3 technology trends on the rise: the HR portal, the virtual environment and mobile apps (tablets and smartphones)
Talent & HR Solutions | Global
How do you drive engagement, making people feel like where they are is the right place for their future?
On November 17, Buck provided some answers to that question in its seminar on new technologies that help HR engage employees. In a report on the seminar in Benefits Canada, the three areas in which employers can help to engage employees—career, health and wealth—all benefits from the use of technology. By helping employees with one or all of these issues, employers can reduce absenteeism, combat presenteeism (employees coming to work while sick and/or disengaged) and create a more effective workforce.
Engaging talent is a science, explained seminar leader Scot Marcotte. And employers can consider various tactics from this discipline. They can look at persuasive technologies, for example, behavioural economics (i.e., what motivates people to make a change); predictive analytics (the way people behave in aggregate); ethnography (behaviour); and social media/gamification (using the wow or fun factor).
Read the full Benefits Canada story here.
