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[Report] AI and productivity

[Report] AI and productivity

The report especially highlights leaders’ view on productivity and the challenges their teams face.

Mariam Mushtaq
September 23, 2024

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In today’s edition

1. [Recap] TSOW: AIxHR Playbook for 2024 | Sep Edition
2. Session 1: Using AI to Enhance the Employee Journey With Margarita Giannitelli💡
3. 🔓 Unlock Resource: [Report] State of AI and Productivity in 2024 | What's Working, What's Not, and Where AI Comes In
4. 🙏 Instant Recognitions | EngageWith
5. Today’s HR Reads for You 📚️

[Recap] TSOW: AIxHR Playbook for 2024 | Sep Edition

With an impressive 93% of attendees indicating interest in future sessions and an average rating of 4.5/5, it’s clear that AI in HR is a subject top of mind for many leaders.

The session kicked off by understanding what attendees currently struggle with in their HR roles. A quick poll revealed that 51% of the audience identified employee engagement as their biggest challenge, followed by identifying areas to improve at 22%, and high turnover at 17%.

With this in mind, Margarita Giannitelli’s session on "Using AI to Enhance the Employee Journey" dove deep into how AI can address these pressing issues and optimize every stage of the employee lifecycle.

If you couldn’t make it to this session or just want a refresher, here’s a comprehensive recap of the key insights shared.

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Session 1: Using AI to Enhance the Employee Journey With Margarita Giannitelli

In a world where employee engagement and retention are critical challenges for HR leaders, Margarita provided a roadmap on how AI tools can simplify, enhance, and personalize the employee experience, giving organizations a competitive edge in attracting and retaining talent.

🤝 Recruitment: Building Stronger Teams with AI

Margarita highlighted how AI-powered tools can match candidates based on both their skills and cultural fit. This leads to more effective hiring decisions and a better alignment with company values.

"AI lets us win back time and focus on more meaningful tasks—like connecting with our people."

During the session, 25% of attendees mentioned high turnover as one of their biggest challenges. By leveraging AI in recruitment, companies can not only hire more efficiently but also reduce turnover by selecting candidates who are the right fit from the start.

Recruitment emerged as the largest area of AI application, with AI being utilized for tasks such as candidate sourcing, recruitment marketing, and resume screening. Generating copy for JDs, emails, and internal documents: 43% of respondents indicate this as the top use case. source

🚀 Onboarding: Creating Seamless Experiences from Day One

AI-driven onboarding tools are changing how new hires integrate into an organization. Margarita shared a personal story about her own chaotic onboarding experience, where the company was unprepared for her arrival:

"They didn’t even know I was coming!" 😭

How this can change with AI:

• Onboarding processes can be automated, ensuring everything from equipment setup to company culture introductions happens smoothly.
• AI helps make sure that employees feel welcomed and supported from day one, setting the tone for their entire journey within the organization.

This is particularly important for engagement, which 45% of our audience identified as their top challenge.

📚 Development & Learning: Personalizing Growth Paths

Margarita emphasized how important it is to offer personalized learning experiences: "The more personalized the learning, the more engaged and invested employees will be in their growth."

For HR leaders struggling with identifying areas for improvement—a concern shared by 20% of attendees—AI can analyze performance data and employee feedback to pinpoint development needs. This allows HR teams to design targeted learning paths that promote both individual and organizational growth.

❤️ Employee Engagement: Continuous Feedback and Real-Time Insights

Employee engagement remains a key concern for HR professionals, as 45% of attendees cited engagement as their biggest struggle.

Margarita explained how AI can help monitor and improve engagement through real-time feedback loops: "AI gives us the ability to not just collect data but act on it quickly—helping HR teams to identify and address disengagement before it becomes a major issue."

By using AI-driven engagement platforms, HR leaders can track employee sentiment, offer timely interventions, and create a more responsive and supportive workplace environment.

🏁 Offboarding: Gaining Insights for Continuous Improvement

Offboarding is often overlooked, but Margarita highlighted how valuable it can be when AI is used to gather insights from departing employees. AI tools can automate feedback collection during the offboarding process, providing HR teams with data that can improve retention strategies and reduce future turnover.

"The offboarding process can be a goldmine of information if handled correctly—AI tools can give us the data we need to reduce turnover and improve retention," Margarita emphasized.

With 25% of attendees also identifying high turnover as a pressing issue, utilizing AI in the offboarding process can provide critical insights that shape future talent management strategies.

TLDR; Key Takeaways for HR Leaders

Final Thoughts:

Margarita left us with a powerful reminder:

"HR professionals are no longer just participants—we are change agents, using AI to transform how work gets done."

📅 Don’t miss out on our next AI x HR Playbook mini-conference edition!

Are you currently using AI for employee engagement or upleveling the employee experience?

🔓 Unlock Resource: [Report] State of AI and Productivity in 2024 | What's Working, What's Not, and Where AI Comes In

In this document: This report synthesizes the findings from a comprehensive survey aimed at unpacking workplace productivity across various professional roles. The report especially highlights leaders’ view on productivity and the challenges their teams face.

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