After a review of current human resource management trends, the future directions that training will take in Australia are examined. Related aspects of HRM—such as selection testing EEO, occupational health and safety, on‐the‐job training and legal issues—are also considered. The paper closes by predicting that Technologically Mediated Learning (TML) will become the pre‐eminent method of training. 1993 Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)