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Workforce Planning is a Team Sport: Collaborating for Success

MP Wired For HR

To ensure effective workforce planning, it’s essential to recognize that different teams must work together, with HR and finance taking center stage.

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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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HR efficiency benchmarks: the key to boosting business outcomes

HRExecutive

According to a Gartner December 2024 survey of more than 500 HR organizations, fewer HR leaders planned to increase budgets this year (35%), down from 40% in 2024 and 45% in 2023. Meanwhile, more HR leaders planned to cut spending this year (33%), up from 30% in 2024 and 29% in 2023.

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6 HR functions using gen AI in a big way

HRExecutive

Consider this rapid shift: In 2023, 22% of HR functions reported experimenting with or using gen AI. “Today, we’re starting to see HR catch up,” says Kevin Oakes, CEO and co-founder of i4cp, who spoke last week during HR Tech in Las Vegas. .

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Want a Career in Human Resources? Your In-Depth (2023) Guide

AIHR

Gain relevant experience To earn practical insights and experience into HR functions, look for HR internships or mentorships where you can be trained by senior HR staff about the ins and outs of the department. Your In-Depth (2023) Guide appeared first on AIHR. The post Want a Career in Human Resources?

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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. And the evolution of the HR exec role did not retract as the Covid cases dwindled. In its Class of 2023 report, iCIMS found that members of Gen Z have a preference for staying and growing within a role where possible.

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai predicts AI will create jobs – the numbers say otherwise

People Matters

Alphabet has staged multiple rounds of layoffs over the past three years, including 12,000 employees in 2023 and another 1,000 or more in 2024. Less than a week later, IBM said it laid off 8,000 employees , with HR functions among the casualties of automation. Walmart slashed 1,500 jobs, including many in its global tech team.