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New Report Shines Light on 2025 SME Skills Horizon

1 week ago | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |Sam Sawyer |David Banaghan

A new report into the 2025 skills and recruitment outlook of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in England reveals nine in 10 (90% of businesses) are anticipating some kind of skills gap within their business, with the biggest at entry level (32%)*.
Gen Z, Remote Work, and Mental Health: Building a Strategy That Fits All - HRD

1 week ago | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |George Kohlrieser |Tim Duggan |Audrey Tang

As we look back on the start of the pandemic five years ago, we can see this as the time that businesses around the world truly started to step up and see employee mental wellbeing as a strategic priority. In fact, since the start of the pandemic, 81% of workplaces have increased their focus on employee mental health (MHFA England).
The four quadrants of behavioural standards – why ‘multipliers’ are the staff you need to attract and retain to create a high-performance company culture - HRD

2 months ago | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |Audrey Tang

HomeEmployee ExperienceCultureThe four quadrants of behavioural standards – why ‘multipliers’ are the staff you need to attract and retain to create a high-performance company culture 6 Min Read Traditional approaches to defining company culture often fall short. Instead of focusing on vague values, organizations should identify and cultivate “Multiplier” behaviors. Multipliers excel in their roles and empower those around them.
World’s Happiest Workplaces Announced

Jan 14, 2025 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |Zihan Lyu |Danni Rush |Tina Woods

HomeEmployee ExperienceWorld’s Happiest Workplaces Announced 3 Min Read The official World’s Happiest Workplaces 2025 List has been published today by the leading employee experience platform, WorkL, showcasing the happiest workplaces globally.
Why two-thirds of workers feel emotionally detached from their jobs – and how leaders can reengage them - HRD

Jan 13, 2025 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |Audrey Tang |Lisa Pender |Nathan Shearman

I think I have the best job in the world. Every few years I pick a big, knotty subject that has no obvious answers and dedicate many months trying to unpick it. The output of this, every two years or so, is a non-fiction book that attempts to summarise and explain my findings. The first big topic I chose, right before the pandemic, was why some businesses succeed and others fail.
WorkNest’s HR industry predictions for 2025

Jan 3, 2025 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect

Jo Chambers, HR Consultancy Operations Director at WorkNest said: “Our recent research of HR professionals found that employee engagement and the cost of living are the biggest challenges they foresee in 2025. Arguably these could be linked, but years of hybrid and remote working has also made effective employee relations difficult.
Is Your Talent Team Ready for 2025’s Hiring Trends?

Dec 20, 2024 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect

AI, remote work and workplace culture. Topics you’ll need to ensure your talent teams are clued up on when it comes to conducting interviews in 2025. Metaview – an AI scribe tool for recruiting – has released its 2024 Year in Interviews Trends Report, revealing the topics and trends that dominated hiring conversations in 2024.
AI and cybersecurity emerge as fastest growing job skills in 2024, but ‘human’ skills also surge

Dec 13, 2024 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect

New data released today by Coursera, one of the world’s largest online learning platforms, reveals the fastest growing job skills in 2024, based on insights from five million learners. To keep pace with evolving labour market demands, learners are embracing AI skills at a rapidly-accelerating rate. AI is now the fastest-growing skill among employees, job seekers and students in the UK and globally, with course enrollments in this domain having increased 866% year-over-year.
Human Capital Governance: A Guide for Boards - HRD

Dec 10, 2024 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |Liam Joyce |Rob Griffin |Adam Leach

Author: Didier Cossin & Sophie Coughlan Categories Human capital management is increasingly recognized as a critical strategic lever for organizational performance, value creation, and stakeholder engagement. Once a topic that was peripheral to boardroom discussions, it has become increasingly core, as it is essential for delivery on strategic objectives, especially over the longer-term.
Holiday hustle: Over half of UK workers report a boost in productivity this festive season, while 76% plan to shake up career goals in 2025

Dec 3, 2024 | hrdconnect.com | HRD Connect |Louron Pratt

As the festive season unwraps, new research from monday.com, the multi-product platform that runs all core aspects of work, reveals that UK employees are challenging the traditional year-end slowdown. A survey of 1,343 UK workers reveals that the majority (89%) remain productive during the holiday period, with over one in two (55%) reporting a surge in output driven by approaching year-end deadlines (25%) and a motivation to finish the year strong (30%).