The HR team is usually occupied directing everyone else to plan their career and sometimes be less focused to manage their own careers. In this automated and digitalized world, there will be significant changes in the year 2022. One thing to point out is, In this unpredictable and fast-moving environment it's difficult to foretell Human Resource roles and responsibilities in near future.
HR Professionals, however, have to worry about the advancements in the technology of robots, AI unquestionably is making a vast difference to the way HR processes and tasks are managed but yes the future of HR will still remain HUMAN.
There are the 5 key skills that HR professionals should have to stand out for the year 2022
Circumstantial Decision making
The HR department has to handle many tricky circumstances in the organization, ranging right from Bullying at the workplace or conflict between warring employees or Sensitive employee health issues to Sexual harassment at the workplace. All these issues often don't have easy solutions. Facing such an issue with a calm mind to make the right decision is a key skill.
Monetary awareness
The HR department is often accused though many times unfair of lacking the proper understanding of a firm's business models and the reputational risk when running a business. The HR department is the most thriving practitioner having in-depth of how the organization creates value in the market.
Critical thinking
For the future world of work thinking critical is one of the significant skills according to the report generated by the World Economic Forum. HR needs to develop an audacity to question or challenge is necessary while taking business decisions. This skill is about accurately analyzing and evaluating the intended strategies and coming up with proper insights.
Digitally Literate
Along with other functions in an organization, the HR department is also acknowledging to raise its game in the digital HR world. This is not just the adoption of HR software in an organization to automate key HR processes and reduce the admin work. As an HR, one should learn how to exploit data that will support your management for better decision making related to workforce planning till the recruitment and employee engagement.
Executing Ethical Dilemmas
Recent headlines clearly show how difficult is to handle organizational ethical dilemmas. In 2018 alone we have the same through cases like money laundering, and environmental and whistleblowing scandals. In such situations, HR should develop skills that created a culture within the organization where employees are able to speak about inappropriate behavior within the organization without any morose outcomes.
Apart from these 5 skills be open to any strategies - and say yes. Peter Drucker, The Management guru once said these wise words, "The best way to predict the future is to create it."