Productivity at the workplace, environmental friendliness of the team and the urgent need for development, expanding the sphere of influence and responsibility of HR, integrated solutions and the need for developed partnerships, as well as new technologies as a means of finding unused personnel resources and automating HR processes – these are all the realities that have already started take place in the business sphere, and which will determine the success of work in the new year, and therefore today the main task of the HR department is to understand and know these trends, and, of course, skillfully use them in your work.

About what HR trends in 2024 the field of personnel management are currently relevant and will determine the picture of HR technologies in 2024 – in an overview from the leading specialist of the VIP HR USA company.

Main trends in personnel management in 2024: HR aspect

Despite the fact that it is HR specialists who are the first to respond to any changes in the business environment, and they are the first to convey this information to the company’s management, it is their work, or rather the need for a significant update of their personal skills and abilities, that will be affected by the trending features of the new stage of the development of society, which the year 2024 will bring us.

That is, HR as a phenomenon ceases to be a department of the company, its part, or a subdivision, and becomes a full-fledged business partner, the ability to automate communications with which will determine the future development of the business in the future. Despite the fact that we have long predicted such changes, HR specialists will have to quickly adapt to new conditions, increase their level of competence again and expand the list of their own useful skills.

So, the number one trend, which we consider decisive, is the restructuring of HR, because the sphere of influence must expand, at the same time, HR must solve the problem of labor productivity, because people cannot physically work more, and therefore the latest technological solutions are needed, which HR will teach the world, plus global changes in society, ecology, legislation and all areas of life cannot but leave their mark on the functioning of business.

Changes are inevitable, or what does the coming year have in store for us

1. Increasing productivity is the main task of HR. Absolutely all social studies say that productivity has not increased since Covid, and this trend is not affected by either the involvement of employees in internal and work processes, or the return of people from remote work, which obviously poses a task for HR: to fill this gap.
2. Tapping into hidden labor and untapped talent. The aging of the nation is leading to a reconsideration of views on hiring people over 50, as are inclusive policies, access to jobs for people with medical conditions and disabilities, and hiring based on skills rather than experience.
3. Climate change, business adaptation to these processes and the crucial role of HR in informing and preparing personnel for these processes. Most of the world’s companies have already begun to change their production processes in accordance with the changing environmental conditions of life in Europe and the world. Of course, at this stage, this policy has the form of an investment that requires the understanding and support of all members of the workforce, which is what HR specialists have to convey for the sake of an overall positive result and business continuity.

Implementation of technologies in HR: artificial intelligence and HR systems

Protection of personnel from burnout, as well as productivity growth, will be ensured in the near future by the generative artificial intelligence GAI, which already today helps employees with low labor productivity make the most rational decisions and most logically build a chain of actions, resulting in a significant increase in the efficiency of those employees who yesterday was a weak link and was subject to dismissal.

It is HR specialists who will have to guide business to the technologies of the future, and this process has already begun.