I have been thinking once again about how much the user experience impacts the take up of broad based workforce/people applications. I wrote earlier about calloborative applications needing to be low friction, I feel that this must translate to a good user experience. None of this is new, so why the post. I have noticedContinue reading “The user experience”
Category Archives: Technology
Employee engagement and technology
I have been thinking about employee engagement and the different aspects of business that either increase or decrease engagement and if technology solutions can have any impact on this. I see engagement covering 4 areas motivation, advocacy, commitment and satisfaction. If an employee has a high level of these four areas then they are moreContinue reading “Employee engagement and technology”
Everyday RSS feeds
The other day I was wondering who has the top spot on Google for my name. So I did a Google for “Specht” the first site that pop’s up is Juergen Specht – Photographs (a warning some of his photos may offend). Jurgen is a german photographer who is living in Japan, nothing too differentContinue reading “Everyday RSS feeds”
The user experience
Dean Wong over at the Job Blog has a great reminder to us all about managing user trust and expectations. I’m sure Dean meant this in his post, however I try to look at this from a customer point of view. It does not matter what you do you need to manage the trust andContinue reading “The user experience”
Last post clarification
I have just been re-reading my last post, and a couple of clarifications. Something I missed in the last post were a couple of fantastic points that Phil made during his presentation. He gave four interesting points that make up collaboration:- Information Communication/Sharing Action/Accessibility Analysis He also highlighted a fact that I had forgotten. CollaborativeContinue reading “Last post clarification”
Wikis and HR
Ok, more from recruiting.com (I can’t believe I just found this!). Jason has a short intro into a new company called JotSpot. There are a few differences between Jotspot and other Wikis like SocialText the main one is the guys at Jotspot have created some prebuilt applications for users. This is a fantastic idea andContinue reading “Wikis and HR”
The next big thing?
During one of my meetings yesterday we were discussing what the next really big thing would be in the HRIS space. The list below was some of the items that we were looking at, the question is which ones, if any will be the next big thing? HR CRM Workforce planning Workforce analytics Collaborative toolsContinue reading “The next big thing?”
HRIS component software
I have been having some interesting discussions with John Macy over the last year or so about his activities related to the “Human Resource – Component Software Application Standard” (HR-CSAS), things are starting to get moving on the standard. John has undertaken a significant amount of work on this with the recent release of theContinue reading “HRIS component software”
Does your organisation need a Wiki?
Hot on the tail of blogging Wiki’s are shaping up to be the next big collaborative tool in the workplace. Steve Rubel led me to a couple of interesting articles and a vendor (SocialText) that plays in the space. If you don’t know what a Wiki is, it is a collaborative space that allows anybodyContinue reading “Does your organisation need a Wiki?”
Changes in applicant tracking systems
Lou Adler talks about the benefits of hiring “non-active” candidates. A good article on overall recruiting “dos and don’ts” but also raises some interesting points about how to use applicant tracking systems (ATS) to track and find these non active candidates. However this process has been made harder in Australia with the privacy and anti-spamContinue reading “Changes in applicant tracking systems”
