We are on the brink of the 4th industrial revolution. Innovative technology – think artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning – are now a driving force behind the design of robots, self-driving vehicles, virtual assistants and 3D printing. […]
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How to Overcome Workplace Automation Fears Through Employee Development
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It is now harder than ever to attract and hire top talent with the US unemployment rate at 3.7%, a historic low and one some consider full-employment. Ninety percent of CHRO’s say that competition for critical talent will increase over the next 12 months and 30% of organizations have already taken steps to revamp their talent acquisition strategies in part by removing standard education requirements from their recruiting profiles. […]
Career Pathing Is Your Best Employee Retention Strategy
Think the war for talent is an overused term describing the challenges recruiters face to fill open requisitions? Think again. In the United States alone, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has consistently shown monthly job growth for years. […]
How Skillsoft and SumTotal Employees are Helping Their Communities
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” – Gandhi
It’s that time of year when companies all over the world showcase the incredible work they are doing as part of their corporate social responsibility programs. […]
7 Trends to Expect for Talent and Learning in 2019
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s time to start looking forward to the new year and decide what HR and L&D professionals need to prioritize for 2019.
- Business sustainability
Business sustainability is the primary driver for the prioritization of talent management. […]
Expert’s Top Tips for Training a Retail Workforce for the Holiday Season
This year thanks to a healthy economy and strong consumer confidence retailers are anticipating a hectic holiday period. Retailers are also facing a tough time filling all the extra positions the holiday season generates. The National Retail Federation (NRF) President and CEO Matthew Shay estimates that retailers will hire 650,000 seasonal workers for the 2018 holiday period, up 10% from 2017. […]
SumTotal Wins TSIA’s STAR Award for Transformation of Support Services
“Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” – Donald Porter
I joined SumTotal over a year ago at a time when we were at the tail-end of a challenging 16-month software platform migration project that was increasing customer’s case resolution times. […]
A People-First Approach to Digital Transformation
Changes in the world of work, evolving employee expectations and advances in technology are creating a perfect storm that is transforming the modern workforce and workplace. Pitched against a backdrop of growing skills gaps, the pressures for organisations to rethink their talent approach and systems is intense – because organisations need to be fit for the future. […]
How Technology Enhances Employee Performance & Engagement
Gallup research revealed that it is an employee’s manager that influences 70% of their engagement. This statistic suggests that it is the relationship between manager and employee that is the crucial factor in determining why performance varies so wildly from one group to another. […]
How the LMS is Reinventing Itself to Serve Agile Businesses
Much has been written about the demise of the learning management system (LMS) in the popular press recently. However, it turns out that finding and matching talent to the ever-changing needs of the modern, agile business is fueling new applications of the LMS. […]