25 useful business travel apps for HR

The modern business traveller doesn't have to rely on flight numbers written on bits of paper or printing out maps as there are lots of apps to help make a trip go smoothly. With our sister communities BusinessZone and AccountingWEB, we asked our social media followers for their business travel app recommendations. We've also suggested […]

Meeting the mobile recruitment challenge

According to the Mobile Operators Association, the use of mobile phones by UK adults has soared over the past decade and a half. In 2000, just half of UK adults had a mobile phone – in 2013 that figure stands at 94%. Consumers are hugely connected to their devices, and recruiters need to be aware […]

Interview: Thomas Otter, VP Product Management, SuccessFactors

Learn more about what industry analysts are saying on the talent management landscape and how SuccessFactors can help companies address their capability gaps with the latest in HR technology. Who is Thomas Otter? Before joining SuccessFactors, Thomas Otter was an analyst with Gartner and had over 21 years experience in the IT industry. He spent five years […]

Round-up: HR Tech Europe 2014 Spring Warm-up

This was the second year that HRN Europe, which organises the sizeable HR Tech Europe event in Amsterdam in October, put on their smaller, shorter event in London – a ‘warm-up’ designed to explore content topics and ask questions to build up enthusiasm and excitement for the main event. Why HR managers never become CEOs […]

50 top tweets from HR Tech Europe Spring Warm-up 2014

HR Tech Europe Spring Warm-up came to London on Thursday March 27th 2014. The one-day event is the precursor to the two-day HR Tech Europe event held annually in October in Amsterdam.   There were around 500 people in attendance, who came to hear from key speakers, including Adrian Furnham, Professor of Organisational Psychology at […]

LIVE COVERAGE: HR Tech Europe Spring Warmup 2014

We’re reporting LIVE from HR Tech Europe in London today. HR Tech Europe is one of the leading events in the calendar dedicated to HR technology and its place in the modern HR function. The main event takes place in Amsterdam on October 24th and 25th, but today the event is coming to you live from […]

Technology alone moves no mountains – HR must understand this

Building a boat without a bottom In the past, enterprises have been guilty of simply trying to buy performance increases. One of the biggest money-sinks in this vein has been software, with decision makers often at fault for pumping money into expensive products without doing the correct research or installing the right infrastructure around it. […]

Bill Gates: “Robots are about to take your job.”

Bill Gates has said that software automation will replace a lot of jobs within 20 years. The billionaire, who founded computer giant Microsoft in 1975, was talking in Washington DC at economic think tank The American Enterprise Institute. He said that technology would reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of the skill […]

Mobile manners – make sure you’re minding yours!

A while ago I was doing some work in Geneva and talking to one of the participants in my group about the importance of the relationship with their line manager. She looked at me rather sadly and said “Well my line manager certainly doesn’t value or respect me.” I asked her for an example of […]

Interview: Adrian Furnham, Professor of Psychology, UCL

Q: Can you outline what staff go through during times of upheaval and turbulence? Those made redundant or even moved to a new position often experience a well known shock cycle.   There are many version of this stage-wise or cycle theory based on the death and dying literature.  There are different, but related concepts or […]

Five tips for effective fleet management

Fleet management is a growing business: Berg Insight suggest that the number of fleets deployed in Europe will grow from 1.5m units in 2009 to 4m in 2014. Due to the scale of fleets, marginal gains can often result in significant cost savings for businesses. And the latest developments in the industry, such as cloud-based […]

Interview: ex-Direct Line HRD Mark Martin on HR tech and the future of HR

Mark Martin's most recent role was as Group HR Director for Direct Line Insurance Group PLC. Prior to that he was HR Director at RBS Insurance, HR Director at T-Systems UK and HR and Board Director at T-Mobile. During his time at RBS he was responsible for the implementation of seven HR technology systems, including […]

Engaging the Millennials: one HR director’s modern approach to technology

Businesses have found themselves grappling with a workforce that has increasingly become saturated with millennials, or Generation Y. While preconceptions, whether accurate, positive or otherwise, have been assigned to this group of workers, the certain thing is that they aren't going away – in fact, they'll only increase in number for the foreseeable future. The […]

Interview: Eoin Carty, Product Manager, ADP UK

On Wednesday 12th February 2014, ADP UK hosted a webinar, "How to stay connected to your workforce," with Professor Cary Cooper from Lancaster University Management School. View the video recording today and join Cary, alongside ADP UK's Product Director Trevor Townsend, as they discuss the best ways to learn how to align your people with your […]

Creating a culture of innovation to be better than the rest

Companies are facing an increasingly competitive environment, having to tackle smaller profit margins, more demanding customers and a growing international competition. For many, the only way to respond to this challenge is to innovate and re-create their business in order to grow. Even though most corporate leaders are aware of this, many are at loss […]

50 top tweets from Learning Technologies 2014

Learning Technologies took place on January 29th and 30th 2014. It's one of Europe's largest events dedicated to the use of technology in the world of L&D, although at this year's event there was a large focus on 'back to basics' learning – how we learn, what makes people motivated to learn, etc.   There […]

How will new technology affect the digital jobs market in 2014?

Cast your mind back five years and the notion of ‘digital jobs’ seemed like a distant dream – something which only the most technically-minded developers would ever be awarded and which would only ever account for a tiny percentage of a brand’s staffing numbers. Five years on, it’s safe to say that has all changed. […]

LIVE COVERAGE: Learning Technologies 2014

Note: our live coverage has concluded, but you can review it all using the box below. HRZone is in attendance at Learning Technologies 2014, taking place on January 29th and 30th at Olympia, London. Learning Technologies is one of Europe’s leading events dedicated to the use of innovative technology in the world of learning and HR. […]

Vaping in the workplace: employers go full steam ahead

Ever since the smoking ban came into force in 2007 the number of those turning to alternative means to keep their nicotine cravings calm in public spaces has been on a steady increase. However, more recently many are ditching the patches and gum in place of picking up pen-like devices known as e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are […]

Moving to the cloud corporation: New job profiles for the innovative organisation

Private and public sector organisations are transforming the ways they procure and manage their IT function through the adoption of cloud computing and, as a result, are changing the job profiles of the IT workers of the future.  Cloud computing is best understood as a service–based perspective on the provision of computing that exploits technical […]