More than 4 million people quit their jobs in January 2022, nearly matching the record number set two months before that. Meanwhile, employers spent the new year trying to fill more than 11 million job openings.

While HR teams need to find efficient ways to recruit new employees fast, it’s just as important to ensure their onboarding processes are exceptional experiences. Effective employee onboarding doesn’t just make for a more pleasant transition, it’s critical for the health of the organization.

The future of HR is in its ability to make customers happy. A growing number of companies are realizing there’s more to human resources than recruiting, supporting, and retaining employees. HR has a unique ability to help recruit, support, and retain customers as well.

It’s a new year, and that brings a sense of new promise and optimism. For many companies, it’s a great time to renew that entrepreneurial spirit that drives their innovation and fuels their employees.

For more than 35 years, IDI has been the best-in-class provider of HCM integration software. We’ve touched the lives and livelihoods of employees in a wide range of businesses — from construction and manufacturing to non-profits, professional services to restaurants and even agriculture.

If one thing is certain in the workforce today, it’s that nothing is certain in the workforce today. The Great Resignation is in full swing, Gen Z employees are building their careers around job hopping, and new priorities among workers are making it difficult to keep employees around.

If you’re like most companies, you have set one or more core values around your customers, such as being customer centric. And if you’re like most companies, you’re either entirely or partially a remote organization. So how do you instill and nurture your company’s core values when you aren’t there to see your core values lived out in daily work?

A new report shows that diversity in the workplace pays off. McKinsey & Co. found that more diverse organizations see higher profits than their less diverse competitors. But while we’re making progress in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) overall, there’s one area where diversity is taking a step back — female workers. Throughout the pandemic, nearly three million American women left the workforce, accounting for 55% of overall job loss.

Over the past few years, HR has become increasingly important within organizations — especially as company culture, employee engagement, and the employee experience have gained more attention.

If something goes wrong in HR, the C-suite will care very much about it. Yet, Human Resources rarely has a seat at the table to discuss issues, priorities, and initiatives. Part of the reason is because HR employees often don’t know how to gain the attention of executives or how to communicate effectively at that level.

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that work can look radically different. We’ve discovered new technologies, new processes, and new habits that allow us to be productive while also staying sane. Experts are spending a lot of time predicting which of these new changes will stay around in the new normal.

Businesses are coming out of the pandemic, and this means a lot more stability for organizations in most industries. But as the pandemic winds down, new challenges are quickly emerging for companies, and employers will need to stay on their toes.