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4 min read
Author
Danica Ristic
Published
January 10, 2024
Last Update
June 28, 2024
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The "future of work" is here to stay
Employee well-being rises on the list of priorities
Automation and data are a must-have
Skill-based hiring for the win
Paving clear and achievable career paths will be crucial
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What will 2024 bring for HR professionals? Propelled by the post-pandemic, chatbot-crazed, and people-focused world of work, a change is coming. But what will it look like? Which direction are HR leaders heading towards?
It is most certainly not a new trend, but it’s one that is on the mind of every Human Resources professional in 2024. What does the future of work look like? Let’s break it down:
Flexibility is the theme over everything. It goes back to the culture, and so much is led by your management teams. It's been beyond proven that people have been successful in remote environments. It opens you up to really good talent, and it improves the retention strategy to show that we're giving you flexibility, and we're celebrating it.
—Casey Bailey,
Head of People, Deel
Another shift in the work environment you can expect in 2024 is creating cultures that shift their focus on DEI - diversity, equity, and inclusion. This means more initiatives that promote diverse hiring, ERGs (Employee resource groups), expanding budgets for cultural projects that spearhead inclusion, and introducing internal policies to support this.
One of the main drivers for this will be the globalization of work and the increased opportunity to hire people from anywhere, expanding your workforce’s potential tremendously.
Cultural shifts accommodate a new generation of workers for 2024. Millennials are now a considerable part of the workforce, and Gen Z is right behind them. For them, the future of work isn’t just the introduction of new work conditions, but a significant improvement in how we communicate, treat workers, and invest in their well-being.
The great resignation that dominated the workforce during and after the pandemic has stirred a lot of essential topics, one of the biggest ones being the well-being of employees. With employee burnout reaching an all-time high and retention at an all-time low, something had to change. No wonder "quiet quitting" was the buzzword of 2022, because employees all across the globe have simply had enough.
Employees want their needs and expectations to be heard. This means HR initiatives that might have been overlooked for decades are now coming to the forefront of workforce management. 2024 will set new standards, including:
Digital transformation has been one of the dominant HR trends for a while. However, while some are still struggling with it, others have already joined forces with AI and are welcoming robots with cute names into their workforce. What can you do to keep up with the change?
In 2024 I think we will see HR teams look to consolidate their HR technology stack but also look for technology that is smart - meaning, how does my HR technology serve up knowledge to allow me to compliantly set up and manage my workforce independent of where they sit around the world.
—Casey Bailey,
Head of People, Deel
After all the layoffs that dominated the last two quarters, the labor market finds itself in a pretty peculiar place. Where should we go from here? Well, it seems like the best decision is to pivot! Instead of focusing on traditional measurements of success, such as academic careers, degrees, certificates, licenses, etc., the HR trend of 2024 will focus on skills.
Agility will be the name of the game, and workers that develop and increase their skillset will be able to meet the market’s demands. Soft skills and hard ones will benefit workers more than formal education in many cases, especially if they know their way around change management, are technologically literate and master productive communication.
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Last year didn’t leave HR departments much time to consider career development. This requires long-term strategic thinking, and since 2020 most decisions have been reaction-based. However, now that surviving through the pandemic isn’t a full-time preoccupation, more resources are going into thinking about career advancement.
From innovative work arrangements to devising ways to keep and retain top talent, investing in people will be more relevant than investing in anything else since employees will be a top priority in 2024.
The only other focus will lay on automation and all of the marvelous applications it can have on, you guessed it, the holistic employee experience. How to make sure employees are productive and happy will be a priority across the board, and this is where our HR and business leaders should turn their attention as 2024 unfolds.
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