People analytics, emotional AI and recruiting spies through social media

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A hearty welcome to our latest round up of HR news, opinion, research and assorted blogs. Every few weeks we're putting a tech slant on our round ups due to the overwhelming amount of interesting HR-related tech news out there. So let us know what you think of the articles we've shared, and tell us […]

Analysing Tata’s enterprise social network story

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Jasmine Gartner was at the HR Directors Business Summit, reporting for HRZone. In this article she reflects on what Nupur Mallick, Director of HR at Tata Consultancy Services, had to say about the implementation of Knome, their internal social network, and how they've developed a new culture around internal sharing and collaboration. Before Tata implemented Knome, […]

How to bridge the digital skills gap

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Jasmine Gartner was at the HR Directors Business Summit, reporting for HRZone. In this article she reflects on what AVADO's Global MD Mark O'Donoghue had to say about the digital trends affecting the workplace environment at the moment, and what type of skills our employees need to keep up with the rapidly-shifting digital environment. For Mark […]

Round-up: 7 leadership quotes you won’t have heard before

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Welcome to an HRZone round-up! Deftly curated, clearly signposted, we do the hard work to give you bite-sized information on topics relevant to you. Take a look for your reference, click through for more information, and don't forget to come back soon! 1. "Our choices and priorities reflect what and who we value most." –Lolly […]

Are you making the most of your LinkedIn profile?

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Let’s be clear from the start – LinkedIn is primarily a relationship and reputation building platform, not a sales vehicle. The word “sell” in the title is used in the sense that one would sell oneself in an interview as opposed to selling one’s services. Using LinkedIn as a sales megaphone for promoting and advertising […]

Twitter chat: How can HR help overcome the biggest challenges in retail?

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Retail is one of the most disrupted industries out there – from the move to online shopping to the implications of Brexit and the Living Wage, it's a tough time for leaders and employees alike. Following on from our insightful roundtable on the key trends affecting the retail sector, we broadened out the conversation with […]

Digital transformation: the future of work in the emerging digital ecosystem

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Jasmine Gartner was at the HR Directors Business Summit, reporting for HRZone. In this article she reflects on what Siemens' HR Director, Toby Peyton-Jones, had to say about surviving and thriving in the emerging digital ecosystem that is coming to define the business world. “Change is not neat – it’s complex” The world is changing […]

Whose job is it anyway? How HR can spearhead digital change in organisations

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A digital shake-up is sweeping through the workplace, changing decades-old ways of working. This isn’t just an issue isolated to the IT department; digital transformation will change every part of your business. While this is a period of uncertainty for many, it is also a huge opportunity for the HR department. That’s because among others things, enterprises need their […]

Automation, data science and rigid workplaces

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A hearty welcome to our latest round up of HR news, opinion, research and assorted blogs. This week we're putting a tech slant on our selection of articles, looking at how technology is changing the workplace, and how HR can help businesses adapt. Let us know what you think of the articles we've shared below, […]

HR in retail: interview with Spencer Allcock, Senior Consultant, Kantar Retail

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Spencer Allcock is a senior consultant with analysts Kantar Retail.  We asked Spencer five questions: What are senior leaders in major retailers focused on at the moment? What areas of people management in retail are businesses struggling with? What are the big trends affecting the retail industry over the next few years? How can HR […]

HR in retail: interview with Bruce Walcroft, Solutions Consultant, CoreHR

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Bruce Walcroft is Senior HCM Solutions Consultant with technology company CoreHR. At CoreHR he is involved in pre-sales demonstrations of platforms and features and offers solutions consultancy and expertise to a range of businesses across multiple sectors. He has been in the HR technology industry for over 15 years.  We asked Bruce four questions: What […]

HR then and now: how a decade has changed the workplace

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In daily life, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day issues and miss the bigger trends. Consider the many changes that have happened in the past ten years: in 2006, there was no iPhone, Twitter was still in development, Facebook’s user base consisted mostly of hip college students, and Disney and Pixar were […]