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AI, talent shortages, and distrust: These are the biggest challenges HR pros are bracing for in 2025

HR Brew

Scott Mayo, CPO, Confluent Health “The biggest challenge is going to be keeping up with the speed of AI and innovation—this includes not just evolving how we train people to use technology, but also how we use technology to fundamentally change the way people learn.

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This nonprofit leader acts as a “no-fee staffing agency” connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs

HR Brew

Through training programs, paid internships, and placement services with local employers, Hopeworks helps young, diverse professionals ages 17 to 26 get their foot in corporate America’s door. Many of them also go on to earn promotions within the same organizations and continuously upskill in their free time.

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What Is Headcount Planning?

Intoo USA

Collaboration also surfaces practical constraints around hiring budgets, training investments, or bandwidth limitations that may impact talent acquisition or necessitate internal mobility to fill prioritized roles. Understanding these resourcing tradeoffs and interdependencies allows the group to shape balanced plans.

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Is Workforce Redeployment an Alternative to Layoffs?

Intoo USA

An agile company consisting of employees with diverse skill sets, cross-department training and transparency around open positions can minimize the need to acquire outside talent. Remaining employees may resent needing to train new employees after seeing their former colleagues let go.

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Behind The Curtain: How Todays Political Climate is Steering HR and DEI in 2025

Speaker: Hanh Nguyen

For HR leaders, understanding how these external forces shape our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is crucial. As we traverse the unpredictable waters of the current political and economic landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads.

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HR’s next big challenge: Ageism in the workplace

HRExecutive

Studies show age-diverse teams are more innovative and productive.” What ageism in the workplace looks like today The concept of ageism in the workplace isn’t a new one; yet recent advancements in corporate diversity, equity and inclusion agendas don’t seem to have moved the needle forward much for older workers.

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11 Important Employee Relations Metrics To Track

Analytics in HR

68% of companies use it to identify training needs, 54% to create better employee relations policies, and 41% to identify potential inclusion and equity issues. Training feedback: Collect feedback from new hires on the onboarding and training process through surveys and interviews.

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9 Warning Signs Your Employees Need Language Training

Most global companies are diverse in perspectives, backgrounds, and yes, language. Learn the 9 warning signs your employees need language training today! Language barriers can compound existing communication problems, often resulting in business losses.

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Racism Reimagined: How Critical Race Theory Imperils the American Workplace

This sentiment is infecting the American workplace via racial sensitivity and diversity trainings. Critical Race Theory (CRT) supports the logic that all whites are born racists and oppressors by nature. This eBook explains CRT and argues against it.

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Finding the Diamond in Your Candidate Pool

Speaker: Anise Wiley-Little - Author, Senior Executive, Board Member and Managing Partner at MEGA-K Enterprises LLC

Building guidelines, policies, and training for inclusive hiring practices that align with your organization’s vision, mission, and goals of Diversity Equity, Inclusion, and Justice will allow you to cast a wide net in attracting the best talent. What’s the difference?

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology.

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Employee Wellbeing & DEI: Supporting Inclusivity Throughout the Employee Life Cycle

Speaker: Catherine Mattice - Culture Consultant, Business Coach, Strategic HR Expert

Incorporate inclusive strategies into the recruitment process, such as recruiting diverse candidates. Ensure training and leadership opportunities are provided to all and that the trainings themselves are inclusive. Create a VIP onboarding experience that increases productivity and influences positive, inclusive behavior.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI.

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How the Lack of Intersectionality Knowledge Can Influence Workplace Culture

Speaker: Dr. Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez, EdD

While more organizations are talking about DEI than ever before, they aren't all consciously implementing behaviors to promote more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments for all. The real work comes when we recognize intersectionality and tackle microaggressions in the workplace.

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Understanding the Fundamentals of DEI Accountability in HR

Speaker: Jackie Ferguson, CDE® - Co-Founder The Diversity Movement | Bob Osmond — CDE® and President, Racepoint Global

When a company begins its journey toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it is often energized to learn more - but that learning becomes the sole responsibility of HR. When employees see their leaders actively learning and implementing DEI practices, research has shown that they are inspired to do the same.