November 2020

Top Concerns of CHROs

Six HR leaders share solutions to the issues keeping HR up at night: the impact of COVID-19, workforce planning, business agility, and the skills gap.

By Marta Chmielowicz

2020 has been a whirlwind of a year and HR leaders have found themselves at the frontlines, leading the charge into a new and uncertain reality. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, shelter in place orders, and social unrest of the past months, HR leaders have maintained a sense of normalcy while adapting to the changing needs of their businesses and the workplace at large. Now, they must develop a plan to face the unknown obstacles that lie ahead.

A Catalyst for Change

How the global pandemic will shift hiring practices as businesses start to recover.

By Christina Loannou

2020 has been a year of change, especially for HR teams across the U.S. as they navigate the effects of COVID-19. As a result, HR managers have completely shifted how they evaluate candidates and the overall qualities they view as desirable. Following the initial layoffs and hiring freezes caused by the shock to the economy, now, six months later, some companies are ramping up hiring again as their businesses start to recover.

Keeping Mobility Moving

With cost savings and a consumer-like experience, a customized à la carte approach to relocation is empowering organizations and employees alike.

By Debbie Bolla

Perhaps an unexpected outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is a recent uptick in relocation in some areas. Highly dense and expensive cities like San Francisco and New York City have experienced residents moving to locales with greener pastures. In fact, according to moveBuddha, searches in NYC suburbs have increased nearly 250% compared to the same period last year. This type of data shows that employees have not ruled out relocation -and neither have organizations.

CEO’s Letter: “W”ells “T”he “F”argo and “Cultural Rot”

By Elliot H. Clark

I have been chided before by our editorial team for sinking my fangs into a provider here and there. I have rarely commented on the HR practitioner audience. Throughout 2020, there have been numerous important HR-related stories. But Wells Fargo is an HR story that has been broken up into fang-sized bites.

Coming Together

The upcoming virtual HRO Today Forum will cover topics ranging from talent development to employee engagement and D&I.

By Marta Chmielowicz

Over the course of this year, HR professionals have played a critical role in leading their organizations through some of the toughest workplace challenges they’ve ever faced. They have taken unprecedented measures to keep their employees safe while navigating through significant variability in business needs; the shift to remote work; and the need for new processes around recruitment, communications, and talent management. Every day, they have shown up and worked around the clock to help their companies survive this period of uncertainty.

Stepping Up

RPO partners have helped develop business continuity plans and implement the technology needed to recruit and onboard virtually during COVID-19.

By Nikki Edwards

So much for 20/20 vision! The world at large didn’t understand the potential impact of COVID-19 until it was too late, and many thought it would be over within a matter of months. And while most are glad to see the back of 2020, the reality is that organizations will have to work around COVID-19 for the foreseeable future.

Diversity Driven By Data

Four best practices to consider when implementing more inclusive hiring practices.

By Dr. Christy Petrosso and William T. Rolack, Sr.

Organizations looking to quickly boost employee representation can use predictive data to understand which markets have the largest number of available diverse candidates for specific roles, and focus pipelining efforts in those areas. This hyper-targeted approach delivers a bigger return on diversity hiring investments, especially when working with limited resources, which is the case for many companies today given the ongoing economic uncertainty. There are four things every HR and TA leader should consider when building out their D&I strategies.

A Community Focus

Strategies to keep corporate giving and volunteerism a business imperative in a virtual environment.

By Angela Harrell

Over the past year, the ramifications of COVID-19 have forced people across the U.S. into a new way of living. Even now that the first wave of the pandemic has ebbed, there are local communities that continue to suffer in unimaginable ways. In response, mid- to large-sized companies are bolstering their corporate giving efforts to aid their communities’ revival.

Values Know No Boundaries

Work today transcends boundaries and company culture must follow it.

By Donna Kimmel

COVID-19 has turned the world of work upside down and is shaking it like a snow globe. Work is no longer a place employees go, but something that happens everywhere and knows no boundaries. In this moment of transformation, what has become of corporate culture?

New Workplace Realities

Heading into the recovery phase, organizations should consider putting these five measures in place.

By Billie Hartless

The last six months have offered a petri dish experiment for both personal and professional ways of adjusting to extreme change. The abrupt transition to remote wasn’t easy for every employee or organization to make. Even now, the current business operating environment remains challenging. Some lessons are emerging, however, which offer guideposts that HR can look to when developing long-term plans for the new workplace realities. Here are five best practices that have emerged after navigating the pandemic crisis.

Labor Market in Turmoil

The global pandemic continues to wreak havoc on world economy.

By Larry Basinait

Deploying a global workforce and ensuring access to the best talent is a crucial component of success for all multinational enterprises. Global labor market intelligence is an invaluable tool for these HR departments and can be used to inform critical decisions around the best countries and regions in which to grow.

Mobility Markers

Annual research shows that flexibility and transferee support are keys to a superior relocation experience.

By Debbie Bolla

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the global workforce, organizations had a clear focus on cost containment and flexibility when it came to their relocation programs. Relocation remains a main strategy for filling skills gaps and placing top performers in the right locations to support the business. With this in mind, organizations and HR leaders are putting the transferee first when it comes to the relocation experience.

A Hybrid Approach to Relocation

Blending technology and access to experts provides the ideal transferee experience.

with Anthony Horton, CEO of CRI

Relocation remains an important part of the talent ecosystem, allowing top performers to grow skills while providing organizations the opportunity to seamlessly fill important roles. But as workforce preferences have evolved, driven by demographic and technological advances, expectations of transferees have changed as well. Here, Anthony Horton, CEO of Corporate Relocation International (CRI) details how organizations can experience the best of both worlds through a hybrid approach that blends technology with a human touch.

Promoting Values Virtually

Recognition programs can help promote collaboration and camaraderie within a remote workforce.

By Marta Chmielowicz

Many companies have been forced to institute mandatory work-from-home policies throughout the pandemic, but while some employees are finding the transition a welcome change of pace, the shift to remote can be isolating for people used to working collaboratively in an office.

Boost Employee Performance Virtually

Recognition is a key component of a remote talent management strategy. With Theresa Harkins-Schulz, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, Inspirus The switch to a remote working environment has introduced…

November 2020

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