3 HR technology functions that will help you retain your best staff
- Published on 3 Sep 2013
- Phil Lötter
New trends in technology are making it possible for organisations to engage with their employees on a deeper level, making the employees more likely to stick around and contribute to sustainable business performance. Here are three such technologies which will help you do this.
1. Recruit the right people at the right time
People are more likely to be engaged if they are right for the job and work with other people who are placed in suitable jobs. With technology driving recruitment, it’s possible to focus on the job requirements:
• A line manager can create a job profile, and
• The system will:
- Publish it across various locations and on various media,
- Receive CVs, and
- Automatically reject those that are not suitable.
It makes the whole recruitment process transparent and shortens the cycle, with higher accuracy.
2. Manage people’s skills and careers effectively
People feel that they are in dead-end jobs if they can’t see their career paths clearly. Technology brings the employee lifecycle closer to the employees themselves, allowing career and skills discussions to happen based on easy-to-use and practical solutions that contain real-time information. Technology also allows for plans to be put in place to upskill employees in line with their career goals and the needs of the organisation. The value derived from development and training can then be measured against defined outcomes.
3. Manage day-to-day issues with employees easily
Line managers are tasked with the day-to-day management of their employees, but without supporting technology and data in place, this can be a near to impossible task. The flexibility afforded by cloud services and mobility solutions is providing management with user-friendly tools to assist them in this task. “
