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Taking the easy road will not make you stand out as a business anymore. Today, employees are searching for an employer who prioritises their individual talent development and, as a result, using the same traditional training model for everyone is clearly out of date. From now on, coaching is the way to go. What are the advantages? And how can it be made accessible to everyone? Patrick Rütten, Senior Behavioural Scientist at CoachHub and Carmen Shooter, Senior Manager Human Resources at Wallenius Wilhelmsen share their thoughts.

Happy employees are the most important asset in any company. By creating a culture that prioritises personal development and allows employees to learn when and where they want, you boost job happiness and performance. After all, nothing is more frustrating than being left to your own devices when you notice that you do not fully master certain skills. The Federal Public Service (FPS) Finance was also looking for a way to better support lifelong learning.

Have you hired someone new? Onboarding marks the first ‘real’ contact with the company. An exciting moment for the employee and a crucial one for any company in the war for talent. At imec, together with Flexso, they wrote a new onboarding story to keep the wow feeling in employees and unburden every starter end-to-end. Aurélie Saenen of imec and her colleague Sabine Billen talk about how they are bridging the gap between IT and HR with this project.

Happy employees, that's what it's all about today. Those who pay attention to well-being at work are more attractive when it comes to attracting top talent and retaining good workers. By celebrating special moments together as a company and supporting each other in difficult times, you show appreciation in a simple way and encourage commitment. But how can you remember the important moments in all your employees’ lives, and what do you buy for which occasion? For GroupM, Kadonation is the solution.

Duvel Moortgat is a proud and vibrant Belgian family brewery with a long history dating back to 1871. Over the years, it has grown from a small local business to a globally recognised player in the beer market. To keep up with the world’s top companies of today, Duvel Moortgat recognises the importance of digitalisation and, as a result, chose to team up with PwC and Workday to walk towards a brighter and clearer HR future. Ingrid Marcelis, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Duvel Moortgat, is excitedly embracing this new direction.

The fact that we are - still - confronted with a candidate market today is clear. Moreover, the market with active job seekers is limited. Online job ads are a necessary part of an efficient recruitment strategy, but even there, finding the right talent is not easy. Displaying targeted content is therefore crucial for keeping potential candidates interested and also attracting the attention of passive jobseekers. Sofie Van Haele, B2B Marketing Manager at Stepstone and her colleague Stéphanie Loop, Manager Customer Success, share their thoughts on how they are tackling this challenge at Stepstone.

In a rapidly changing job market, employees are constantly looking for new challenges and opportunities. They want to explore their skills, discover potential occupations that match their capabilities and identify relevant training paths to pursue their desired career. The Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training (VDAB) believes in the power of data and AI to support both employees and employers in this change of mindset.

Curious, entrepreneurial employees are what drives a company in today's rapidly evolving environment. So, creating a stimulating atmosphere where people get the chance to explore and develop their talents without judgement becomes necessary in every organisation. And that is exactly where CoachHub comes in. “It is time to change the perspective that coaching is only for the lucky few”, states Patrick Rütten, Senior Behavioural Scientist at CoachHub. “It is a proven practice that has advantages for all kinds of industries and use cases.”

Strategic workforce planning is not new. The concept has been proving its success for years and is seen as the way to go in many HR departments. Today, data and AI are breathing new life into it, creating many new opportunities. Peter-Andries Albrecht, Head of Global Talent at Umicore, and Yves van Durme, Global Organisational Transformation Leader at Deloitte, share how strategic workforce planning makes a difference.

Spending three hours in a classroom and then applying the knowledge gained during on-the-job training is a thing of the past. “Digital learning saves employees a lot of time and makes consuming theory more interactive and therefore more enjoyable,” says Jonas Maerschand, National Sales Manager at FLOWSPARKS. “In addition, the on-the-job story remains crucial. By turning to digital, there can be even more focus on experiencing and executing the theory.”

Every month, no fewer than 300 million jobseekers browse through Indeed. That Artificial Intelligence speeds up and supports the recruitment process is clear when using this platform, but how can we use data efficiently today when the challenges in the labour market are changing rapidly?

Data and technology are more important in our lives than ever. We collect data continuously and do whatever it takes to interpret them. And that is where the danger lurks: during the rush of the day, we forget to feel in addition to thinking. Creating balance and working on yourself still has a woolly connotation in a lot of organisations. At Randstad RiseSmart, they are convinced that feeling is at least as important, and can also be translated to the workplace in a rational way.