Workforce Trends – Croixstone

Workforce Insights

In the USA alone, more than 165 million workers have LinkedIn profiles, and more that 20,000 companies use LinkedIn to recruit. Using the social media site’s vast treasure trove of data, LinkedIn’s Economic Graph team of data scientists and economists recently looked at USA hiring patterns for 57 different C-suite jobs.

Some key C-suite findings?

Chief Growth Officer is increasing in popularity faster than any other title.
Many industries are expanding the C-suite to address their most chronic operating challenges.
Everyone wants Chief People Officers.

Read LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Report to learn about 57 routes into the C-suite.

Manufacturing’s Demographic Sea Change

25% of the manufacturing workforce is over 55 years old. At the same time, the manufacturing industry is struggling to attract enough younger workers with the right skills and qualifications. Facing a workforce crisis—with open jobs in manufacturing recently reaching an all-time high—manufacturers are finding that retaining older workers is not only a necessity but an asset. Learn more here.

The Gig Economy Goes Global

This past summer, Morgan Stanley published research on the growing global gig economy. The study shared that the USA’s freelance workforce has grown three times faster than the overall workforce. Freelancers today represent about 35% of the total U.S. working population, and Morgan Stanley shared that this number could represent more than 50% of the nation’s workforce by 2027. R ead a high-level overview of the stud y to learn more about the drivers behind today’s gig economy.

5 Ways Work Will Change in the Future

Are you ready to peek into the future?

The Croixstone Consulting team recently reviewed a study published in the UK’s The Guardian newspaper that highlighted five ways that work will change in the future.

1. Workplace Structures
Forget the rigid corporate ladder – now the corporate lattice allows free-flowing ideas and career paths

2. Artificial Intelligence
The robots are coming and if the forecasts are correct, they could impact millions of jobs

3. The Human Cloud
Websites that match employers with freelancers are growing fast

4. Workplace Monitoring
Are you ready to be tracked in a much different way?

5. The End of Retirement
There’s no more automatic “out” at age 65

Read the full article here.