During the recovery period following the Covid-19 pandemic, the human resources department plays a critical role in investigating and analyzing the workforce's needs to give the organization the appropriate development direction.
According to EngageRocket's "The HR 2022 Outlook - Human Resources Outlook 2022" research, employee mental health will have a significant impact on the change in the direction of human resource management in the firm.
1. NEW WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The shift from the traditional working model to a more flexible one is one of the trends projected to transform the working environment. In other words, firms will be concentrated on their employees. This tendency is a result of the growing acceptability of working from home and the global expansion of the hybrid idea.
For some, the change is permanent. Twitter has decided that all employees will no longer be required to report to the office. Other major corporations, such as Facebook, Shopify, and Slack, have embraced the new reality of normalized and enhanced working from home. Similarly, Microsoft has promised that some degree of working from home will become a permanent part of corporate culture, with the goal of providing employees with the flexibility to work and fit their lifestyles.
2. INCREASING EMPHASIS ON PERSONNEL DESIGN
Human Resource Design, according to Millner, should be a strategic focus in the coming years. Millner argues that the HR Design strategy should be implemented in three key ways:
- Shaping the design of the new organization in the future.
- Create new employment in which new ways of working and automation must be redefined.
- Determine the new skills and criteria that the global job market will impose on the workforce.
3. ENHANCING EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE:
This means that certain outdated practices will be phased out of HR toolkits, established procedures will need to be examined, and HR practitioners will need to be retrained as necessary.
According to Gartner's most recent report on HR leaders' priorities, employee experience ranks at number 5, indicating that this trend will remain relevant and significant in the future.
Focusing on the experience employees have with the company, much as a brand focuses on the customer experience can have a number of positive effects, such as increasing productivity, improving satisfaction, achieving loyalty of employees, as well as encouraging them to invest in the company's vision
The battle for talent amongst companies seems much more intense in the near future, especially since the relationship between leaders, managers and employees in certain cases differs greatly from what it used to be. The years 2020 and 2021 will be marked by significant change.