PHILADELPHIA, PA — Phenom has established a Women in Tech Leadership Council to help human resources and corporate executives prepare for artificial intelligence-driven workforce changes, as employers face growing pressure to retrain employees, manage hiring risks and comply with emerging regulations governing AI.
The Philadelphia-based human resources technology company is bringing together leaders from HR, human resources information technology and corporate executive teams to examine how AI is changing workforce management and employee development.
Participants include executives from Thermo Fisher Scientific and Cboe, representing organizations that collectively employ hundreds of thousands of workers.
The initiative comes as AI adoption raises questions about which occupations will be affected, how companies should prepare employees for changing job requirements and what safeguards are necessary when automated technologies are used in hiring.
Phenom cited research from McKinsey indicating that women are 1.5 times more likely than men to need to transition into different occupations by 2030 because of their concentration in jobs exposed to AI-related disruption.
That potential workforce shift places additional demands on HR executives responsible for employee training, recruitment and organizational planning.
The council is structured as a practitioner-led forum in which executives can exchange operational experience, evaluate AI applications and develop approaches to workforce readiness.
Its initial two-day meeting focused on changes to the daily responsibilities of HR and talent management professionals, along with strategies for preparing employees to work with emerging technologies.
Future discussions will address the intersection of AI development and workforce planning over the next decade, regulatory compliance in recruitment and the use of AI to address problems such as fraudulent job applications.
The program is intended to move participating executives beyond general familiarity with AI toward decisions about implementation, workforce development and organizational risk.
“The most valuable resource in HR right now is not a tool or a report; it’s access to people who are navigating the same decisions,” Christina Brown, Phenom’s vice president and general manager of Global Customer Value, stated.
“This council exists so that the leaders shaping the AI experience across some of the world’s largest workforces don’t have to figure it out in isolation.”
The council serves as the principal program within Phenom’s Women in Talent and Technology Community, which provides professional development resources, mentorship and educational programming for women working in talent management and technology.
The broader community is designed to support ongoing discussions about the adoption of AI in workplace operations and the responsibilities of executives overseeing those changes.
As part of the initiative, Phenom will provide each participating organization with a fully sponsored scholarship to its Phenom Credential Program.
The program includes structured educational courses, live virtual instruction and continuing education credits recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management and the HR Certification Institute.
The scholarships are intended to support professional training as participating organizations evaluate AI applications in recruitment, employee development and retention.
Phenom develops AI-based technology for hiring, workforce development and employee retention. Its leadership council extends that business focus into executive education and peer collaboration as companies assess how automation will affect their employees and talent management operations.
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