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Over the last 2 years I have observed the rise of investment into the development of Human Resources across businesses in Ireland. Two areas have been given particular attention.
Learning and Development is my personal passion. Having professional and academic training in teaching and developing talent I truly believe foundations of organisations rely on fully trained professionals.
Soft skills as well as technical abilities allow employees to reach their full potential and excel towards higher standards across organisations. For an extended period all spending into Learning and Development was stalled. Companies felt that it was neither justified nor necessary to retain talent through the up skilling exercise. But those times seem to be gone. Qualified Trainers, People Development Managers and Learning and Development Professionals have once again become assets to organisations.
Secondly, due to a changing workplace, workers look for companies that are rich in opportunities and offer competitive benefits. Compensation and benefits has to catch up and as a result we are observing a shortage of candidates with Reward & Benefits expertise.
Organisations rightly identify that employing skilled professionals in the C&B and Rewards field is key to establishing structure that will allow to motivate and retain talent. Large businesses are looking closely at how they can compensate their staff. Candidates once again start to dictate expectations. Businesses that fail to recognise those changing trends are struggling to find talent. In order to secure a successful hire negotiation around additional benefits has become a routine exercise for recruitment consultants.
According to Deloitte's 2015 "human capital trends report companies are actively exploring new approaches to learning and development as they confront increasing skills gap: Learning has become a business-critical priority for increasing skills, improving the leadership pipeline, and enhancing employee engagement and retention.”
2016 will be a year where candidates will look for flexibility and work and life balance. Additionally their focus will be aimed at organisations that are ahead of the pack in terms of Learning and Development strategies that will enhance personal and professional growth.
