3 KEY HR TECH TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2021
HR tech is changing more rapidly than ever before. Here are the key three trends you need to watch in 2021
Source | www.unleashgroup.io | YESSI BELLO-PEREZ
- Technological advancements are happening fast — and many nascent technologies are gaining momentum, making their potential application much more of a reality.
- HR technologists need to future-proof their organizations and their data.
- The rise in AI-related technologies must spark an ethical debate
For years, business leaders including Bill Gates warned that a severe pandemic was coming — but nobody knew when, and as such, many organizations across the globe were caught off guard.
The outbreak of COVID-19 meant HR departments had to scramble to flesh out remote strategies to keep themselves and their employees safe. Beyond the HR sphere, companies had to diversify suppliers, and build and e-commerce propositions to make up for the sudden loss of footfall in brick-and-mortar stores.
Looking ahead, CB Insights’ ‘12 Tech Trends To Watch Closely In 2021’ report says “pandemics are far from the only large-scale threat the world will have to contend with.”
Other threats, the report notes, include extreme weather increasing in severity and frequency due to climate change and the rise of crippling cyberattacks targeting electricity grids or other infrastructure — and in many instances, HR will have to bear the burden of planning and future-proofing organizations.