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Workforce Planning is a Team Sport: Collaborating for Success

MP Wired For HR

To ensure effective workforce planning, it’s essential to recognize that different teams must work together, with HR and finance taking center stage.

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Starting Up: This founder is putting employees in the driver’s seat when it comes to upskilling

HR Brew

Gilman, the startup’s CEO, told HR Brew that upskilling is an area ripe for improvement in the HR function. Founded in 2021, OneRange is “basically a marketplace that allows people to discover, get approval from their manager, and purchase any resource they want” as they upskill for their current role or even their next one.

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Not sure about what the AI transformation means for HR tech? We asked an expert

HR Brew

The moment also comes on the heels of an expansion in the HR technology space. In 2021, and the first half of 2022, venture capital activity in HR tech exploded. And so I highly encourage HR functions to align on common vocabulary,” he said.

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The HR function has room to grow, urges one author

HR Brew

One of those experts is Lucy Adams, CEO of London, England-based consultancy Disruptive HR. Her 2017 book, HR Disrupted , explores what Adams sees as the function’s fundamental problems, and has been revered as a quintessential read for HR pros. Adams shared with HR Brew what people leaders can learn from her book.

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This TA leader says his finance background helps him align recruiting and business priorities

HR Brew

He joined Sedgwick, which employs more than 33,000 workers globally, in June 2021, a few months after the firm appointed Michelle Hay as its new chief people officer. Reed was drawn to Sedgwick by Hay’s vision to elevate the HR function to one that tackles strategic people initiatives. “We

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What’s changed in HR tech since 2021? New research offers a snapshot

HRExecutive

In 2021, HR faced challenges like the Great Resignation, work location uncertainties, a growing reliance upon tech for remote collaboration and a surge in DEI initiatives. Fast-forward to almost 2025, and priorities have shifted significantly, especially in HR tech. The post What’s changed in HR tech since 2021?

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HR Outsourcing Trends and Statistics SMBs Should Know

Extensis

billion between 2021 to 2026. This is not entirely surprising considering the growing workload of today’s HR departments. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)’s State of the Workplace Report 2021-2022 revealed that nearly 75% of HR professionals feel their department is working beyond capacity and stretched too thin.