning. You cannot teach old monkeys new tricks but I am old and young and want to learn more from you. I thank you. Firozali A Mulla DBA
- —Guest Famulla
Top Human Resources Trends
- Hi Susan, Appreciate your very well written article. I think two of the major areas which you probably did not cover in your article are: 1. Creation of stand-alone HR organisations through 'temping': Asia is seeing a major shift in moving HR verticals out of the portals of organisations to standalone HR organisations. It is more than mere outsourcing of payrolls. It is about temping, staffing, recruitment, training, payrolls and exit interviews moving out. It probably is not just about costs but also about handling of human issues through an agent who has a kind of 'core competence' in handling people. The second ofcourse is the diversity arising out of multi continent locations of the offices and organisations. This calls the HR person to be that much more sensitive to cross cultural issues and be aware about country specific work rules. These are two areas which found a lot of movement in the last couple of years and are going to be critical issues in the coming years.
- —Guest Jose
Trends in HRM
- Managing new millennials, making the people accept technological changes, among other things are going to be crucial ones in the times to come.
- —Guest drajaganmohanreddy
Multi-Jobbing More Common
- I think you've done a great job of choosing and describing the top human resources trends of the past decade. Another one that I've noticed is that more people than ever have multiple jobs. Unfortunately, I think this relates to a growing trend on the part of businesses to hire temporary and/or part-time workers and cut down on the number of full-time employees. So people who were once able to get by with one full-time job are now forced to cobble together several part-time ones.
- —sbinfocanada
