No HR professional should go without these 16 top-notch hiring tools in 2020.
Research by Stanford University said 42% of the U.S. labor force had begun working from home full-time during the COVID-19 outbreak. 33% were not working at all.
These numbers were reported in June. But when it comes to the job marketplace, not much has changed. The numbers tell us two things:
1. COVID-19 Tracking
One of the biggest things that has changed in today’s working world is the addition of masks. COVID-19 continues to spread, and companies are looking for solutions to pull their weight in preventing it.
A smarter human resources platform would catch wind of the latest regulation around masks, turn around and email employees with any updates to the company’s policy.
This is one way AI can make it more manageable to look out for employee health and wellness.
Beyond that, employers can send reminders about fitness programs or anything that promotes the physical well-being of employees in timely fashion.
2. Understanding a New Generation
Gen-Z, or the “Tik Tok” generation, are becoming adults. As they join the workforce, businesses will have to adapt their guidelines and culture to meet a workforce starkly different from any prior.
Employers will be challenged with getting to know these prospects and adjusting at a fast rate. With artificial intelligence, information systems may be able to track Gen-Z employees in real time to get a clearer picture of their preferences for flexibility, culture, pay, etc.
This is reportedly a much harder-working generation than the last two— some studies show 58% are willing to work weekends for higher pay. That’s also coming from a generation already steeped in digital technologies, where “content creator” or “influencer” is the new “rock star.”
The culture is also growing increasingly concerned with social issues and authenticity. With the help of technologies to observe how young employees interact with the company, guidelines and messaging can be adapted in real time to meet new standards.
3. Uniting Your Gig Workers
The gig economy is changing industry as we know. We’re going from more centralized, hierarchal corporations of lifelong employees to a scattered web of temporary “as-needed” workers to fill certain roles.
This is more efficient, of course, because you would not keep someone in-house for a job that only takes a few weeks.
The problem arising from a growing gig economy is that it is more scattered, not a traditional chain of command. Technology can help unify those seemingly scattered areas of work.
AI can help human resources systems improve tracking workers from different places through cloud computing. It can organize and update company policy to comply with regulations around gig workers.
It can also speed up the hiring of gig workers, as it can gather information and expound on what makes an ideal candidate for your company based on previous employees and needs.
That means you need to hire fast. And you need to be able to manage your workforce remotely without any hiccups. Today, we’re going to show you some of the latest HR tech that can help you do just that.
Hiring professionals today have an enormous pool of labor to draw from. What will make or break them is how they go about doing it.Everyone expected a work-from-home trend eventually. No one expected it to happen overnight.
This year has been a test of resiliency for many workers and hirers. An important part of that is accepting reality. It likely won’t snap back to what it was before.If it does, all the better. Your work will still improve by leaps and bounds if you can get these tools under your belt ASAP.
1. Flock
We’ll start with the most basic need of a remote-work office. Almost every company today needs an app on which employees can coordinate and engage. Not only will this be huge for productivity, it can also boost morale. The Flock platform offers different productivity tools, video calls and instant messaging to keep your team dialed-in.
2. LinkedIn Recruitment Marketing
When jobless numbers go up, traffic to LinkedIn follows. Especially in an increasingly digital work environment, establishing your digital presence where jobs can be found is key. Your employer brand is more important than ever. Word travels at the speed of light on social media. A solid recruitment marketing platform can ensure you’re the one doing the talking.
3. Boardon
Onboarding has certainly changed forever as well. This used to be a process involving several in-person interviews and hours of manual filing. With Boardon, much of that process is now automated. Not only that, the software can also track the employee’s journey from start to finish. Your entire employer-employee relationship could depend on starting on the right foot and tracking progress in a meaningful way.
4. Ranstad Risesmart
You got an onboarding tool, now you have an offboarding tool. This Randstad RiseSmart is a software that facilitates exit interviews and compliance. This platform goes even further to offer career coaching and resume help for current employees. If you’ve invested significantly in your employees, and they in you, this is a great way to continue to invest in each other—and keep your ROI going.
5. Isaak by StatusToday
Isaak is an artificial intelligence-powered HR analytics platform that makes full use of HR data to provide meaningful HR insights to employers. It’s meant to gather a consensus about what employees want most from their benefits, culture, etc. This is a great tool for companies looking to improve retention and keep employees engaged.
6. Valamis LXP
Another cutting-edge development in HR is learning experience platforms. These are all-in-one replacements for the traditional e-learning most companies are familiar with. With Valamis, you can have all your educational materials in a single environment. It actually lets you integrate educational material from various sources into the platform.
7. ThrivePass
Full-time remote work also calls for a comprehensive way to manage benefits via cloud. A benefits administration like ThrivePass lets you and your recruits manage time, health and pre-tax benefits, as well as other rewards digitally, all in one place. This is a single, unified platform that can do wonders for promoting a healthy culture in your company.
8. CultureIQ
Culture is often so overlooked by company managers. But for most employees, it’s even more important than salary. Believe it or not, there are tools for optimizing your company’s culture. CultureIQ is a CultureTech platform that offers planning strategies, assessments and various other features to ensure you and your team stay on the same page.
9. Innermobility by Gloat
This goes right along with company culture. One of the things you hear most often when people talk about jobs is mobility. There are so many variables at play that affect just how much “mobility” your employees have. You might have a lot of turnover. You might have no turnover at all. Those can depend on whether you have any of the other tools we’ve already mentioned. Innermobility by Gloat lays this out so you don’t have to think about it. This platform uses artificial intelligence to pair new vacancies with suitable candidates in your company.
10. Jobble for Business
Another big thing that changes with work-from-home culture is the structure of different jobs. Jobs are becoming more flexible, more people are freelancing. Empoyers and employees both have more room to decide exactly what they’re looking for. More people are going to be looking for short-term gig jobs. That’s why every hirer should be looking outside its inner circle to get certain things done. Jobble is one place you can find workers for the short-term.
11. ADP SmartCompliance
This one is specifically for HR reps. HR compliance can be the biggest headache of the job, but it doesn’t have to be. With ADP SmartCompliance, you can stay on top of recruitment and payroll regulations with ease. The whole purpose of this tool is to help you avoid penalties by keeping with the latest legal updates. For example, Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance is a feature of the tool.
12. FitFin
Companies today are now going the extra mile and helping people maintain financial health as well. FitFin is a financial app that lets employees see their student loans and budgets in one place. It offers financial coaching and personalized assessments. With the dollar rising and falling as quickly as it has, your employees may count on you to provide the resources to help them make sound financial decisions.
13. Shiftboard
Shiftboard is a scheduling software said to make scheduling “53% more efficient.” It’s ideal for shift workers who take on different tasks throughout the week and need to keep their ducks in a row. This tool lets your team organize its tasks each shift, focused so that no worker is overburdened in a single day.
14. 15Five
Performance reviews can be the most awkward time of the year. People often get tripped up over what goals they should set for the next year, or whether they actually met their goals from last year. That’s all cleared up with 15Five. This is a performance management tool that limits the manual effort that goes into reviewing performance. It makes it easy to get a birds-eye view of where the employee was, and where they are headed.
15. Spring Health
Mental health was an important theme in the work-from-home wave during COVID-19. As people become increasingly isolated, mental health will only become more relevant to your employees’ work needs. Spring Health is a platform that assists employees struggling with mental health and gives them resources to guide them along.
16. Workday HCM
Workday Human Capital Management is an employee services portal. This is a more general, all-encompassing cloud HR solution that you and your employees can access from anywhere, at any time. This is otherwise known as “employee self-service” or ESS. It enables easy management of benefits, payroll, time and others, through a convenient portal.
