Human Resource Technology

52 percent of all businesses are likely to be victimized within the next three years. Download this white paper top learn how accessible, easy-to-use solutions can help lower security costs and give you peace of mind.

Maximizing your security resources can be one rewarding way to extend your resources and visibility into your business.

This white paper outlines the behaviors to recognize and the proactive security measures you can take to protect your employees and customers.

You just got news of yet another issue that just happened in your business that now you need to deal with – it could be a sexual harassment claim, a tip on an employee stealing, or just someone goofing off on the Internet for way too long. Some issues only require the employees involved to get in a room with HR to address, while others require extensive detective work by the good folks in IT. Especially in cases of data theft, fraud, embezzlement, etc., having detail on everything the employee did leading up to the purported “bad deed” will be critical in determining whether something improper occurred or not.

The traditional functions of a time and attendance system still matter, but newer solutions can deliver so much more. Join this informative webcast to learn some of specific advantages that cloud delivery offers for time and attendance, and for an update on the security best practices that vendors should employ to keep your system—and your data—safe. The presenters will also describe how a modern solution can improve decision-making, boost productivity, and provide a better view of your total workforce.

Leave administration is one of the most challenging aspects of workforce management and an area that continues to become more complicated as leave regulations—and lawsuits—increase. For employers, having to understand and comply with complex federal regulations, such as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), in addition to myriad local laws, union rules and company policies can be overwhelming. The task of complying with these many regulations often consumes a great deal of time for HR teams, especially those operating across multiple geographies.

Find out how other organizations design, execute, and measure workforce management programs.

Effective workforce management starts with in an accurate, efficient and user-friendly method for capturing work hours, pay rates and absences. Those critical details inform you of whether you are overstaffing particular roles, shifts or locations (or the opposite), provide a true gauge of worker performance through productivity and attendance rates, and – when fully automated – keep your payroll spend in check. In short, there’s immense value in getting the right time and attendance system.

There’s lots of great research on the cost savings that better time, attendance, scheduling, and leave management solutions can bring to your business. Problem is, you may not have the time to dig that research up… even when it can help make the case for new investments. If you’re stretched for time but still looking for answers, this paper’s for you.

The Aberdeen Group has taken a fresh look at two very important questions: How does automating a total workforce management strategy elevate business performance? What types of measurable gains can you expect to achieve? If you want a thorough and persuasive argument for automating workforce management processes across the enterprise, this is a must-read.

Getting the right solution for your business has a major impact on ROI, but how much does the delivery method matter? A lot, according to new research from Aberdeen Group on the benefits of deploying a cloud-based workforce management solution. This paper—exclusively available from WorkForce Software—illustrates how opting for the cloud can get you even greater returns from workforce management technology. Learn about the cloud’s connections to employee retention rates, administrative costs, and maximizing revenues in this short and focused read.

This document will outline five easy steps to create awareness, increase utilization and expedite adoption of video collaboration across your organization. You’ve recently added video to your communications environment. Now the real challenge begins –getting your company to actually use the solution. What is the best way to launch and promote video collaboration internally? Which departments or groups should you be targeting? What are the keys to maximizing usage levels? What are the major concerns surrounding video, and how do you overcome them?

In an era when human resources departments are constantly being asked to do more with less, it’s clear that something needs to be done. As more and more resumes pile up for each position, HR teams need help to make a quality hire quickly. Fortunately, IBM Smarter Workforce technology can help, by providing companies the ability to test candidate skills at the beginning of the hiring process. Using simple and convenient skills assessments, it’s easy for HR departments to separate the serious candidates from the rest of the applicants. Once this is done, considering the candidates and making a quality hire becomes much more manageable.

In the next few years we shall see explosive growth in the use of video conferencing as a fundamental tool for businesses to enhance communication and collaboration between employees, partners and customers. The technology has developed considerably from early adopters to its current form of mass market roll-out. It’s anticipated that nearly half of information workers will have some type of personal video solution in 2016, up from just 15% today. With video conferencing becoming a core component of IT infrastructure that enables communication and collaboration, businesses will be looking to providers of telephony, business applications and network infrastructure services to include this capability as part of their offering. This report will examine the basic components of the technology, considerations for deploying video conferencing solutions, and will introduce the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform to readers

Some people believe high performance teams come together and innovate due to luck—the right people happen to be together in a room at the right time. By reviewing moments in history that resulted in some of our biggest innovations— from the light bulb to the airplane—you will see that luck has very little to do with it. Working to create an innovative environment with high performers is possible in any environment if the proper measures are taken to make it work.

While corporate training and education programs may seem to some like standard internal HR functions, their impact is vast. These programs not only support employee growth and career development, which improves satisfaction and retention; they also provide new product knowledge, upgrade skills and ultimately improve corporate productivity. With that said, like any other cost center, corporate training departments are facing increasing pressure from above to provide higher, more measurable returns on investment and “do more with less” in the form of shrinking training and travel budgets. They are also being asked to minimize the time employees spend undergoing training, to increase productivity. To achieve this, trainers are embracing new forms of learning to deliver training and development. This paper discusses the 5 benefits of Video Collaboration in Corporate Training.

There are so many social options for businesses these days it can be overwhelming. This guide gives you some helpful tips on choosing what communities – from online forums and content hosting sites to brand communities and Q&A sites – are right for your business goals. How do you plan for participation? How do you ensure the highest value is delivered. And do you need a designated community manager? Find out.

"Tips and tricks from the experts: How to ensure a smooth marketing automation software implementation. This guide will give you the top seven steps you must take before implementing any marketing automation software solution. From team formation and alignment to system integration and training, this is a must read for the concerned project manager or IT professional. Read: “Managing a Smooth Marketing Automation Software Implementation”"

"Hopeful messaging is wasted messaging. Clear targeting means more than just Who. It also demands a knowledge of How, When, and What. Read this quick guide on what you can do to ensure your web pages and white papers, social posts, and search optimization are primed and ready for any “road to discovery” your audience takes. Get a clearer picture of who is involved in the buying process. Download the “Modern Marketing Essentials How-To Guide: Targeting”

It used to take just a slidedeck and some brochures to “enable” the sales team. Not anymore. With modern marketing technology, you now can arm sales with ESP-like insights on their prospects’ online activities in regards to your products and services. This guide reveals the insights and ammunition Modern Marketing offers around determining buyer readiness and the most effective ways to engage each, individually. Read it now.

"It’s not a secret: Your prospects are learning about your products without your help. The hidden sales cycle has emerged over the past decade as the world has moved online. Before, the only way customers and prospects could get information about your products and services was by talking to you. Today, talking to you is the last thing they do. By the time they finally get in touch, most of them will have made their decisions. No more than ever, you must have a strategy in place to engage prospects anytime. Download: “Are you Taking Advantage of the Hidden Sales Cycle?” "

A report from the Economist Intelligent Unit providing its research findings on value-based diversity.

A report from the Economist Intelligent Unit providing its research findings on value-based diversity.

Learn how to maximize the engagement of your employees by using video and see how this allows for greater collaboration between employees.

Learn about the unique business features Apple offers and how the right deployment strategy will benefit your organization.