To help HR professionals get into this strategic mindset,
recently at the New World Hotel Makati, JobStreet.com Philippines in
collaboration with the Asian Institute of Management, hosted the HR Leaders’
Huddle, which sought to outline how HR divisions can evolve into business
partners and drive better organizational performance. JobStreet brought
together HR professionals in an environment that allowed them networking
opportunities, as well as the chance to learn about this budding trend in the
HR world.
Dynah A. Basuil, PhD, discusses the future of the role of
human resources at the HR Leaders’ Huddle.
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The HR Leaders’ Huddle was headlined by the presentation of
a paper by Ms. Dynah A. Basuil, PhD, Professor at the Leadership and People
Management Department of the Asian Institute of Management. Entitled “On the
Right Track? Human Capital Management in the Philippines,” Ms. Basuil’s
presentation highlighted the changing landscape of the workforce and how it
affects HR as a whole.
Ms. Basuil noted that in the last ten years, the workforce
of the Philippines has increased by 20.7% or almost 7 million, and the
composition of this workforce has experienced a major shift towards high-skill
workers, with 63% more higher-skilled workers in 2017 than in the last decade.
She also underscored that much of the new workforce is represented by
Millennials as well as Generation Z youth, who have unique needs and attributes
compared to the previous.
According to Ms. Basuil, this creates a need for HR to
change their practices in how they deal with younger workers, who want to be
more engaged, and be assigned work that is customized to their talents so that
they can better apply themselves to their jobs.
She also shares that there is a measurable change in HR
function, with a decrease in record-keeping and providing of HR services, and
an increase in strategic partnering, developing HR systems, auditing, and
controlling.
What does being a strategic business partner look like,
then, for HR professionals? These and other questions were explored in a panel
discussion that talked about Ms. Basuil’s work, which was composed of Mr. Robin
Bradshaw, Country Manager of Cathay Pacific; Mr. Ritchelle Cordero, Group Head
for HR and Admin at Century Properties Group, Inc; and Ms. Joanne Hizon, VP for
Human Resources at SM Investments Corp.
These seasoned HR professionals agreed that being part of
their company’s initiatives from the very beginning, rather than just being an
afterthought, is the key for HR professionals to be strategic partners.
JobStreet Sales Director Noelle Gonzales said that the
paper and HR Huddle are only the first step in their goal to help partner
companies and jobseekers participate in a new strategy-centric Human Resources
landscape, in which HR is a strategic business partner. “You heard our
panelists talking about the importance of data for HR professional, and that’s
where we’re going to be focusing our efforts to help serve the industry. We’ve
disseminated a lot of information, mined from JobStreet’s treasure trove
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