Ensuring employees remain engaged and productive continues to reign supreme in the minds of HR managers. According to a recent survey, 32 percent of the HR leaders cited employee engagement and productivity as their top challenges, compared to 29 percent a year earlier. Retaining key talent in today’s economy was cited by 32 percent as their top concern.
. . . over half of the survey respondents (51 percent) said they didn’t have enough staff to appropriately handle the workload this year.
Source: Human Resource Executive, March 2019, page 33. Link. The following HR disciplines are most in need of staffing:
- Recruiting
- Training and development
- General HR
- Talent management
- HR metrics/analytics
- HR IT (including social media)