Top 10 trends influencing the workplace

There is a new wave making its way through HR departments and changing the way benefits managers are looking at everything from recruiting to employee engagement strategies. Speaking recently at the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual show in New Orleans, Dan Schawbel, a partner and research director at Future Workplace, an HR executive network and research firm, shared these 10 trends employers can expect in the near future.

For the jobseeker, there is the feeling resumes aren’t even being looked at, which is why the hiring and onboarding process are growing opportunities for employers to beef up a positive experience. “We need to start humanizing the process, because the world we live in people can easily complain online and that can hurt [your reputation] forever,” Schawbel says.