12 Work Personas to Plan for in Your Future Workforce
12 Work Personas to Plan for in Your Future Workforce
To help leaders and workers plan for the progression of work, Forrester grouped more than 800 occupations tracked by the National Bureau of Labour Statistics into 12 automation personas.
Going forward, it is anticipated that every company will have a mix of personas. For example, there may be physical workers who install equipment; location-based workers who work from retail outlets, and cubicle workers who support back-office functions.
To win in the future of work, HR leaders can use the framework below to identify the qualities of each of the 12 personas, as listed in the whitepaper, The Future Of Work Is Still Being Written: But Who Is Holding The Pen?, compiled by Forrester Consulting, and commissioned By UiPath.
Knowledge work
Persona 1: Cross-domain knowledge workers
Workers determine tasks, ideas, priorities, artistic contributions, and goals, with insights and decisions they draw from a number of knowledge domains.
Example: Emergency room physician
Persona 2: Single-domain knowledge workers
Workers determine some tasks, priorities, and goals and draw from a single knowledge domain for insights and decisions.
Example: Actuarial
Persona 3: Function-specific knowledge workers
Structured and semi structured tasks, e.g., compiling, categorising, calculating, auditing, or verifying information, are organised around a discrete function.
Example: Insurance underwriter
Frontline work
Persona 4: Physical workers
Workers perform physical activities that require arms, legs, and moving the body, such as climbing; lifting; walking; stooping; and scaling ladders, scaffolds, or poles.
Example: Factory worker
Persona 5: Human-touch workers
Tasks include personal assistance; medical attention; and emotional support to co-workers, customers, or patients. Physical contact often combines with oral communication.
Example: Massage therapist
Persona 6: Location-based workers
Workers depend on a unique physical environment, e.g., a retail store or a secured office building. Physical environments define their jobs.
Example: Retail store clerk
Administrative work
Persona 7: Coordinators
Tasks include administrative, staffing, monitoring, or controlling activities, e.g., for fleets or money spending, and providing information to supervisors, co-workers, or subordinates.
Example: Fleet manager
Persona 8: Cubicle workers
Workers perform repetitive and structured tasks in back-office and front-office positions, including workers in low-cost economies who generally perform contact centre (phone) or BPO (data entry) functions.
Example: Accounts payable administrator
Emerging models of work
Persona 9: Mission-based workers
Workers believe that job satisfaction, work-life harmony, and alignment to their values and needs are important work considerations.
Example: Yoga instructor
Persona 10: Teachers/explainers
These workers know methods for curriculum design, teaching, and instruction for individuals/groups or can present machine logic and decisions.
Example: Knowledge-based curator
Persona 11: Digital elites
Enterprise architects, software development pros, and ML algorithm specialists use computers and data modelling to process information.
Example: Data scientist
Persona 12: Digital outcasts
These workers are unable to work effectively with machines or transition due to skills, attitudes, and ambitions.
Example: Finance and accounting clerk
Source:https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/12-work-personas-to-plan-for-in-your-future-workforce/ [accessed 18.02.2020 at 9.53am, GMT)