Changes or trends in the labor/employment environment that will take place

Listed below are some of the major predictions about changes or trends in the labor/employment environment that will take place. Read each trend and list some ideas about the impact of these trends on the major human resource management functions: staffing and placement, training and development, salary administration, performance evaluation, job design, promotions, and career planning. That is, what human resource issues will organizations face because of these changes? Writeat least 3-4 lines on each trend’s impact on HRM.

Trends Impact on HRM

1. Aging of the labor force

2. Increase in knowledge workers

3. Growing employee skills gap

4. Increasing number of women in the labor force

5. Increasing number of minority workers in the labor force