Category: Software

July 23, 2021

One downside of the proliferation of new human resource technologies is that HR professionals and employees often find themselves navigating an ever-expanding maze of different apps and platforms to get their daily work done. Whether the software tools are for […]

July 20, 2021

For healthcare providers, having a diverse workforce is paramount to quality of care. The communities they serve contain patients from a wide array of backgrounds, races, and socioeconomic classes. Without shared similarities and cultural values among them, it’s difficult for […]

July 2, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has sharpened employers’ focus on employee experience, with more than nine out of 10 (94%) saying improving experience will be a top priority over the next three years. That’s up from 54% before the virus struck, according […]

June 28, 2021

Steven Aguilar wanted an upgrade from the organizational charting tool available in his company’s human resource information system (HRIS), so he went searching for an alternative. Aguilar, HR operations and total rewards leader for Blend, a banking company in San […]

June 28, 2021

The question isn’t whether offices are adopting hybrid practices—it’s which hybrid practices they’re using. Some, like Google, are firmly in the office camp. They have set a return-to-office deadline of Sept. 1, 2021. Anyone wishing to work remotely for more […]

June 15, 2021

When the pandemic forced a sudden shift to working from home, companies adopted a plethora of new virtual meeting and collaboration apps. On any given day, one meeting might be in Microsoft Teams and another in Webex, followed by interactions […]

June 14, 2021

An issue I’ve returned to again and again is the skills shortage. According to ManpowerGroup, 69% of U.S. employers are struggling to fill vacancies, particularly in skilled trades, IT, sales, and marketing. At the same time, we’ve seen workers in […]

June 8, 2021

Having a proper procedure for collecting electronically stored information (ESI) is one of the most essential aspects of the e-discovery process. Unfortunately, it’s often overlooked and done improperly. This can lead to many issues and complications during the e-discovery process […]

June 4, 2021

Though remote work started as a disaster response, businesses and employees alike have since noted the benefits that can come from working at home, including improved worker satisfaction, increased productivity, reduced commute times, and lower overheads. However, it’s important to […]

June 1, 2021

Robotic process automation (RPA) is an emerging technology for streamlining HR activities, including benefits administration, which traditionally have required manual processing by HR departments. A Range of Solutions RPA allows for rules-based, transactional processes to handle, without human intervention, tasks […]