The top 10 workplace trends for 2017 include improving candidate and employee experiences, the rise of the blended workforce with freelancers working alongside full-time employees, moving from annual to continuous performance reviews, the entrance of Generation Z into the workforce alongside Millennials, using augmented and virtual reality for recruiting and training, intensifying competition for talent as employee-employer relationships change, restructuring work around teams instead of individuals, increasing emphasis on workplace wellness, more casual dress codes and work environments, and developing creative employee benefit packages beyond just pay and healthcare.
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One such disparity shown over technology is Human Resource Management. As the stream totally revolves around human resources, there is always a resist for deeper penetration of the technology. People fear that technology might outway them in carrying business operations. However, with HR tools like HR software in workplaces, people have started gradually adapting to technology.
Here are the challenges and trends that Human Resource Management will witness in the coming days.
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10 workplace trends you'll see in 2017
1. 10 Workplace Trends You'll See In 2017
year. These trends are based on hundreds of
conversations with human resource executives and
workers, a series of national and global online surveys
and secondary research from more than 160 different
primary and secondary research sources, including think
tanks, consulting companies, non-profits, the
government and trade associations.
Between 2016 and 2017, the job market will continue to
improve causing both job seekers and employees to
have more leverage, which will cause salaries to increase
and employers to invest more job advertising, staffing
firms and employee benefits. The demand for a more
flexible work environment will continue and you will see
an emergence of HR practitioners with new skills,
including people analytics, Internet marketing, branding
and knowledge on new technologies like virtual reality
and wearables.
The major economic and business themes over the past
year have been focused on the war for talent, creating
Every year we read top 10 workplace trend predictions for the upcoming
an employment experience for job seekers and candidates, overtime and compensation, the end of the annual performance
review, the continued skills and leadership gap, the rise of Generation Z and the shift to the on-demand workforce. These trends
have all impacted how companies recruit, retain, train and structure their workforce for the future.
-Anoop Singh
Human Resources Professional
2. The top workplace trends for 2017 include:
1. Companies focus on improving their candidate and employee experiences. Companies have always created marketing
experiences for customers, and prospects, in order to delight them, increase loyalty and grow their revenues. Next year, you
will see the walls come down between your HR, marketing and customer service departments in order to develop
experiences for both candidates and employees. A recent study found that nearly 60% of job seekers have had a poor
candidate experience and 72% of them have shared their experience on an online employer review site such as
Glassdoor.com. When employers don't notify candidates of their application status, they are discouraged from ever applying
for another job at that company again, which limits their future talent pool. Furthermore, a bad candidate experience can
turn away customers who may be your candidates, thus resulting in a loss of potential revenue. Virgin, for instance, created a
new candidate experience for the thousands of people they are unable to hire out of the 150,000 applications they receive
annually, and have created a new seven million dollar revenue stream by creating a better experience for them. Aside from
candidates, employee retention and engagement have become some of HR's top issues as top talent has numerous
employment options and productivity is key to growth. In another study, it was discovered that 83% of HR said that
"employee experience" is either important or very important to their organizations success, and in order to enhance the
experience, they are investing more in training (56%), improving their work space (51%) and giving more rewards (47%). IBM
has used people analytics to predict retention risk for employees in key job roles, and notifies managers so they can prevent
them from quitting, which has saved the company over $130 million dollars.
2. The blended workforce is on the rise. In the past five years, the gig economy has become a major trend impacting the global
workforce, and has created a new kind of diversity, with full-time permanent employees working side-by-side with freelancers.
A study exploring the gig economy found that 93% of companies already identify the blended workforce as they’re seeing
freelance workers teaming up with employees to work on projects together. In addition, the top reason why outperforming
employers are benefiting from the blended workforce is "more flexible teaming". As more companies hire on-demand to solve
key problems and cut costs by removing healthcare coverage, and other employee benefits, more freelancers and full-time
workers will need to work together. With many freelancers working at remote offices, the ability to manage without borders is
going to become a critical skills globally.
3. 3. Annual performance reviews evolve into more continuous reviews. One of the biggest discussions in HR circles is
performance reviews, how to transform them and implement something new that serves both managers and employees.
Professionals today desire instant feedback, a behavior they've adopted from the instant gratification they receive on social
networks like Twitter and Facebook. Younger generations are especially impatient and are unwilling to wait a whole year to learn
about their strengths and areas of improvement. A whole one-forth of employees feel that annual performance reviews don't
help improve their performance. The annual performance review is coming to an end on a global scale as generation Zs and
millennials are currently receiving feedback either daily (19%), weekly (24%) or regularly (23%). In the United States, 28% of gen
Z and 17% of millennials receive feedback regularly. Two of the largest companies in the world, including GE and Adobe, have
already abolished their annual review process in exchange for regularly feedback. Adobe, the first major company to step away
from annual performance reviews, created a "Check-In" system, where expectations are set annually but feedback is given
regularly, resulting in a 2% decrease in voluntary attrition. GE followed suit by created "Touchpoints," where there is a daily
development focusing on results and changing business demands, which has resulting in a five times increase in productivity in
the past year.
4. Millennials meet Generation Z in the workplace. 2016 marks the first year that gen Z is in the workplace, while a third of
millennials are in management roles, some of whom have direct reports. 2017 will mark the first full year that gen Z will be
settled into the workplace, with a new outlook on business, new demands and widening the technology gap even more between
younger and older workers. A new study found that 78% of gen Zs and millennials said that their expectations of their current
workplace have been met, and their education actually did prepare them for the working world. A different study
found that 36% of millennials have a manager title or above yet the Harvard Business Review found that only 7% of companies
have accelerated leadership programs to nurture them. Just like with all generations studied, millennials negatively stereotype
gen Zs as being lazy, which will cause some friction. Both generations will continue to put pressures on companies to transform
the office, reward employees, embrace flexibility, and align the companies interests with a cause.
4. 5. Augmented and virtual reality revolutionize recruiting and training. While there has been a lot of hype around new forms
of reality in 2016, companies are going to take it a lot more serious in 2017 as new equipment, programs and use cases
surface. Virtual reality hardware revenue is set to reach over eight billion in the next two years and the amount of money
invested will be over four hundred million with 25 million users by that time. In addition, with Facebook's acquisition of
Oculus, Apple's patent on a 3D display system and the current success of Pokémon GO's augmented reality app, there is no
doubt that 2017 will be a massive year for these technologies. We've found that one-fourth of gen Z and millennials want their
companies to incorporate virtual reality into the workplace and I predict that this will increase next year as more adopt VR
consumer technology. The technology that employees are experiencing outside of work will naturally influence them to desire
the same tech at the office. Virtual and augmented reality can help close the experience gap for job seekers and allow
employee training to be more engaging, less expensive and free of distractions. For instance, The British Army is already using
VR in their recruitment process, General Mills has a virtual reality tour of their offices and GE implements VR at career
fairs where students wear headsets to explore their oil-and-gas recovery machines.
6. The war for talent heats up as the employer and employee contract continues to evolve. The average tenure for
employees, regardless of age is a mere 4.6 years in the United States and based on numerous studies we've conducted,
millennials leave after two years. Employers have recognized that there is no lifetime employment contract and some
companies have incorporate strategies from the book "The Alliance" as they implement "tours of duty" to appease employees.
Through hardware, including smartphones and wearables, and social networking sites, talent is more freely available and
talent has more opportunities to choose from. Seventy-six percent of full-time workers are either actively looking for a job or
open to new opportunities and 48% of employers are unable to fill their job vacancies because of the skills gap and high
attrition rates. With all of this competition for talent, an entire 90% of employers anticipate more competition for talent,
especially in emerging markets such as India, North America and Asia. This is why you will see an even greater emphasis on
the employee experience in 2017 because companies are being forced to focus more on corporate culture and values than pay
in order to retain employees.
5. 7. Organizations restructure to focus on team over individual performance. One of the most fascinating trends, despite the
rise of the gig economy, is the emphasis of teamwork regardless of employment situation, industry or politics in a company.
While individuals have their own career agenda, companies are now structured with teams because high performing teams
will enable them to compete for the future. Organizations are restructuring for several reasons, including the rise of
millennial and gen Z workers who grew up playing team sports and have the same expectations at the office and the fact
that organizations are trying to better align to customers so they must be agile due to market volatility. Nearly all (92%) of
companies rate "organizational design" as their top priority and three-fourths of gen Z's and millennials said they are well
prepared to work effectively in a team. Cisco was one of the first companies to embrace this trend, creating "Team Space," a
platform that delivers intelligence on how teams can work best to win together.
8. Workplace wellness, and well-being, become critical employee benefits for attracting top talent. Companies are using
wellness programs to lower absenteeism, attract talent, and save on healthcare costs, while employees have become more
health conscious in the past several years. Fewer than half of American workers say that their company supports employee
well-being and helps them maintain a healthy lifestyle. Compared to last year, health-related employee benefits have
increased by 58% and wellness by 45%, which will continue into 2017. Companies realize that workplace stress is the biggest
health issue that employees face so they invest in creating a more relaxing and healthier environment for them.
9. Office attire and workplace culture becomes more casual.Several years ago, Virgin Founder Richard Branson was on the
cover of Forbes Magazine with a scissors cutting off his tie, calling for the end of business formal attire. With the rise of
younger generations, and more employees working remote, there's no doubt that the workplace is increasingly casual. In
2017, you will see a continuation of this trend, with more employees demanding to drop their suits and ties in exchange for
jeans and shirts. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that about one-third of American employees do some or all of their
work from home, and as someone who has worked from home for years, I can tell you that I'm not wearing a suit here!
Today, 50% of managers say that employees wear less formal clothing than they did five years ago and nearly one-third
would prefer to be at a company with a business casual dress code.
6. 10. Companies get creative with their employee benefit packages and
perks. Fair compensation is most important to all age groups, genders
and ethnicities almost unanimously around the world based on several
studies that I've conducted over the years. Once you get past pay, then
the two most important employee benefits are healthcare coverage and
work flexibility, a benefit that wasn't mainstream a decade ago but is
today because of the sheer demands of work and our "always on"society.
In a recent study, we found that compared to two years ago, work
flexibility is the top employee benefit (over healthcare in 2014) globally
yet only a third of companies offer it. Even the companies that offer at
least some degree of work flex aren't actively promoting those programs
to employees or job seekers, who are spending more time researching
companies before applying for jobs. Aside from these two major
employee benefits, new ones are surfacing focusing around education
and student loans, which is relevant due to the $1.3 trillion student loan
crisis. One company that is on the forefront of this trend is Fidelity, with
their "Step Ahead Student Loan Assistance" program, which helps
employees payback loans up to $10,000. Other companies have tackled
employee benefits differently, such as Maia Josebachvili of Greenhouse,
who is transparent with their benefit package costs and surveys her
employees to find out how to best allocate their benefit investments.
Other examples include Zeeto, that provides employees a thirty dollar
Seamless credit for food, Starbucks with their "College Achievement Plan"
and Twitter that offers just about every type of exercise class on campus. -Anoop Singh
Human Resources Professional