21 HR Jobs of the Future
Join us in this 5-week, online course to gain insight into the workplace in 2025. Plus take a discovery assessment to guide your HR career and develop an Action Plan for HR jobs of the future.
Course at a glance
Lead Faculty:

Ben Pring: VP and Dir., Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work
Ben Pring co-founded and leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work. He is a frequent speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He co-wrote What To Do When Machines Do Everything and Code Halos; How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business. Ben joined Cognizant in 2011, from Gartner, where he was Vice President.

Rob Brown: VP, Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work
Rob Brown is a leader at Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work. He was the lead author on the Center for the Future of Work whitepapers “The REAL Reality of Augmented Reality” and “Augmenting the Reality of Everything.” He joined Cognizant from Gartner. He is the co-author of the HR Business Review article 21 HR Jobs of the Future.

Jeanne Meister: Managing Director, Future Workplace
Future Workplace Academy is led by Jeanne Meister. Her most recent book, The Future Workplace: 10 Rules For Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees was awarded the Silver Axiom Best Business Book Award for HR professionals. Jeanne has written over 100 articles on the future of working and learning and is the co-author of the HR Business Review article 21 HR Jobs of the Future.
OVERVIEW
What You’ll Learn:
This online course brings to life the much debated and discussed Harvard Business Review article: 21 HR Jobs of the Future, which proposes that HR take a leadership role in navigating the future of work and identifying new HR job roles. Research indicates that 73% of workers depend on their employer for support in preparing for the future of work. Just as CFOs have greatly increased their scope since the 2008 financial crisis, CHROs now have that same opportunity to become central C-suite players.
With that in mind, The Cognizant Center for Future of Work and Future Workplace jointly embarked on a nine-month initiative to determine exactly what the future of HR will look like. The result was an HBR article, 21 HR Jobs of the Future and a five week online course identifying 21 HR Jobs of the Future on a 2×2 grid; the X-axis depicts time, and the order in which we expect them to appear over the next 10 years, while the y-axis depicts “technology centricity.”
In this course you will learn:
What will the workplace in 2025 be like and how this will impact HR
Five emerging trends leading to the 21 HR Jobs of the Future and a New Normal of Work
An introduction to the 2X2 grid listing all 21 HR jobs of the future
Complete descriptions for each new job plus select video case studies of leaders in these job today
A discovery assessment tool which will guide your HR career for the next decade
An Action Plan to gauge readiness for the HR jobs of the future
Audience for 21 HR Jobs of the Future is targeted to HR professionals with job titles in areas such as:
COURSE MODULES
This Course Features Five Modules:
Each module takes about one hour of time which includes viewing videos, reading relevant articles, answering questions, contributing to the course and collaborating with other learners.
The Five Modules include:
Module 1: The Workplace in 2025
Ben Pring, Director of Cognizant Center for Future of Work describes how the future of work is accelerated from the fringe to the mainstream. Ben Pring brings to life Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work whitepaper, After the Virus: A Special Report Looking Back on the Next Five Years, which considers what the world will look like in 2025.
Module 2: Five Core Themes Impacting the Future of HR With Video Cases of HR Jobs of the Now
These include:
• Employee Wellbeing & Resilience: wellbeing now becomes a leadership skill and a strategic imperative.
• Organizational Trust: Organizations will be the guardians and models of ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence
• Creativity and Innovation: Sparking creativity, innovation and curiosity will be increasingly important part of every leaders’ job
• Data Literacy: Organizations will expect HR to become data driven and provide insights on everything from performance management to employee engagement.
• Human-Machine Partnerships: Knowing how to work at the intersection of humans and machines will be a new competency for all workers.
Module 3: The 2X2 Grid of 21 HR Jobs of the Future from now until 2030 With Video Cases of HR Jobs Emerging Over Next Five Years
Robert Brown and Jeanne Meister describe the backstory behind the 21 HR Jobs of the Future research and the introduce the 2X2 grid listing all HR Jobs of the Future and their placement on the grid. 21 HR Jobs of the Future are described in detail with complete job descriptions representing varying degrees of technology centricity and varying launch dates from today until 2030.
Module 4: The Future of HR: Discovery Assessment
Learners will complete a discovery assessment to reveal their talents and identify which best align to the 21 HR Jobs of the Future. Assessment feedback will guide learners how to best express and strengthen each of their talents.
Module 5: A Personal Blueprint to Navigate Your HR Career
Learners are guided through an Action Plan of what’s next. How to prepare, what types of learning, mentoring, volunteer and job shadow assignments they should consider as they navigate the future of their careers.
FACULTY
DeAnne Aussem
Managing Director, Leadership Development & Well Being Leader
PwCChristine Crouch
Director, Future of Work
BMO Financial GroupRichard Hess
Immersive Experiences Lead, IT Innovation
NestléWillis Jensen
HR Analytics Business Partner
W L Gore & AssociatesSebastian Kolberg
VP HR Solutions – Global Data2Insights Program Lead
BayerMegan Leasher
Chief Solutions Strategist
Talent PlusMichael Martin
Partner, Global HR & Talent Advisory
KincentricShradha Prakash
VP Future of Work, Org Design & Talent Enablement
Prudential FinancialShawn Stavseth
Digital Learning Experience Global Lead
Cargill
Learners who complete this course are eligible for 8 re-certification credits from SHRM and HRCI.

Future Workplace® is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.
