Presentation Description

AI is changing the work HR professionals do and the skills employers value. Which HR skills will keep you relevant? Where should you focus your development next?

AIHR’s analysis of labor market data reveals the HR skills that matter most to employers are changing fast. Getting ahead in your career now requires you to build the right capabilities and not simply a change in job title. Join leading expert practitioners Dr Dieter Veldsman and Dr Marna van der Merwe for a practical, data-led session to find out which skills to prioritise, where you can capitalise on your experience, and what next step you can take for your career.

Whether you’re considering your next move or looking to grow within your current role, you’ll leave with greater clarity, a stronger career narrative, and one practical action you can take within seven days.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, you will learn how to:

• Explain how AI is changing HR roles and why more analytical, advisory, and strategic work is becoming more important.
• Identify the skills gaining importance across HR, including business acumen, data literacy, digital fluency, and AI fluency.
• Define how they want to create value in HR as their role and career evolve.
• Assess how their existing experience and transferable skills support that direction and identify one priority capability to develop next.
• Build a future-facing career story that connects what they already bring with the value they want to create and the capabilities they are developing.
• Choose one practical action they can take within seven days to move their career forward.