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Operations

HR should focus on nonlinear career paths

HR Dive

October 27, 2022

Operations

HR should focus on nonlinear career paths

HR Dive

October 27, 2022

Photo by Brendan Church on Unsplash

Dive Brief:

  • Employers should focus on developing nonlinear career pathways as burned out workers begin to question their futures, and they could turn to external partnerships to do so, according to a Josh Bersin Company report released last week.
  • That work could prove challenging, JBC said in a press release, given that new paths may not be “immediately obvious” to HR or employees themselves. The firm said employers may need to experiment with artificial intelligence solutions that can identify skill patterns and “intervene preemptively with optimal suggestions.”
  • “The message we’re sharing is not what many employers might expect,” Bersin said in a statement. “Expect to hear a lot more on this theme of people moving from role to role, across domains and across industries. And this will be especially among younger generations who are more open to portfolio careers and side hustles.”

Dive Insight:

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.

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Employers should focus on developing nonlinear career pathways as burned out workers begin to question their futures.
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