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News, trends, and insights for HR leaders, HR professionals, and hiring managers.
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What Are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)?
An SME is a company that has employees, revenue, and assets below a set threshold, but defining that threshold can be difficult. Discover how different regions define an SME, and how your small or medium-sized company can play to its strengths.
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Skills-Based Workforce: 5 Essential Things to Know
Workday-developed documentary UNTAPPED: Closing America’s Opportunity Gap hits Netflix in the US this October. To celebrate, we’ve pulled together everything you need to know to start your journey to becoming a skills-based-workforce.
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The State of Industries: Top 3 Findings from New IDC Research
Mickey North Rizza, group vice president at IDC, shares findings of a 2024 study conducted on behalf of Workday to better understand the needs and plans for business technology across more than 10 industries. Learn how industries are taking on AI, digital transformation, staffing challenges and more.
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AI: The Multi-Billion Pound Key to Unlocking UK Productivity
A new report from Workday uncovers large businesses in the UK could save 7.9 billion employee hours per year through the use of ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI). Find out how you can embrace the future of work and consign productivity problems to the past.
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Workday Voice of the Employee Report: Burnout “Doom Loop” Undermines Engagement and Loyalty
The latest insights from Workday Peakon Employee Voice reveal that on average, 27% of employees within an organization are at high risk of burnout. We examine the top drivers for burnout and provide the blueprint for how organizations can avoid the burnout “doom loop” and retain top talent.
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3 Ways to Accelerate Your Skills Journey: What We’re Learning in Our Transformation
Chris Ernst, chief learning officer at Workday, shares insights gained through the move toward a skills-based talent strategy at Workday.
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Workday Podcast: How Signify’s Approach to HR Makes Progress With Process
In this episode of the Workday podcast, Signify’s global head of HR systems, Jacqueline van Gerwen, shares how Signify uses innovation to better the lives of its consumers and employees.
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Rewire the DNA of Your Business for Speed and Agility
We talked to two McKinsey experts about the helix organizational model, and how it can help cultivate a workforce that adapts to the dynamic demands of the business.
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Everest and Beyond: Six Surprising Things We Learned About Generation Z From Mountaineer Adriana Brownlee
On this episode of the Workday Podcast, mountaineer Adriana Brownlee joins us to talk about conquering Everest at the age of 20, what motivates climbers to keep returning to the world’s most dangerous summits, misconceptions about Gen Z, and what business leaders can expect from the next generation.
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Why HR Needs an AI-First Mentality
Every large organization seems to be going through an HR transformation. But what has the constant refrain of transformation achieved, and has it really fixed anything?
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UNHCR: Unlocking the Value of Workday HCM
Learn how UNHCR transformed HR with Workday HCM, enhancing inclusion, diversity, and change management for better operations.
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How AdventHealth Uses AI to Improve Hiring and Talent Retention
Tom Nesteruk, an HR leader at AdventHealth, shares how his team transformed its HR operating model and leverages AI to take on one of healthcare’s biggest challenges—recruitment and retention of nurses and other critical roles.
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Professional and Business Services Firms Realised up to €2 Million Worth of Savings Over Three Years with Workday, Forrester Consulting Finds
Forrester Consulting conducted The Total Economic Impact™ of Workday for Professional and Business Services Firms study, on behalf of Workday.
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HR Transformation at Philips: A Single Source of Truth Gives Organisations the Foundation to Innovate
In this podcast, Philips HRIS Solutions Architect Efthymios Zindros discusses how the global company transformed its operations.
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Introducing Accelerate with Workday
Accelerate with Workday makes it easier than ever for companies to get started and see results with Workday—realizing 42% faster time to value. Learn how this new program helps keep organizations moving forever forward.
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Workday Hiring Trends Report: The “Big Stay” Is Poised to Become the “Big Leave”
Metrics from Workday customers indicate the hiring slowdown may be coming to an end. We explore how that impacts organizations’ talent strategies and why that makes “retaining” the new “recruiting.”
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Workday's Acquisition of HiredScore: A Conversation With Athena Karp on AI
The acquisition solidifies Workday as a leader in providing an end-to-end, AI-powered talent acquisition and mobility solution, helping HR leaders meet today’s evolving hiring and talent landscape. Learn more from the company’s founder and CEO—and now GM of HiredScore at Workday.
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Workday Podcast: Retail and Hospitality’s Path to Success
What’s the positive path forward for the retail and hospitality industries? Keith Pickens, managing director of retail and hospitality at Workday, shares his perspective in this installment of our Industrious podcast series.
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Workday Podcast: A New Era for Tech and Media
In this episode of our Industrious podcast series, it’s all about challenges and opportunities for the tech and media industries, featuring special guest Randy Rasmussen, Workday managing director for tech and media.
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Workday Video: How AI is Transforming HR
As the world of work continues to evolve, HR can’t afford to stand still. Discover how HR leaders assess the challenges and opportunities created by technology —and how AI can transform the employee experience.
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Using AI to Empower an Augmented Workforce
Augmented workforces aren’t just changing the future of work, they’re shaping the here and now. Learn how your company can benefit by integrating artificial intelligence.
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Workday’s Global Payroll Strategy: A Connected HR and Payroll Experience
Our global payroll strategy combines Workday technology with an expansive partner ecosystem to provide customers with the solutions that best support their evolving needs.
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Bolster Your Talent Strategy With a Flexible Workforce: 3 Crucial Tips
Closing the talent gap is a persistent issue for organizations, exacerbated by rapid technological advancements. Addressing it requires a flexible talent strategy that includes utilizing the contingent workforce and promoting internal talent mobility.
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Why HR Leaders Must Get More Strategic About Payroll
Payroll has the potential to provide valuable insights for strategic decision-making, creating a big impact on business outcomes and significantly influencing the success of an organization.
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Leadership Lessons From the Premier League: Six Things We Learned When We Spoke to Footballer Paul McVeigh
In this episode of the Workday podcast, we speak to footballer-turned-psychologist Paul McVeigh about his career in football, the psychology of high-performing teams, and what business leaders can learn about workplace culture from the Premier League.
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Workday DEI Landscape Report: Business Leaders Remain Committed in 2024
Our global survey of 2,600 executives indicates that diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts remain a priority, with many increasing budgets and better utilizing AI and other technologies to achieve DEI goals.
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NRF 2024 Recap: The Future Is Today
Explore the standout insights, trends, and technological innovations from NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show. Hear stories from Workday customers on how they’re reimagining the future of retail and delivering extraordinary customer experiences.
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How AI Can Help Solve the Insurance Industry’s Talent Crisis
The insurance industry is facing a steep talent shortage. One way industry leaders can shore up a growing skills gap? By leveraging AI and machine learning (ML) to power automation and deliver insights to evolve workforces.
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Global Study: EMEA Sets Itself Apart on AI Adoption
EMEA organisations are leading the global pack in AI preparation and adoption, new Workday research shows. But while finance and IT have made greater strides, HR has more ground to cover.
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How Do Employees Feel About AI at Work, and What Can You Do?
Empower your team to benefit from AI by understanding their perspective. A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Workday, “A Human-Centered Approach to Al in the Workplace,” shares more.
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Global CHRO AI Indicator Report: How HR Leaders Can Enable AI Strategy
HR leaders are aware of AI’s strategic value—and cautious of its risks. A report from Workday and FT Longitude sheds light on what HR leaders think about AI and how they can effectively embrace it.
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Employee Experience Trends 2024: Empowering Managers to Drive Successful Transformation
Discover how change impacts the manager experience, why perceptions are more positive among senior leaders, and where organizations need to focus their attention in 2024.
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How Companies Use Workday AI to Accelerate Upskilling
Our customers are leveraging Workday AI to understand the skills within their workforce—and connect those insights to skills that fuel their business strategies. Learn more from Workday Chief Customer Officer Sheri Rhodes.
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How AI and ML Will Help Banks Build the Next-Gen Workforce
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can transform employee data into a talent advantage. They help organizations use strategy rather than luck or hope to find the right hires—and develop a stronger workforce.
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Video: Q&AI: How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact the Role of the CHRO?
In the second installment of the Q&AI video series, Sayan Chakraborty, co-president of Workday, explains how artificial intelligence is changing the world of HR.
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Unifying a Fragmented Global HR Landscape
Complexity is the enemy of digital transformation. At Workday Rising EMEA, Stefan Bayer, Senior Vice President IT for Function Services at Siemens Healthineers, shared how his 68,000-employee company is streamlining – and strengthening – its fragmented IT infrastructure with Workday.
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Workday Named Leader for 8th Consecutive Year in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises
We continue to innovate to help our customers thrive.
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The Power and Promise of HR Automation
Human resource departments are shifting their focus to value-creating activities. New technology solutions will play a crucial role as leaders step up strategically.
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Workday Again Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises
We’re thrilled to be named a Leader in this category for the second time since the category’s inception last year. With artificial intelligence and machine learning built into its core, Workday Enterprise Management Cloud unlocks the potential of our customers’ processes, data, and people.
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Contingent Workers: The Secret to Better Skills-Based Hiring
With the rise of highly skilled contractors, C-suite executives benefit from “borrowing” external talent to nimbly fill critical gaps—and lean into technology to effectively manage the extended workforce.
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What Is Internal Mobility, and Why Is It Important?
With employee expectations constantly evolving, internal mobility is a crucial part of a successful talent retention strategy. Learn how to enable talent mobility at your organization.
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First Half 2023 Hiring Trends: Slowdown and Stagnation
The first half of 2023 has seen big changes in the labor market, with reverberating effects on the workforce including signs of decreased engagement. Based on metrics from the Workday platform—which shows more applications for fewer jobs and voluntary turnover declining by 20% compared to the same time frame last year—we’ve pulled together key trends and insights to help HR leaders chart their course for the near-term future.
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AI and ML for Retail and Hospitality: 3 Key Opportunities
How can retail and hospitality industry leaders see past the hype and harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)? Read on to learn the potential for AI and ML in these industries—and how human resources and finance teams are already leveraging them.
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The AI Revolution: Reshaping HR Functions for Success
Nothing artificial about it—artificial intelligence is furthering advancements in HR technology, from improving efficiency to enhancing the employee experience. Discover how AI is reshaping HR and, in turn, how HR is putting AI to work.
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3 Ways to Get Ahead of Global Payroll Complexity
A new survey underscores the shifting challenges employers face around the world. The good news: multi-country complexities can be strategically managed.
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How Inter IKEA is Embracing Technology To Transform the Customer and Employee Experience
Amela Delic, digital transformation manager for Inter IKEA Group, illustrates how the organisation leverages modern technology for both its customers and its employees.
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3 Signs It’s Time to Rethink Well-being in the Wake of Changing Worker Expectations
Workplace well-being is never a one-and-done consideration. At Workday Rising, Dan Rogers and Miikka Åkerman argue that people leaders would be wise to consider whether their approach to employee well-being—and the systems that support them—are keeping pace with this modern moment.
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3 Insights for Driving a Holistic, Multi-Dimensional Employee Experience
To meet employees’ rising and shifting expectations, organisations are tapping dynamic insights underpinned by rich, unified data and sophisticated analytics.
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How the UK Public Sector Can Tap the Vast Potential of Digital Enterprise Solutions
A Workday survey of civil servants responsible for workforce management uncovers the current state of HR, finance, and enterprise planning systems within government—and tracks the progress in transforming these systems.
