What’ll be your major HR challenge over the next six months?

August 2, 2010 by Tim Gould

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HR pros have a lot to worry about these days. But new research indicates they’re most worried about two very specific issues.

Slightly more than three of ten HR managers say morale and employee productivity is their biggest concern over the next six months, according to a survey from ComPsych Corporation, a provider of employee assistance programs.

Retention comes in last

HR managers were asked: What do you expect to be your biggest challenge in the next six months? Their list, in order of finish:

Maintaining employee productivity and morale (31%)
Dealing with healthcare costs and new legislation (26%)
Finding qualified candidates (16%)
Handling organizational change (14%)
Retaining top performers (13%).

ComPsych didn’t say how many HR managers were polled, or when the poll was completed.

What’s the morale situation in your organization? Is that your key concern for the coming months? Let us know in the Comments section below.

Tags: ComPsych Corporation, healthcare costs, HR challenges, morale, productivity, qualified candidates, surveys, top performers

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2 Responses to “What’ll be your major HR challenge over the next six months?”

R. B. Says:
August 10th, 2010 at 8:58 am
All the new healthcare (and other) legislation is a major issue for me. It’s insanity x 100.

Morale in our organization is really pretty good because we’re doing well and have been able to give raises, hire where needed and reward employees with some perks along the way.

Finding qualified candidates is, surprisingly, an issue. You would think it would be easier with our high unemployment rates, but we are especially struggling to find qualified engineers.
PO'd HR Guy Says:
August 10th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Morale sucks. Of course, we pay barely minimum wage for hard work in a factory with no AC.
Healthcare will be an issue this year. It’s a tangled web thay’ve woven.
And like R.B., finding good employees is surprisingly (or not) difficult. See line 1 above.