Training, or Learning and Development (L&D), is a critial part of any organisation's retention strategy. As we've already discovered in the first paper of our Thought Leadership Series, Learning and Development is critical to Generations X, Y and the Millennials. However, the optimum way for a workforce to learn skills is not 'one-size-fits-all,' and there is an ever-increasing pool of technologically enhanced development pathways for employers to tap into. Advances in technology mean that L&D Professionals are now expected to be not only learning experts, but also fluent technology purveyors, capable of selecting the best fit-for-purpose and most cost-effective learning solution. Modern HR Software makes all this possible in a much more cohesive mannaer than was possible in the past. This Blog explore the top L&D trends for 2015 and beyond.

As part of our 'Thought Leadership Series,' we have an Australian HR expert providing a deep dive and sharing her years of experience across a broad range of HR issues, including intergenerational trends. These papers also illustrate the importance of HR automation in improving the efficiency of HR processes and procedures. In between each monthly paper from Avril Henry & Associates, we're going to take a look at some of the other current trends in work and the workplace according to market research. We want you to have the most well-rounded and accurate understanding of the future of work as possible.

Subscribe-HR is committed to providing customers with the latest, most efficient means of streamlining HR processes and procedures. We are pleased to announce that the new LinkedIn Job Wrapping Service is now available through the Subscribe-HR e-Recruitment Software and HR Software system. Improve your time-to-hire and enhance your ability to tap into Passive Candidate pools accurately. This integration will also greatly reduce the amount of time you spend on manually keying in data and greatly inhance your recruitment automation.

If you're an HR professional who is new to the world of HR Software Cloud SaaS and you're not quite sure where to start, this blog will outline the headlines of how to assess and align your organisation with best practice when selecting and implementing an HR technology solution. We have also created a downloadable checklist that will enable you to assess your organisation against best practice benchmarks in order to make a fully informed decision about which Cloud HR solution is best for you. Essentially we want you to have as much information as possible, so that when you embark on a transition to the Cloud, you're as well prepared as you can possibly be.

Last week's White Paper on Inspiring Transformational Leadership contained some valuable insight around what's required for leaders to be able to inspire their employees and transform their organisations for future success. One of the points raised, related to the increasing necessity of having the right resources, systems and processes in place to 'take care of business' so that everyone is free to work on what really matters. IBM's research on market leading organisations, which they call 'Pacesetters,' indicates that it is early adoption of Cloud SaaS technology to 'take care of business' which has given these organisations their competitive advantage.

Here at Subscribe-HR we're committed to providing more than just great Human Resource Management Software! That's why we've created an alliance partnership with Avril Henry & Associates to bring you a monthly 'Thought Leadership White Paper' on the hottest HR topics in town. Avril Henry is a leading HR author with over 20 years HR experience in both private enterprise and government, including callaboration with the Minister of Defence. We are very happy to be able to provide our community with access to the kind of deep understanding and HR experience that someone like Avril Henry can provide. Now, more than ever, you will be able to have your finger on the pulse of crucial insight that will give HR Professionals more essentials for their HR toolkit.

Managing the procedures and processes required during the entire lifecycle of each and every employee is quite a complicated process, especially in Australia due to the legal and regulatory requirements.

Despite the availability of cost effective solutions like Cloud, SaaS Human Resource Management Software, many organisations, including those with 1000+ employees, still use Excel spreadsheets to complete the majority of their Core-HR requirements.

Recruitment is an increasingly big data process. However, we're constantly surprised when we hear reports, such as those that Software Advice shared with us in our recent Payroll tech trends Blog, about the continued reliance on Excel amongst HR Professionals. According to their study many HR Professionals are still recruiting for candidates with advanced Excel skills. This implies that many organisations are still running their HR procedures and processes off spreadsheets. Not only is this inefficient, but it really isn't cost effective at all. Many organisations still believe that the price of HR software is prohibitive, however, given the changes that Cloud technology has enabled in the HR software space, when you look at the numbers, it's actually more costly to your organisation to not be using a Cloud based, SaaS solution to enhance the performance of your HR team.