Social Media and Mobile were the two buzzwords of HR last year. But technology evolves and so does the industry.

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Topics: mobile recruitment, HR trends, HR technology, social HR

Let’s go back in time for a second, to the year 2000. Your HR team is busy getting through a lot of paperwork, recruiting for new employees, preparing reports and managing employee information. You are reading through several reports. There’s data about staff turnover, the number of hours worked this week and absenteeism rates. The reports also look into how long employees stay with the organisation on average, diversity of employees and promotion rates amongst different roles.

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Topics: HR Efficiencies, HR Data, HR Metrics, HR Managers

Reporting and analytics are two key aspects of a Human Resource Manager’s role. HR Managers reportedly spend over 15 hours a week creating reports. 

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Topics: hr reports format, human resources reports, human resources analytics

Does HR contribute to revenue to your business? Does HR contribute to profit? When you ask C-level executives these questions, you might get a few answering ‘yes’, most answering ‘maybe’, and some answering with a straightforward ‘no’.

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Topics: HR Manager, HR Strategy, HR Professionals

2013 was expected to be the year of social recruitment and from the numbers out there, that’s absolutely true. An international survey of over 120,000 employees in 31 countries conducted by Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) late last year showed that Australia’s usage of social recruitment has reached an all-time high – with 38% of employees having been contacted about a potential job opportunity via a social network. Even better, 14% of employees were able to secure a new job opportunity through social media.

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Topics: social recruiting, Social Media Recruitment, Social Media Tools for HR, HR Social Media

In their 2013 study on HR analytics effectiveness, HR InSights surveyed over 250 HR professionals on the use of analytics within the HR function to determine its impact on the rest of the organisation. The results of this survey were far from satisfactory, from a HR Manager’s perspective.

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Topics: HR Metrics, hr reports format, human resources reports, human resources analytics

The recruitment industry has transformed significantly in the past few years and with so many businesses in the social space, the war for talent is even fiercer. It is therefore essential that HR Managers leverage social networks effectively to keep up with the competition. Here we detail the top 4 ways social media has changed recruitment, and the top 5 ways recruitment managers can leverage this.

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Topics: erecruitment, Social Media, Linkedin Recruitment, social recruiting, Social Media Recruitment