Strategy | Value-added HR: 3 areas to focus your attention

There is always plenty to keep HR teams on their toes on a day-to-day basis – but it’s also important to invest time, effort and resources into value-adding and strategic activities that will reap rewards both now and in the future.

We’ve taken a quick look at three opportunities for HR to do more: the impending arrival of IR35; the steady advance of artificial intelligence; and the shift towards employee experience which is already underway.

Have you got to grips with employee experience yet?

Everyone has had strategies in place for engaging employees for some time – but how far have you got with ‘the new kid on the block’ – employee experience or ‘EX’ as it’s often referred to? EX is a bigger, more encompassing approach which spans the entire employee lifecycle. It’s about creating strategies that are employee-centric at every touchpoint – from onboarding to the working environment, culture and technology. It’s a big deal and therefore a major challenge for HR to tackle.