People of color made up the majority of new working-age hires last year for the first time, according to data the Labor Department started gathering in the 1970s. The uptick is due, in part, to the great number of minority women who began entering the workforce in 2015.
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IBM research suggests HR should combine digital and human skills and offer employees opportunities for development, writes Josh Bersin. "In every domain there are both deep and broad skills needed, and our role in transforming teams is to help people develop both," he writes.
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Wellness programs can fail to be effective if they offer incentives that target already healthy employees or if they are so focused on results they do not recognize progress achieved, according to strategic planning firm OPOC.us. Instead of a regular cycle of wellness activities, OPOC.us says, plans should change based on the interests and needs of employees and they should include some face-to-face contact rather than putting everything online.
Collaboration between HR and IT has become more important as employers rely on data to help make decisions, including in recruiting, writes Susan Insley, vice president at VMware. "IT expertise is essential in simplifying how candidates apply for roles, how responses are generated, how invitations to interview are issued, and more," she writes.
Respecting people in certain situations and not others is the mark of an unethical, irresponsible leader, writes Linda Fisher Thornton. "When you see leaders using selective respect, call it what it is -- unethical leadership," she writes.
