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What’s keeping HR up? 5 key takeaways about changing priorities

HRExecutive

While hiring and retaining key talent again claimed the top spot among HRs challenges, human resources continues to broaden its aperture, seemingly driven by external shifts. In 2022, for example, nearly 50% of HR professionals surveyed were focused on hiring and retention, a figure that dropped to 36% the following year and 32% in 2024.

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The recruiter is morphing into a “strategic talent advisor,” new iCIMS report finds

HR Brew

At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic , C-suite leaders demanded more from the HR function and its leaders. Many CHROs and CPOs found themselves and their efforts essential to business strategy (if they weren’t considered so already) amid the public health crisis. The strategic talent advisor.

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Why CHRO succession planning is getting more challenging

HRExecutive

Succession planning is imperative for C-suite positions, including the CHRO role. People are looking at the CHRO job when approached and saying, ‘Do I want that job? They’re kind of stepping off of that career track and saying, ‘I’m fine where I’m at’ or are leaving HR entirely to go do something different.”

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Interim chief HR officers: Why are they so popular today?

HRExecutive

The strategic nature of HR functions is becoming increasingly critical to business success today. The ensuing HR transformations, a new report finds, are driving a dramatic rise in the number of interim CHROs being asked to maintain continuity in times of change.

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HR Moves: MassMutual, Petco, and Uber announce new HR leadership

HR Brew

Her appointment is part of a strategic shift at the company, which laid off 20% of its workforce in early 2023. Cindy Ryan was appointed head of HR at MassMutual in early February, according to a press release. Holly May took over as Petco’s CHRO in early February, the company announced. MassMutual.

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Innovation at IBM: Announcing the 2024 HR Executive of the Year

HRExecutive

Twenty-five years ago, Nickle LaMoreaux landed an HR internship position at IBM while studying industrial relations at Cornell University; the following year, she was offered a role as a recruiting and talent manager. Because of that, HR has leaned heavily into the development of its own staff. LaMoreaux says.

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How the HR Honor Roll winner delivered transformation at UPS

HRExecutive

He leaned into his experience having successfully completed four HR transformations at scale to rightside new technology deployments , reimagine the HR operating model and reinvest in the HR talent of tomorrow—work that earned him a place on HR Executive ’s 2024 HR Honor Roll. history, Gherson notes.