Technologies How Tech Foundations (Atos) is using artificial intelligence to optimise the HR management of its consultants Training/Professional development Tech Foundations, the outsourcing and cloud business line of the Atos group, has been using Whoz, a HR staffing solution using artificial intelligence to allocate consultants to clients, for several months now. It is based on a detailed skills map, drawn up jointly by managers and employees themselves. The solution, which is reserved for digital services companies, could soon be extended to the entire market.
Technologies France: Orange harnesses virtual reality for staff cybersecurity training Training/Professional development Since October 2023, Orange has been rolling out virtual reality training to raise awareness among employees of the cybersecurity risks encountered in the workplace. The company drew on a track record of training carried out using this technology over several years by provider Uptale, particularly in soft skills, as well as on in-house support from its business divisions.
EY launches tool for companies to diagnose their skill needs Training/Professional development The EY Skills Foundry, unveiled by the accounting giant on 29 November, aims to help companies identify their skill needs and address them, by providing tailored training propositions for the workers of tomorrow. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are at the heart of this new initiative.
France: PwC raising employee awareness of the potential of emerging technologies Training/Professional development Thanks to the PwC Tech Lab, staff at the UK headquartered international consulting and auditing services firm can now try out the latest tech trends and their applications in order to understand their impact on the business environment. The Tech lab is an immersive 3D space, which will also enable employees imagine solutions that could apply to their different business divisions (industry, services, finance, human resources, etc.), as they strive to meet major challenges such as steering and managing the carbon footprint or reducing exposure to cyber risk.
Free Great Britain: a national plan to develop digital skills Training/Professional development On 13 June, the UK government presented a series of measures aimed at developing the digital economy and creating more high-skilled,…
France: Natixis harnesses artificial intelligence tool to anticipate job transformation Training/Professional development The Jobs in Motion programme launched in 2020 by French financial services group Natixis aims to train staff for emerging roles in tech, data and corporate social responsibility. The initiative harnesses an artificial intelligence-based programme that detects the most suitable job for each employee. This innovation in the field of human resources, which should affect some 600 employees in France, received recognition from the French national association of HR directors in March.
Italy: UniCredit prepares for generational renewal and focuses on training Training/Professional development UniCredit is planning for 1,200 voluntary early retirements, that will be partly offset by 725 younger hires. An agreement signed on 27 January 2022 by Italy's second largest bank and the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions lays the foundations for realising the bank’s ‘UniCredit Unlocked’ 2022-2024 strategic plan by focusing on generational renewal, new skills acquisition and a revival of the branch network. This last point notably marks a break with the previous management.
Italy: social partners in engineering and metals sector launch a national ongoing training platform Training/Professional development The employer organisations Federmeccanica and Assistal have joined forces with three trade unions – Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cisl and Uilm – to launch a digital platform called MetApprendo, with a view to aiding the implementation of the individual right to training provided for in the collective agreement for the engineering and metals sector. The digital platform will provide companies in the sector with a series of services to gauge training needs, build customised plans and provide online training. In the Italian world of industrial relations, this initiative is particularly innovative in nature.
Free Great Britain: the government launches a training platform for furloughed employees during Covid-19 Training/Professional development Called The Skills Toolkit, this free online learning system aims to enable the many Britons currently not in full time employment (c.f.…
Germany: HDI looks to artificial intelligence when recruiting and training its senior executives Training/Professional development For about a year, HDI Service AG, part of Germany’s third largest insurance group, Talanx, has been using voice recognition software which can define forty-two different facets of someone’s personality after just a fifteen minute session. HDI uses this tool when recruiting and training its board members as well as senior executives at the two hierarchical levels immediately below the board. Thomas Belker, HDI Service board spokesperson and head of Human of Resources, has personally tested the software and has kindly agreed to explain to Planet Labor how this kind of tool is expected to help HDI transforming into an agile company.
