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Technology HR
The Role of Social Media in Human Resources
New technologies have had a substantial impact on the role of a human resource department. Technology in general has allowed the profession to take a more active role in the organization and create a competitive advantage in many cases. Social media is one of the technologies that has had a profound impact on the ways people network and communicate. This technology can also have many advantages for a HR professional and can be used to network, communicate, or as even a way to get to know a potential candidate better. This paper will look at some of the ways that social media is being used by HR departments to further their organization's strategic goals.
Using Social Media to Stay Organized
One of the most functional uses of social media is simply to stay organized. Since participants on social media platforms generally update their own contact information as well as personal and professional information, this...
For example, if you want to reach out to someone you have not contacted in quite some time then it is possible that their contact information has changed or they could have even changed jobs or moved. However, if the individual was connected to a social media network then this information would be quick and easy to retrieve.
Furthermore, social media sites can also be used professionally to inform employees of events, administer surveys, request information, and a wide variety of other uses. Contacts can be separated into groups and categorized by different criteria. For example, if a certain group of employees is engaged in a training program then social media could be used by HR to organize these participants and also provide a medium for them to share their thoughts or other feedback items that could serve to provide insights into the program's effectiveness. Using social media in such a manner could serve as a valuable tool to…
Social Media/Workplace Conflict Every day, most of us create permanent records of our lives and the things we do through our Internet use, emails, texts, tweets, blogs, and similar technology. Information intended for friends and family can sometimes be disseminated more widely than expected or planned. Unless one avoids these technologies altogether -- a difficult feat in today's society -- one can no longer be assured that a private life is
These additional offerings can help to generate higher, sometimes passive, earnings as well as increase a firm's potential differentiation. Ways" (Margarit, Methods that can be used to do just this include the following: Setting up a knowledge base that your clients can have access to that includes a FAQ or query function allowing your clients to query you for information. Using a feedback form where clients can offer their input as their
Title: The Role of Social Media in Organizations Today and their Use by Human ResourcesIntroductionSocial media has become an integral part of our lives, and it has transformed the way we communicate, interact and access information. Social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook have not only become a way to connect with friends and family but also provide a platform for businesses and organizations to reach their target
The disadvantages of external recruiting include the continual need for screening and accuracy in defining recruitment requirements and the challenges of keeping an organization focused on what are often challenging objectives in a technology-based business when recruiting from the outside (Vokey, 2008). The value of social media in creating and sustaining authenticity, transparency and trust throughout the recruitment and retention process with external candidates and externally-recruited employees is more
HR Recruitment Senior Staff Proposal Recruitment and Hiring of Senior Staff: A Strategic HR Proposal The development of a strong business is dependent on a strong sense of the importance of its human capital. To ensure that the human capital associated with the business is well equipped to help maintain innovate and grow a business is dependent on the organization's ability to recruit and hire effective leaders as well as all those
Web 2.0 Technologies for Recruitment and Retention of Management-Level Employees Web 2.0 technologies have permeated every aspect of online communication and collaboration, from public social networks to enterprise-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications includes Salesforce's Chatter. What unifies all of these applications and platforms are the series of Web 2.0 design goals originally defined by Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle (O'Reilly, 2006). These design goals and objectives include using the