All Things Talent 2023 Edition – January to March

Business and Human resources (HR) leaders faced an unpredictable environment in 2022. Employees moved on from companies not for higher pay or better opportunities but for a healthier work-life balance and more professional freedom. The year was also marked by high employee turnover, burned-out employees, and business uncertainties due to geopolitical risks and policy intervention. The year 2023 started on an ominous note for organisations, with the right sizing becoming the common theme across companies.

This edition of All Things Talent attempts to address some of the key transformations that the HR function went through in the last year after a gruelling pandemic and how the learnings will impact the strategies of 2023.

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INTERVIEW

SV Nathan, Partner and CTO, Deloitte India speaks about how, in 2022, organisations faced mental health and work-life boundary issues, resulting in high attrition rates. He also talks about the present tech sector hiring ambitions and compensation

Deepika Banerjee, Head of Human Capital Management, Goldman Sachs Services India talks about the organisation’s approach to employee well-being and development during the pandemic and beyond.

Deepak Dobriyal, Sr. Vice President, Global leader of Talent Management and Corporate HR at Birlasoft, opens up about his company’s complex challenges. He also shared different approaches his organisation took to support the employees during the COVID-19 pandemic in the last few years.

SPECIAL FEATURE

Did COVID-19 Crisis Give HR a Perception Makeover? HR leaders from IBM, Persistent Systems and HomeLane discuss becoming a crucial partner in the war against the pandemic. Along the way, the people’s function managed to break a few myths too.

Upskilling’ is the buzzword for recruiters going ahead, and for candidates, it’s ‘learnability’. Bhavesh Patel, who heads talent acquisition for CGI’s multi-industry and government vertical, tells us

COVER STORY

Aarti Srivastava, CHRO, Capgemini India, writes about how inclusive tech teams are four times more likely to create inclusive products, benefiting innovation, growth, and brand value

Santosh TK, Director – Talent Acquisition talks about technology, personalisation, and upskilling, discussing key learnings for the future of HR.

Sreekanth K Arimanithaya, Global Talent and Enablement Leader, EYGDS offers insights into how they navigated the post-pandemic talent market with digital tools and data science. Also discusses how to tackle moonlighting and the recent layoffs.

Other Op-eds include Shaakun Khanna, Vice President, HCM & SaaS Application Alliances, APAC, Oracle, Milind Mutalik, Head of Employee Experience, Accolite Digital, Pankaj Khanna, Head Revenue Assurance and Head HR, Coforge,  Kavita Kurup, Global Head HR, UST, Archana Krishna, SVP HR, Simplilearn, Huong Nguyen, Head of Employer Branding APAC, Luxoft and Vinu Sekhar, EVP and HR Head, Tietoevry India