HR tech, data and ai

An increasing number of businesses are asking employees to learn new digital skills, according to a new report.

The word ‘metaverse’ was something that until October 2021 no one had really heard of – and it was certainly not a term widely used in the future of work conversation. However, Mark Zuckerberg changed all that when Facebook’s parent company changed its name to Meta. If one of the world’s most-recognisable brands makes such an announcement, we all tend to take notice.

We’ve all heard of the skills gap: “Nearly 9 out of 10 executives say they are facing a skills gap” McKinsey 2020 survey. But new evidence shows that “the skills gap” doesn’t even slightly do the crisis justice; we are now on the precipice of a skills abyss.

It feels appropriate that, in Lloyd Dean's first column for The HR World where he'll look at the future of work, he explores the latest technological buzz – the metaverse.

New research from The Open University has revealed that 69% of employers are struggling to recruit staff with adequate digital skills.

We caught up with Marine Fournier, international HR specialist, who believes in the power of technology to change the daily world of HRs.

In the first of a series looking at augmented intelligence and how it can help HRs create and grow resilient, productive workforces Adrienne Percival – founder of FlourishZone and AI Tech for Good – explains how this new reality will also be investigated in our up-coming webinar on the subject.

As part of our Tech in 2020 series, Alan Bourne, Founder & CEO, Sova Assessment, says that linking the systems and processes together is key to delivering business outcomes

Recent stories have prophesied a bleak future for human workers. The Office for National Statistics has predicted that automation could replace 1.5 million jobs – however, the same was said about the internet. Rather than take jobs, it boosted employment, and today new technologies – including robotics process automation (RPA) – are set to do the same.

As part of a new series looking at the impact of tech in 2020, we spoke with Denise Willett from global employee engagement specialists Achievers to look at how the workforce can best manage the challenges ahead.