Browsing: Workforce planning

Ongoing uncertainty about casual worker definitions has prompted staffing providers to shorten temporary engagements, threatening employers' workforce planning, an industry advisor says. read more

Talent leaders will remain unable to create truly more agile, flexible workforces until finance teams evolve their thinking around headcount budgets, says Uber's head of recruitment. read more

Employers are gaining ground in the digital transformation race, but are still struggling to identify and recruit for future skills, research from Aon shows. read more

"Fake skills" and blank spots are among the big problems recruiters face when trying to build up their 'talent intelligence'. read more

Examples of organisations doing internal mobility well remain few and far between, as a result of three main barriers, says a PageUp specialist. read more

The data that recruiters already have access to puts them in prime position to both predict and prepare for future skills needs, an academic says. read more

Long-running commentary about recruiters evolving into true career managers is finally becoming a reality, as employers seek longer-term solutions to skills shortages, says ManpowerGroup ANZ managing director Richard Fischer. read more

Employers are still seeking "better and cheaper" from RPOs, but a shift away from full outsourcing looks imminent, says Hudson RPO CEO Kimberley Hubble. read more

Having the right talent in place can make the difference between an organisation suffering, surviving or thriving through an economic downturn, a global specialist says. read more

Many talent leaders eager to use analytics in their people strategies are falling victim to "data dumps" and struggling to move past the basics, experts say. read more