Articles tagged 'HR Technology'

Pre-SHRM Outlook: How the Future of HCM Is Being Shaped

by Lance Haun on Jun 14, 2013, 11:00 AM | No comments yet

For those in HR heading to the big SHRM annual conference in Chicago next week, there’s a lot going on in just a few days.

Having been to a few of these shows (as a speaker, practitioner, and press), there are informational sessions and networking opportunities galore. And while I may share my former colleague’s affinity for having the conference somewhere other than Chicago, one thing is certain: The Windy City is a great place to have a good time after hours.

Of course, these days I’m a bit more focused on what’s happening on the trade show floor. And SHRM has a big one. Even a casual stroll through the entire exhibit hall can take a few hours. Read more…

HR Management, HR Technology

Does the Government’s Tracking Program Put Your HR Data at Risk?

by Joseph Fung on Jun 13, 2013, 8:08 AM | No comments yet

The news media and Internet have been sizzling ever since last week’s revelation by The Guardian and The Washington Post that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been tracking data from many U.S. phone calls as well as much of the world’s Internet traffic.

Amid retractions, corrections, denials, international concern, non-comments, and accusations galore, parsing through the implications of what exactly has been going on in both the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court system and the NSA’s “PRISM” program is an important and ongoing conversation for civil society.

For businesses, data vulnerabilities — whether via government security programs or corporate espionage by foreign nations — are a real and constant threat. But what’s to be done? Read more…

HR Technology

Are You Getting on Top of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Debate?

by Lance Haun on Jun 10, 2013, 11:37 AM | No comments yet

Bring your own device (or BYOD) is all the rage.

Device policy and administration is beyond my pay grade. For that, you can talk to Steve Boese.

What I can tell you is that there are a couple schools of thought when it comes to thinking about employee wants and technology from the HR perspective: Read more…

HR Insights, HR Management

The Uncomfortable Reality of HR As It Exists Today

by Lance Haun on May 23, 2013, 10:20 AM | No comments yet

I’ve been out of day-to-day HR for four years.

It was one of the best decisions that was ever made for me. That’s not just because it set me on my current career path (whatever that may be), but it opened up a space for someone who liked doing HR.

I’ve obviously stayed close to the space in that time. This week though, I got a little closer than comfort to the function. HR software provider Silkroad invited me (and, for full disclosure, I paid my way) to their annual user conference in Florida. Read more…

HR Technology

Is there a Fear of Failure for HR Technology?

by Todd Maycunich on May 16, 2013, 10:20 AM | 3 Comments

Between January 1, 2010 and March 2012 there were 157 venture capital transactions, totaling $966 million, funding companies focused on solving HR and recruiting challenges.

That’s great news for the HR industry because it means access to new tools and technology designed to help source, recruit and retain new talent.

But here’s the bad news: Three out of four of these new businesses will never return investor capital — they’ll fail.

But what if the problem isn’t with their technology? What if the problem is our fear of failure? Read more…

HR News & Trends, HR Technology

Tech Startups Worry They Won’t Be Able to Find the Talent They Need

by John Zappe on May 15, 2013, 10:25 AM | No comments yet

More technology start-ups will be looking to hire than at any time in the last four years, says Silicon Valley Bank, but they worry they won’t be able to find the talent they need.

Even as most leaders and founders of the firms surveyed by the bank for its annual Startup Outlook report say conditions in the U.S. are better this year than last, the number of them who report hiring talent is their biggest challenge has grown. Nine out of 10 executives report finding and hiring the talent they need is their biggest challenge.

The annual survey says 87 percent of the tech start-ups reported plans to add staff this year. That’s up four points from last year, and 14 points from the first survey conducted in 2010. Read more…

HR Insights, HR Technology

Will We Need Workforce Planning in a Future With Blood-Sucking Robots?

by Steven Hunt on Apr 23, 2013, 10:20 AM | 1 comment

Will we need workforce planning in a future filled with blood-sucking robots?

A talent management colleague told me that workforce planning may no longer make sense in a world characterized by radical shifts in technology.

He raised the example of phlebotomy machines being developed to draw blood samples. Historically phlebotomists have been critical skilled positions. Many health care organizations create workforce plans that forecast supply and demand of phlebotomists several years into the future to ensure they have adequate staffing levels to support critical business operations. Read more…

HR Technology, Technology Insights

Why I’m Feeling Really Optimistic About the State of HR Technology

by Naomi Bloom on Apr 18, 2013, 10:25 AM | 1 comment

I’ve been feeling quite optimistic lately about the state of HR technology, which is quite a good feeling.

For most of my career, I’ve been frustrated by less than great software and less than great adoption of the best available software, but now there are multiple reasons for optimism on both fronts.

First, I see several vendors moving and/or trying to move in the direction of true SaaS InFullBloom, complete with proper object models, increasingly modern architectures, and real vision around the changing nature of work and workers. Read more…

HR Technology, Recruiting and Staffing

LinkedIn Recruiter: A New Twist on Building Up a Talent Pipeline

by John Zappe on Apr 10, 2013, 12:05 PM | 1 comment

Sporting a new look and with some new features — including a recommendation engine that ‘learns’ the kind of people a recruiter most want — LinkedIn Recruiter is getting an official relaunch this morning.

The redesign itself is an updating the classic LinkedIn Recruiter look to make it more consistent with the LinkedIn homepage redesign that was introduced last fall.

Parker Barril, Linkedin’s Talent Solutions head of product, unveiled the fresh, new LinkedIn Recruiter at a live and webcast user event — ConnectIn – in San Francisco. As he put it, “the consumerization of the enterprise,” the trend toward making products and services easier to use, “is influencing a new generation of products.” Read more…

HR Insights, HR Management

3 Ways For HR to Start Building a Data-Centric Approach

by David Bernstein on Apr 5, 2013, 7:00 AM | 2 Comments

No one could argue that being proactive and smarter about what you do is a bad strategy.

Big Data enables proactive, evidence-based decision-making throughout the enterprise — and yet, HR continues to struggle with adopting this approach. HR should be lining up to take advantage of the insights Big Data analysis offers, but that hasn’t happened just yet.

Still, the pressure is on for HR to step up to the plate and not only make decisions that align with business goals but to actually become part of the business’s advisory and planning process. Read more…