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The Threat of Workplace Automation in Future

HR Digest

A recent McKinsey study estimated that as many as half of current jobs could be automated, and predicted 400 million jobs worldwide will be automated into nothingness by 2030. The other impact of automation would be that highly skilled jobs will be controlled by a very few select people leading to a sharper divide in capital ownership.

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. If companies get better at hiring candidates who correctly match the work ethic, job description, and company culture of the organization, they immediately reduce the likelihood of these candidates leaving.

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Why Should Companies Hire New Graduates?

ExactHire - Leadership

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Then there are fresh takes on Zoomers–the most recent college graduates.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

An article by Greg Roper from 2015 indicated that interpersonal communication and conflict management were two of the most important skills to focus on, and that remains relevant today. HRM principles indicate that defining the company’s ethics and values can make maintaining a harmonious workplace that much easier.

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Big Data, Big Opportunity

Chartered Management Institute

At the C-suite, businesses need not only a data analytics strategy, but a data-analytics culture, researchers from McKinsey have concluded. At least some of that investment should go on training for data-related skills. And of course there are ethical and legal considerations to consider with trading data.

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Why Should Companies Hire New Graduates?

ExactHire - Leadership

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Then there are fresh takes on Zoomers–the most recent college graduates.

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Is The Single Market Preventing Digital Champions In Europe?

The Horizons Tracker

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. Europe has great potential to draw level with its American and Asian competitors and win the race on data platforms for industry and ethical AI applications. Digital dominance.