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PREPARING FOR CHANGE: REIMAGINING WHAT’ S NEXT
BY CINDY O’ DONOVAN, RIGHT4 YOUR BUSINESS, LLC
2025 is shaping up to be a year of significant change, which will affect much of what we do in the workplace and how we do it. Human Resources’( HR’ s) role is to anticipate, adapt, and help employees
and employers to navigate through the changes and challenges, embrace opportunities and reimagine what’ s next. This will require flexibility and different incentives to recruit and retain a talented workforce.
Cindy O’ Donovan Rachel Scherer Joy Vander Heiden
Changes include: Ever-changing employment law.
Artificial Intelligence( AI) is accelerating the rate of workplace change, which also means human skills are more in demand.
Twenty percent of job postings across Minnesota feature schedules that are hybrid or fully remote.
Workforce shortages will require employers to focus more on reskilling current staff.
Ramsey County has one of the most diverse child and prime workingage adult populations in the state of Minnesota. The median age of workers in Ramsey County is 35.7 years.
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