HR Outlook

Published between Winter 2012 and 2016-17 this survey examined key issues for the HR function, highlighting current issues and emerging trends within HR

HR Outlook

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The HR Outlook series was published between Winter 2012-13 and Winter 2016-17. The surveys were conducted online by YouGov using the CIPD membership database and the YouGov panel of HR professionals. Issues of HR Outlook are available to download below. The final CIPD/Workday HR Outlook was released in January 2017.

The State of the Profession survey published in November 2018 builds on that work, but with a new focus on creating a benchmark for the profession, looking at what’s important now, as well as what is needed to be fit for the future.

HR Outlook examines key issues for the HR function, highlighting current issues and emerging trends within HR. We have been able to construct a picture of HR today as well as look forward, considering future challenges that need to be addressed.

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HR Outlook: Winter 2016-17: views of our profession

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Infographic

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HR Outlook: Winter 2015-16: leaders' views of our profession

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HR Outlook infographic 2015-16

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HR Outlook: Winter 2014-15: views of our profession

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HR Outlook: Winter 2012-13: views of our profession

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Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world's largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Hundreds of organisations, ranging from medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50 enterprises, have selected Workday.

When Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri founded Workday in 2005, they wanted it to be different. They weren’t interested in building another legacy business software company that sold monstrously complex systems requiring huge amounts of time and money to maintain, update, and integrate. They wanted to build an alternative, a company built in the cloud that focused intensely on the satisfaction of its customers. Started with a clean sheet of paper, Workday was born.

As a unified system that delivers enterprise cloud applications for finance and HR to global organisations, Workday keeps pace with the ever-changing needs of business. Workday allows business leaders to quickly access real-time data in meaningful context, resulting in informed business decisions that help organisations grow. With an intuitive user experience across desktop, mobile, and tablet devices, Workday is designed for the way people work today.

Every Workday customer is on the same version of Workday, and every customer’s input moves the product forward. With an unwavering commitment to its customers, Workday has earned a 97% customer satisfaction rating for the past three years, the highest score in the industry.

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