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Many employers face challenges in attracting suitable candidates, as well as how to deal with skills gaps in their existing workforces. This article shines a light on four approaches taken in the US to bridge skills gaps, and identifies a number of lessons for HR practitioners.
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Gerwyn is the CIPD’s Public Policy Adviser for a wide range of labour market issues. With lead responsibility for welfare reform, migration and zero-hour contracts at the CIPD, Gerwyn has led and shaped the policy debate and achieved substantial national media coverage through various publications. These include Zero-hours contracts: myth and reality (2013) and The growth of EU labour: assessing the impact on the UK labour market (2014).
In addition Gerwyn authors the CIPD's high profile and influential quarterly Labour Market Outlook. Gerwyn is an experienced labour market commentator, making regular appearances in the national media and on other public platforms, including several appearances before the House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee.
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As organisations become more skills-focussed, what’s stopping capability from moving to where it creates the most value? And what’s the role of L&D in enabling that shift and helping organisations assess and deploy the skills they already have, while building new capability at pace.
Use these tools to build L&D's influence and impact, by strategically aligning skills and capability planning with wider organisational performance and outcomes.
Katie Stickland, CIPD Knowledge Exchange Manager, reviews research that examines how HR departments have utilised digital technology such as AI and analytics
What are the barriers to the adoption of generative AI tools at work and how can they be overcome?
An exploration of how generative AI tools like ChatGPT can be used effectively to support human resource management
Research investigates what factors influence employees’ responses to electronic performance monitoring