AI has taken over the news and much of the business world over the last two years. There’s a lot of speculation about what AI will and won’t do, as well as where it could take us. Someone who has been working at the forefront of this change is Fergal Murphy, whose AI career spans three decades and includes start-ups, IBM Watson and most recently Accenture.

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The war for talent rages on with, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics release 470,900 job vacancies in Australia, which is a staggering 85% increase since November 2020. A recent LinkedIn survey estimates that the average time to hire has also climbed to 40 days in this candidate driven market. In response, many employers are now turning their attention to their employee value proposition (EVP) to help differentiate their brand, reduce time to hire, decrease attrition and increase engagement.

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Controlling where and when you work is a key priority for the large majority of workers, our survey sent to more than 12,000 employees in Australia found.

In a year where organisations are struggling to find and hold on to high quality talent due to skill shortages, three out of four employees say they would leave their current role for a role that offers them more flexibility. 

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