Since the pandemic took over the world, have you stopped to think what returning to normality looks like? With the aid of the vaccine being distributed amongst various countries, individuals are slowly returning to their ‘normal’ routines. However, what is expected after we’ve experienced the pandemic? Will our lives return to how they were in 2019, pre-pandemic life?

Without a doubt, Covid-19 has changed us forever in multiple ways, and our Human Resource professionals from GCS Malta are here to express how the pandemic has changed Human Resources forever.

Virtual recruiting and onboarding.

Before the pandemic, most recruiting elements and tools were online. However, since the outbreak, many organisations had to take their recruitment processes entirely online. From the initial hiring stages to the onboarding processes, everything shifted digitally, creating a new recruitment industry era. This shift brought about advancements and enhancements in hiring outside geographical bounds and much more.

Read: How Covid-19 affected Recruitment

Becoming IT and Privacy specialists.

When it comes to our privacy and the internet, we’ve always been wary but perhaps took it too lightly. After switching online, we soon realised that we needed to increase our privacy. It is primarily evident with HR teams and sensitive employee data collection. HR professionals feel like IT and security experts to ensure safeguarding sensitive data. This security level will only continue to grow as we continue to advance our methods online.

Employee safety and compliance.

As organisations return, the request for employee’s safety has increased due to the possibility of contracting the virus. Thus, this presents a challenge to HR professionals as they try to accommodate employees’ needs, ensuring a safe work environment. With such changes, the compliance landscape is changing.

Public health Administrators.

Without a doubt, HR individuals did not foresee a pandemic arising and shifting their work procedures. However, as each country continues with daily updates and reinforcements from authorities, HR professionals must change and shift operations. Hence, HR has to set up mask policies, map routes through the office and include proper handwashing procedures at every washing station. These may ease with the vaccine, but people’s perception of how workplaces handle the situation, their efforts, and how the culture changes, will have ongoing impacts.

Why GCS Malta?

It’s hard to keep up with ever-changing regulations and procedures in the Human Resource industry. At GCS Malta, we have highly skilled individuals ready to be your HR business partner. Stay ahead of the game and invest in your Human Resources by contacting us now.