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The HR industry veteran’s words come at a strange time for the profession, with U.S. job openings seeing their largest one-month drop in years and signs of an economic slowdown abundant. JBC’s report was also published just months after the firm released survey data that showed 85% of corporate training departments said they felt ill-equipped to create new career paths.
Though demand for skilled workers generally remains high in the current market, stakeholders — particularly worker advocates — have said that employers limit themselves by not expanding their recruiting efforts to include candidates with atypical career paths.
JBC pointed to retailer Walmart and its “Live Better U” program as an example of how to expand nonlinear career path opportunities. That program, per Bersin, has seen Walmart throw in training, rotation and education assistance initiatives to move front-line associates to other fields, namely cybersecurity.