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  Algorithms are analysing people’s expressions and tone of voice to check for traits such as “confidence” and “happiness” during video interviews. The robotic video assessment software is then used to hire candidates — customer service operators and assistant vice presidents alike — though the process comes with its own set of problems.

  It’s not just engineering, management and law. Highly paid campus placements offers are now being made in fields beyond the professional and technical courses, to students graduating in arts, science and commerce too. This year, a final-year Economics student at Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College received a salary offer of Rs 38 lakh (all salary figures are per annum); last year a Commerce student from Sriram College of Commerce (SRCC) got a starting offer of Rs 31 lakh.

  Leading HR organizations are the ones which have already delved into the technologies by hiring the skilled employees and paving the way for a better integration of digital and human labor. HR needs to be a function that takes the lead in understanding what makes people engaged, what cultures drive the most productive workplaces and what equations enable a true merging of human capability with technology.

2019 will see high requisitions for 6 niche skills. The year 2019 will see technology companies upping their hiring game with a focus on individuals equipped with niche talent across the technology space. As more and more technological disruptions change the fundamentals of doing business, tech companies will gravitate towards scouting talent that would give them an edge over their competition with a direct impact on their business returns.

In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, Pankaj Bansal throws light on what do leaders need to keep in mind to design for work 2030. For designing the workplace of the future, if there is one thing leaders need to learn is anticipatory improvisation. Or in simple words, leveraging the power of technology to improvise contextual just-in-time action that maximizes business opportunities Leaders will have to equip themselves to create just-in-time workforce models, design for the Workforce 4.0, and ready the workplace to accommodate changing ecosystems and tools.