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Exclusive Round Table Conference on ‘RESKILLING & UPSKILLING STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE’
IFCCI HR Committee concluded a successful round table conference in association with the Indian School of Hospitality, Gurugram on 6th December 2023.
IFCCI – ISH EXCLUSIVE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
‘RESKILLING & UPSKILLING STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE’
Date: 6th December 2023
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: Indian School of Hospitality, Gurugram Campus.
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IFCCI HR Committee concluded a successful round table conference in association with the Indian School of Hospitality, Gurugram on 6th December 2023. This exclusive closed-door event was attended by the senior HR Leadership of IFCCI’s member companies’ who came together to discuss and deliberate on the key topic of the HR industry, ‘Reskilling & Upskilling Strategies for the Future Workforce’.
The session commenced with a warm welcome from the ISH Team, led by Ms. Sonnia Singh, Director- Centre for Executive Education, who organized a walk around their state-of-the art Campus before leading all the participants to the Discussion Room and opening the forum for discussion.
Ms. Jyotsna Mansukhani, Head- HR & Recruitment Services, IFCCI, gave the opening remarks and thanked all the members for attending the event and shared the objectives of the IFCCI HR Roundtable series, which provides a platform to HR Practitioners for evaluating shared challenges across a diverse set of industries.
The session was skillfully moderated by Mr. Kunal Vasudeva, Co-Founder & Managing Director, ISH, where Mr. Vasudeva posed thought-provoking questions to our participants for analysing the ongoing challenges of attracting, developing, and retaining high calibre & high potential employees to ensure sustained value delivery.
Some of the key points discussed during the session focused on how companies focus on multiple initiatives (like Employer Branding, developing a compelling EVP program, professional development roadmap etc.) to attract top talent, especially in a competitive market. They also discussed in detail different Talent Acquisition techniques adopted by large-scale companies vis-à-vis companies from the start-up ecosystem.
The discussion concluded with all participants agreeing that Cultural fitment & Purpose Alignment of employees is the fulcrum to all employee retention strategies and companies are exploring multiple roadmaps to upskill and reskill their workforce to ensure future readiness.
The event was followed by a four-course gourmet lunch hosted by the Indian School of Hospitality. All the participants thanked IFCCI for organising this interesting and insightful discussion.
