Indian firms must focus on skilling workforce, flexibility. HR survey

Human resources (HR) leaders in India must focus on skill development, worker fatigue and flexibility for their companies’ growth, said a survey on Monday.

As many as 60 per cent of organisations understand the skills and talent development needs for today, but 50 per cent of them have clarity on what will be available later. HR has to improve companies’ ability to predict skills needed tomorrow and train today’s talent, according to Mercer’s Global Talent Trends 2023 HR Leader Pulse Survey.

Indian companies must focus on flexibility as employees greatly value working from anywhere, many willingly to forgo a salary raise for that option.