Despite Massive AI Investment, Jobs In HR Are Booming

The CEO of SHRM recently stated that "the field of HR faces extinction." Actually the opposite is true: HR is growing in importance.

I’ve been an HR analyst and consultant for 30 years and there’s always a story that HR is “useless” or “a waste of time” or “going away.” And this will always continue, because most managers really do believe they are already experts at this domain.

And at this month’s SHRM conference, according to Bloomberg, the CEO clearly stated that “the field of HR …