One of the great things in our modern world is constantly improving technology. Technology is driving our world forward in incredible ways in every career and industry. One of the practices impacted by technology is human resources. Benefits technology has come a far way.
HR has been impacted and improved by technology. This impact has made HR work more efficiently as well as helped HR departments grow and improve. Technology is completely changing the way HR used to work in the best ways.
There are a lot of ways that HR practices have been impacted by modern technology. Most of them are easy to see just by observing how smoothly companies are able to run with the help of technology. Here are a few of the great ways technology has changed and improved HR practices.
1. Compliance
One of the most frustrating things for all HR employees has been staying compliant. The rules and laws are constantly changing making it hard to keep track of exactly what HR should be doing. It has been hard to keep up and remain compliant since the beginning of HR practices and compliance laws.
What used to require hundreds, if not thousands, of files, has been completely taken over by technology. The introduction of technology allowed all of the compliance data and new rules to be immediately filed and stored. That led to more updated rules that told HR exactly what laws hey were meant to obey.
What once required a dedicated IT team to manage, is now all stored in the cloud. All the new rules that HR has to follow are instantly filed and applied in a way they never could have been without technology. This has made keeping compliant easier and more manageable.
2. Analytics
One of the ways that technology has helped HR is through analytics. HR departments are now capable of recording and inserting data that allows them to track manager and employee interactions. This allows the HR department to know what needs to be fixed and where coaching is required.
This ability to see where things are going wrong without having to go through every step of interaction is invaluable to HR departments. This technology helps organize employee interviews to see what might need fixing. It also allows HR to focus on fixing problems instead of wasting time finding the problem.
Analytics is one of the ways technology has helped HR departments streamline their systems. It helps them solve problems and diagnose issues that might have never been recognized before. Data-driven performance management has only just begun and is still a growing resource in HR and many other industries.
3. Diversity
Because of all the analytics constantly being gathered by HR, it has become much easier to track where companies are falling short. Pay gaps and lack of diversity are showing up in analytics and reflecting poorly on many companies. The analytics are showing that diversity is good for companies.
Analytics have shown an increase in profits when there is a more diverse team of employees. This has led to the wage gap closing a little and more diverse teams being formed. Technology has helped show that businesses do better when there are more diverse employees to give different points of view.
HR teams have run those analytics and brought them to light. This has improved companies as a whole while also showing some of the great things technology can do to change HR practices. A more diverse company is a better company and many HR teams have proved that by running the analytics and paying attention.
4. Recruiting
One of the most time-consuming things people in HR have to do is go through resumes. Deciding who is the best fit for their company and whose skills fit best with the job they are recruiting for. Luckily, this has become much easier thanks to the use of AI in HR departments.
Through AI it has become easy to put in traits and skills that you are looking for and let the technology sort through the resumes. This has cut down the time it takes to go through all the candidates significantly. AI has allowed more time to be focused on those that are right for the job instead of wasting time sorting through every resume that was sent in.
HR practices have always included hiring and finding the best people for the job. AI has made that process much easier and more streamlined so resources are spent in more efficient ways. This is one of the many ways that technology has helped HR practices become more efficient.
5. Communication
Communication between HR and company employees has always been important. It has also always been difficult to achieve. That is why all the different areas of communication that technology has opened have been invaluable.
Memos can be sent company-wide in a matter of moments, issues can be immediately addressed, even meetings and schedules can be shared and scheduled without having to go anywhere. The time that used to be spent writing individual messages and sending them has been erased through technology.
HR is all about communication. That is why technology and communication through technology are so invaluable to the HR field. The ease of communication technology has brought to HR is invaluable and makes the whole job much easier.
To Conclude
Technology has impacted HR is a lot of great ways. It has made HR function in a more cohesive and efficient way than it ever has before. HR practices have been improved greatly through the use of technology.
Technology has made it easier for HR to remain compliant and to track analytics. It has also sped up the process of recruiting and communicating throughout the company. Technology has ever helped HR improve diversity throughout many companies.
The majority of the ways technology has affected our world have been positive. Modern technology affects and improves HR practices every day. This is what has helped HR practices improve and grow along with technology.
