HR Trends: The Key Reads of September 2022

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Robyn Kern

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Welcome to our summary of September’s best reads on HR trends!

This month, the challenges and importance of DEI initiatives and rising popularity of “work-from-anywhere” policies were hot topics in the HR industry. 

HR Trends for September 2022

While it can be challenging to implement DEI initiatives, understanding the reasons behind the difficulties is the first step. 

First there was work-from-home, and now there’s work-from-anywhere.

 

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Robyn Kern

Robyn Kern is a seasoned business writer who has written in the HR, education, technology, and nonprofit spaces. She writes about topics including outplacement, layoffs, career development, internal mobility, candidate experience, succession planning, talent acquisition, and more, with the goal of surfacing workforce trends and educating the HR community on these key topics. Her work has been featured on hrforhr.org and trainingindustry.com.

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