The Future Evolution of the Workforce

Government and industry face significant challenges in hiring the right skilled workforce, encountering a very competitive landscape, where all are vying for similar talent along with pressures to control cost.  With this new landscape, government and industry are investing human capital well versed in digitization, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and new emerging technologies of the future.  Everyone is still envisioning that automation will replace certain human tasks but are assuming new roles and career paths will be created to work alongside the new technology. In addition, government and industry alike face decisions to reimagine shifts in workforce and workplaces. With all that said, the workforce ecosystem is changing, the digital economy is unlocking, and thus driving a new generation of workforce.   

Today’s session will provide an overview of where we are now post pandemic and where they see the workforce in one, two, or five years from now; how the transition will occur; and what will be gained and/or lost during that timeframe.

OBJECTIVES:

• Learn from the experts what will be transformed in the way we work today and in the future
• Understand human capital investments in skillsets, talents, education, and requirements needed for the new workforce
• Discover how to recruit and retain talent from different generations
• Hear what is being done to rethink the future
• Identify lessons learned and gains from large scale disruptive events