After the disruption of 2020, Ernst & Young rounded out the year with this advice for business and HR Professionals alike: "Your future people function should operate horizontally across your organisation to activate experiences that drive long-term value. EY's research indicates that HR Professionals still spend about 86% of their time on admin work (and in 2020, it was likely even more than that). Their conclusion? To transform HR, leaders must accelerate digitalisation to liberate HR from admin (yes, this is still one of the main roadblocks for HR), and at the same time (that is concurrently and in an integrated manner), there needs to be a shift toward making people, not technology, the priority in the workplace. In this week's HR Blog we'll take a deeper dive into what HR transformation looks like when technology is being harnessed to serve your most important assets - your people.

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Topics: Workforce Management, performance management, HR transformation, E-Recruitment, Digital transformation of HR, HR platform, Digital HR transformation

One of our most popular blog posts last year was about automating employee lifecycle management. In another recent blog, we also shared how things like a regularly updated HR systems and IT ecosystem integration strategy, in addition to a culture of change can improve business outcomes by an average of 15%. We've explored these issues separately in the past, but it's what's possible by bringing them all together that holds the key to unlocking roadblocks in the employee lifecycle. In this week's HR Blog we explore how #HRtech can help you remove roadblocks, improve the employee experience and generate better business outcomes.

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Topics: Workforce Management, E-Recruitment, hr software, HR automation, Onboarding, Digital transformation, Digital ecosystem, configurable, Workforce shaping, Employee lifecycle

Having the right people, to do the right things, at the right time, has never been more important (or more challenging). Even under normal circumstances finding the right balance requires careful planning and execution, but what happens when the future is so uncertain that by the time you put one set of changes in place, you need to change things again? The speed and agility with which your business navigates any organisational restructure now, will have a direct impact on your ability to survive and thrive going forward. Which tools does your organisation need to ensure that your business is agile enough to restructure effectively (no matter how many times you have to do so)? In this week's HR Blog we explore how you can find efficiencies through HR automation to make every structural change within your organisation a success.

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Topics: Workforce Management, performance management, organisational restructure, hr software, Managing performance, Cloud HR Software, Remuneration modelling, HR software configuration

Organisational restructuring is a common occurrence in the current economic conditions. It can happen for many reasons – new business acquisitions, low business performance, market conditions or simply to stay relevant, to name a few. Regardless of the cause of restructures, the process of restructuring is complex, and can make or break a company. In this week's HR Blog, we examine restructure from an HR best practice perspective in an effort to understand the key concerns for HR managers.

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Topics: Workforce Management, Payroll, organisational restructure, HR Manager role, HR employee retention, Payroll Outsourcing, HR Software as a Service, hr software, Employee Engagement, Top 100 HR Blogs, Cloud HR Software, HR blog, Salary restructuring

Topics: erecruitment, HR Systems, ATS, Rosters, Skills, T&A, Workforce Management, HRIS, E-Recruitment