key to attracting talent in transforming working environments

THE KEY TO ATTRACTING TALENT IN TODAY’S TRANSFORMING WORKING ENVIRONMENTS

Heini Hult-Miekkavaara Career Coach Academic Architects and Engineers in Finland - TEK

THE WAY WE WORK IS TRANSFORMING AND SO ARE SKILLS REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS

Heini Hult-Miekkavaara 1.12.2013

DO YOU KNOW WHAT CHALLENGES INDIVIDUAL

WORKERS ARE FACING IN TRANSFORMING WORKING

ENVIRONMENTS?

DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT TODAY’S WORKING

ENVIRONMENTS LOOK LIKE?


WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO THINK WORKING IN TODAY’S ORGANISATIONS LOOKS LIKE?


DO WE REALLY HAVE ORGANISATIONS THAT FUNCTION LIKE THIS?

DOES EVERYONE KNOW HIS/HER PLACE AND WHO THEY WORK WITH?



DO BUSINESS PROCESSES REALLY RUN THIS SMOOTHLY? DOES EVERYONE IN THE ORGANISATION SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE?

THIS IS A BIT MORE WHAT WORK REALLY LOOKS LIKE…



CAN YOU SPOT THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS COMPETENCE? CAN HE SPOT HIM/HERSELF?

IMAGINE THIS IN 3D AND MULTIPLIED BY AT LEAST THREE


BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE ROBOTICS CLOUD COMPUTING DIGITALISATION

GLOBALISATION INTERNET OF THINGS PROJECTS

SWARMING AUGMENTED REALITY SELF-SERVICE

SHORT EMPLOYMENTS VIRTUALITY

BIG DATA OUTSOURCING FREELANCE WORK

MOBILITY SOCIAL MEDIA

SOME MEGATRENDS THAT ARE SHAPING WORK, ALREADY HAPPENING OR JUST ABOUT TO EMERGE:

THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS GOING ON


#1: ORGANISATIONS, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

ARE TRANSFORMING


#2: TOOLS AND WAYS OF WORKING ARE TRANSFORMING


#3: SKILLS REQUIREMENTS ARE TRANSFORMING


WHAT CHALLENGES IS THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER FACING IN THESE TRANSFORMATIONS?


THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER’S CHALLENGE # 1: ORGANISATIONS, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

ARE TRANSFORMING E.G. SOCIAL MEDIA FREELANCE WORK SHORT EMPLOYMENTS PROJECTS OURSOURCING

DIGITALISATION GLOBALISATION SWARMING


- HOW DO I WORK IN COMPLEX NETWORK ORGANISATIONS?

- CAN I WORK IN SEVERAL ORGANISATIONS SIMULTANIOUSLY?

- HOW DO I PATCH UP A MEANINGFUL AND COHERENT CAREER FROM

PROJECTS AND SHORT EMPLOYMENTS?

- HOW DO I EXPLAIN (INVOLUNTARY) DOWNSHIFTING OR DEVIATIONS

FROM MY CAREER PATH?

- HOW DO I MAKE A PATCHWORK CAREER ATTRACTIVE TO EMPLOYERS?


THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER’S CHALLENGE # 2: TOOLS AND WAYS OF WORKING ARE TRANSFORMING

E.G. MOBILITY GLOBALISATION CLOUD COMPUTING SOCIAL MEDIA VIRTUALITY SWARMING

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE BIG DATA DIGITALISATION


- HOW DO I KNOW WHICH SKILLS AND TOOLS I NEED TO MASTER?

- HOW CAN I KEEP UP WITH EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY?

- HOW TO WORK BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AND COLLABORATIVELY IN

A COMMUNITY?

- HOW TO BE AGILE BOTH AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND ON AN

ORGANISATORY LEVEL?

- HOW DO I SUPPORT ORGANISATORY LEARNING WHILST

ACQUIRING INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCE?


THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER’S CHALLENGE # 3: SKILLS REQUIREMENTS ARE TRANSFORMING E.G.SELF-SERVICE BIG DATA DIGITALISATION CLOUD COMPUTING ROBOTICS VIRTUALITY

OURSOURCING



-  HOW DO I KNOW WHICH SKILLS I SHOULD HAVE NOW AND IN THE

FUTURE?

-  WHICH SKILLS ATTRACT EMPLOYERS?

-  WHAT DO I WANT TO EXCEL IN?

-  HOW DO I RECOGNISE MY COMPETENCE?

-  HOW CAN I RECOGNISE WHAT EFFECTS MY COMPETENCE HAS?

-  HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY SKILLS AND MANAGE MY COMPETENCE?

-  HOW DO I PROVE MY COMPETENCE TO OTHERS?

THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER FACES CHALLENGES -


- HOW CAN EMPLOYERS MEET THEM…



…TO GO THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION TOGETHER…

...ON ALL OF THE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS UNDERGOING CHANGE:


1. ORGANISATIONS AND LEADERSHIP 2. TOOLS AND WAYS OF WORKING 3. INDIVIDUAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS


UNDERSTANDING THESE CHALLENGES AND MEETING

THEM IS THE KEY TO ATTRACTING TALENT -


- AND TO RETAINING IT