Population growth, ageing and a pandemic mean there is no shortage of those needing care, but in New Zealand and globally, there is a chronic shortage of healthcare workers.
The functions of the HRs have evolved with the onset of the pandemic. From being the workforce management team to nursing the workforce with the emergency services during lockdowns, HR professionals have travelled a long way in just two years.
In an episode of the People Matters Podcast, Lohit Bhatia, President of the Indian Staffing Federation shared how the formalisation of a large number of informal workers can not only generate employment opportunities but also help the corporates cope with the talent shortage.
The Citrix Pulse survey reveals that the top five priorities of the business leaders over the next five years include enabling distributed collaboration, ensuring always-on availability, empowering individual focus, providing a consistent, consumer-like experience from device to device and location to location and automating work.