Dive Brief:

• The expanding economy and a heated skilled labor market continue to put talent management as a critical employer need, according to Talent Management.
• Talent Management reports that HR leaders are starting to "rethink outdated human resources policies" in favor of replacements that can actually attract that much-needed talent. 
• Mainly, HR leaders are looking to build on the “consumerization” of the recruiting process - a strategy that tries to offer "highly customized, engaging and relevant talent practices" to attract and also retain the best people. Unfortunately, by their nature (change is slow), large organizations have had the most trouble in shedding those pre-digital outdated HR structures.

Dive Insight:

The article says that based on research and experience, Accenture has identified new operating models that can effectively replace the traditional “Business Partner-Centers of Excellence” model, though it does admit that the existing model may still work best for some organizations.

The authors offer several replacement models, including the Just-in-Time HR Model, the Professional Services Model, the Talent Segmented Model, the Crowdsourced Model, the Lean HR Model, the Federated/Decentralized Model and the Custom Fitting Model. He also describes each model, and how they might apply to a specific employer type.

With increased demands today for HR to become more strategic, a more flexible and responsive HR operating model can "help to shrink the perennial gap between what a business wants to do and how its people come together to do it," Talent Management reports.