A current examine carried out by SHRM India discovered that 31% of firms within the nation are at present implementing synthetic intelligence (AI) in human sources capabilities. The findings reveal that 57% of HR leaders in India imagine that AI in HR will scale back workloads, enabling them to focus extra on strategic duties.
The examine, titled HR Priorities and AI within the Office, was launched on the SHRM India Annual Convention by the trade physique. The report additionally discovered that 70.5% of respondents imagine HR groups will stay the identical measurement however would require new abilities as rising applied sciences develop into mainstream.
In line with the examine, 80% of present jobs shall be impacted by AI, with 19% anticipated to be affected by as much as 50%.
Apparently, smaller organisations, with fewer than 500 workers, are extra inclined to undertake AI throughout HR capabilities in comparison with bigger firms. Commenting on this, Nishith Upadhyaya, Govt Director, Information and Advisory Providers at SHRM India, APAC, MENA, instructed Enterprise Right now, “Smaller firms need to compete with bigger organisations out there and set up themselves. Due to this fact, as a substitute of investing in recruitment, they like these tech choices to develop quicker. They focus extra on innovation and merchandise. In distinction, bigger organisations are adopting AI at a slower tempo since they have already got extra workers. To remain aggressive, they might want to upskill their HR groups in AI. The important thing time period right here is accountable AI.”
The examine helps this view, with 87% of respondents highlighting the necessity for upskilling and reskilling workers.
On AI implementation within the office, Rohan Sylvester, Expertise Technique Advisor, Employer Branding Specialist, and Product Evangelist at Certainly India, stated, “AI is nice, however how we use it’s essential. Once we spoke with a number of firms, 77% of respondents stated that AI has elevated each their work and artistic challenges. Nevertheless, they continue to be unsure about its output.”
Echoing this, the SHRM examine discovered that 87% of respondents expressed the necessity for companies to concentrate on coaching and growing their workforce to equip them with AI abilities.
