HR technology has revolutionized the way the entire HR function works by making processes easier and assisting with strategic decisions. Enterprises are increasingly adopting HR technology to automate all HR functions from planning to recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning and development, and surveys. This integration of tools across the HR lifecycle and employee journey provides benefits like improved productivity, forecasting, resource allocation, data security, employee engagement, and lower attrition. The use of mobile solutions and social platforms also enhances communication, transparency and the employee experience. Overall, HR technology helps organizations acquire and retain engaged talent more effectively.

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3. T
echnology in human resources has evolved with
time. Earlier all the processes in HR involved
enormous paper work and manual intervention
which was then migrated to a basic database
such as Microsoft Excel or Access and later with
the advent of relational database, the functionalities were
centralized. Now the trend is to have an engaging tool with
an easy user interface both for web and mobile along with
social integration coupled with cloud and analytics, which
is inbuilt in the platform. To sum up, using technology in
HR was previously more of a corporate need rather than
with an objective of developing an engaging workforce. HR
technology has revolutionized the way the entire function
works, making lives easier and at a macro level assisting
with strategic human resources decisions and forecasting.
Enterprises are increasingly adopting the use of
technology in HR. Currently, all the functions in HR is
carried out with complete automation or at least minimal
technological intervention. The HR lifecycle along with
the employee life cycle sees usage of technology in some or
the other way at each of the stages. From HR planning to
core functions such as payroll, learning and development
and performance appraisal, all are today automated. When
we look at the employee lifecycle, the platforms help
optimize and maximize the ROI each of the processes and
functions.
Some of the tools and software used at each stage
and/or function:
Candidate stage
Requisition submission and candidate screening
Applicant Tracking System
Job boards
Assessment
Skill Assessments
Behavioral and Psychometric Assessment
Culture fit assessments
Simulation Exercises
Employee stage
Onboarding
Onboarding software
Competency mapping
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Enterprises are
increasingly
adopting the use of
technology in HR.
HR technology has
revolutionized the
way the entire
function works,
making lives easier
and at a macro level
assisting with
strategic human
resources decisions
and forecasting.
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4. Performance Management
Performance Management System
which is linked with the appraisal
system. Here, all the skills are fed into
the system, goals and developments are
tracked, self and manager feedback are
detailed and career growth pattern is
established.
Learning and Growth
L&D and Training Management
Software gives more opportunities to all
the level of employees to help develop
them personally and to acquire
additional skills and expertise with
respect to the work, projects or
production. It also gives the employees
an opportunity to engage in other
learning and development programs
which is more cross functional in nature,
rather than their respective fields.
Surveys
Employee Engagement Surveys software
Exit interview and survey software
The key is the integration of software at the
HR lifecycle and the candidate-employee
lifecycle. The integrated approach provides a
holistic solution to the leadership team, HR
group and the employee at large. Some of the HR
based functionalities such as leave management,
employee social dashboards, holiday and general
announcements is made available to employees
both online and on the mobile. Both of these
dimensions are what is trending in the industry.
Also, with the assimilation of cloud and
analytics, meaningful insights are delivered for
making quick and effective HR based as well as
business decisions.
HR technology is in the forefront at all
enterprise levels and primarily the benefit can be
looked into from two perspectives - Organization,
Human Resource team and Employee.
Below are some of the detailed benefits that
can be achieved by using technology in HR in the
categories stated above.
Organisation perspective:
Forecasting: Predicting the number of new
hires, replacements, estimating the attrition,
and assessing risks related to hiring can be
easily calculated and mapped.
Resource allocation: With varied projects in
the company and now when the company is so
diverse in geography, functions and verticals;
resource allocation is a difficult task
altogether. In a scenario when there is a need
for a specific skillset, it becomes
comparatively easier for the HR, project
management and the leadership team to
allocate a resource to the project when we
know that such a skillset is already lying in
the organization and need not be outsourced
externally.
Quality of employees: With the use of
assessment software, it is ensured that the
quality that is to be a part of the organization
is one of the right fit. Culture fit assessment is
another great way to ensure that the talent
which is going to be a part of enterprise is
probable to stay in the organization for a
longer period of time. Such employees are
predicted to be more engaged, thereby being
more productive and adhering to the culture
of the company.
Engaged employees and culture fit: Assessment
and other software such asperformance
management, learning management, social
collaboration and employee engagement
surveys help employees to be connected to
their peers, leadership team and the brand as
a whole. They tend to feel as part of a family
and are more productive in contributing to a
larger vision.
Lower attrition: With all the tools and
technologies in place, there prevails
communication, transparency, a proper
structure and strategic plan culture
enforcement and enhancement which in an
overall sense, reduces the attrition.
Brand building: HR technologies assist in
overall brand building. Prospective
employees/employees are a critical part of the
organization who help develop the brand and
cultivate the overall culture. With the usage of
HR technology the ratio of engagement
increases thereby increasing the overall
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5. contribution of the employees in building the
brand.
Security and backup: Security perspective is
one of the most important perspectives of HR.
With automation, employees and HR data can
be backed up to a server to prevent the loss of
information. This also helps in efficient
preservation of data for tax assessment and to
perform other analysis.
Human Resource perspective:
Productivity of the HR team: As every function
is integrated with technology, it wipes out the
manual work and reduces the turn-around
time thereby leading to efficiency and
productivity. This is turn also helps the
human resources team in aligning with the
company's vision and goals and living up to
the expectations of the employees.
Better workforce planning and hiring
decisions: Reports can be used for predictive
analysis and for forecasting the hiring needs
of the organization. Time to hire reduces and
the quality of hiring increases.
Increased employee engagement and lower
attrition: With increased transparency and
with the help of technology as the employees
are better connected with the brand and share
the same vision as the leadership team does.
This results in greater engagement and lower
attrition rates making the company as the
best place to work.
Skill base of talent: Learning management
solutions help considerably in improving the
quality of talent. Periodic assessments are
also essential to upgrade the skill level of the
talent. When the company wants to foray into
a new division or technology, there is a huge
requirement of up-scaling the talent which
with the help of the HR technologies
mentioned above, suffices the need for the
same.
Succession planning: As the company grows,
there is a need for employees to grow as well.
This will not only motivate and engage them
but will give the organization; managers and
leaders who are culturally fit and have a
detailed understanding about the processes.
With this said, succession planning assists in
preparing the employees to move up one level
where as creating space for the new entrants.
Improved communication and transparency:
Mobile based solutions and social platforms
enable improved transparency and enables
employees to have a greater bonding with
their peers, leaders, and a greater association
with the culture.
Imbibing organization culture: All of these
new age tools help imbibe the organization
culture in a strategic, process-oriented and in
a smoother manner. Each day when the
employee sees the culture enforcement in
some or the other manner, it becomes easy for
the employee to get it into his everyday life
while he is at the organization.
Employee perspective:
Social connect: With HR automation,
employees and management is no longer apart
from each other. Employees have direct access
to the respective HR officials when taking
assistance in a problem or sending queries or
request making a social bond. HR in turn
provides a faster resolution which would have
been difficult with manual systems.
Information access: Ease of information
search or carrying out HR operations on the
go provides flexibility to the employees.
Employees can access all the information
remotely without being physically present to
carry out an operations or tasks.
Increased productivity: It gets easier as well as
efficient for an employee to track all of their
HR issues rather than to follow with paper
based environment. This saves huge amount
of time for an employee which they can
allocate for the production.
Improved Transparency: HR automation
makes it easier to track the progress of a
query submission. Software and portal based
queries depicts transparency by showing the
current status of a query submitted by the
employee.
Engaged employees are the key to
organization's success and growth. Majority of
the concerns of an organization lies in
acquiring and retaining the talent but all the
more retaining an engaged talent is critical. To
acquire and retain the engaged talent, requires
a lot of effort from the HR as well leadership
team and HR technology makes it a cake walk
by easing all of the units and spheres. All the
more, the overall productivity of the entire
organization scales up, the leadership team has
then the time and resources available to focus
more on acquiring and retaining customers,
improving business growth and innovating
product and operational processes. Hence, HR
technology has changed the way the world of
work operated, encompassing a broader vision
and perspective.
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As the company grows, there is a need for
employees to grow as well. This will not only
motivate and engage them but will give the
organization; managers and leaders who are
culturally fit and have a detailed understanding
about the processes.
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