Recruitment 2.0

The National Living Wage (NLW) comes into force across the UK on 1st April 2016 on what appears to be a wave of negative publicity.

The global skills shortage is now ranked as the biggest threat to businesses by three quarters of CEOS . The solution to this widening  gap is the rising use of the contingent workforce or 'Gig Economy'.  Identified as one of the key trends affecting  HR in 2016, employers remain cautious about embracing its benefits.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is fully upon us. It’s predicted that 6.4 billion connected ‘things’ will be in use during 2016 - with 5.5 million new things connected every day – rising to nearly 21 billion in 2020.

As low productivity tightens its hold on the UK workforce, employee happiness levels and engagement slump with it. 2016's Global Workforce Happiness Index ranks the UK a lowly 30th, well below many of its European neighbours. For some HR practitioners, this may come as no surprise.

Blue Monday, officially ‘the most depressing day of the year’, takes place on 18th January. With its own Twitter hashtag #Blue Monday carries with it an estimated cost to the UK economy of £93 billion.

Love it, loathe it, or simply tolerate it, HR technology will dominate headlines (again) in 2016. Here are six trends to watch out for:-

A recent report from Deloitte and Oxford Economics revealed that 35% of UK jobs are at risk of being lost to automation. Where is that automation most evident and how will HR respond to the changes it will inevitably put on to its already full plate in the next few years?

The skills shortage will continue to dominate HR and recruitment as we move into 2016, but how will UK businesses respond?