HR software

Businesses are increasingly investing in advanced HR software to help them get the most from their workforce. The development of cloud-based HR technology combined with sophisticated analytics is giving organisations unprecedented insight into the strengths, skills and development needs of their workforce, without the heavy up front investments of the past. At the same time, businesses are turning to advanced social media platforms to simplify HR management and recruitment processes, conduct remote interviews, and profile potential candidates.

April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18
PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates

The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia
April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18
Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project

Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey
March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”
March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18
Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems

Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries

Silicon Valley startups pitch in to the remaking of corporate IT

Enterprise IT is being remade by DevOps, cloud, containerisation and the incursion of AI. We look at one group of Silicon Valley-based suppliers attacking different vectors of new model IT Continue Reading
Three ways the employee Net Promoter Score is an HR supertool

Employee experience borrows a number of tools from customer experience, and eNPS is one of the most powerful. Here's a look at what it is, why it matters and how to use it. Continue Reading
Why the talent management revolution pivots on AI for HR

In this Q&A, HR analyst Jeanne Meister explains how AI will transform the way companies deal with talent and how HR departments can transform disruption into a competitive edge. Continue Reading

Do HR software developers build 'healthy' applications?

Do human resources (HR) software application developers build 'healthy' applications? This is the question. To be clearer - we talk about 'application health' all the time in terms of a piece of ... Continue Reading
Do HR developers build 'healthy' applications?

Do Human Resources (HR) software application developers build 'healthy' applications? This is the question. To be clearer... we talk about 'application health' all the time in terms of a piece of ... Continue Reading

What the Hawthorne effect reveals about employee experience

The phenomenon of the Hawthorne effect is used to support ideas about employee needs, including your potential HR technology choices. Here's why you should be wary of that. Continue Reading
The high price of not understanding how automation works with existing software licences

Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules Continue Reading
Driving digital productivity in the UK

There is a need for British businesses to improve their adoption of digital technologies Continue Reading

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