New Trends in HR Technology

HR teams on the non-stop quest for more time for value-add activities like talent acquisition, strategic planning and improving the employee experience can reap both time and cost savings with automation. There are game-changing opportunities available across HR functions when HR teams focus on both efficiency and systems optimization. In this session we’ll discuss:
- The benefits of HR automation and how to plan for it.
- Key HR functions where automation can immediately save time and money.
- Why technology creates an enhanced people-centric experience (really!).

As companies look to address the pandemic-fueled issues leading to the “Great Resignation” trend, adoption of applications that measure, analyze, and deliver data-based guidance for an individual or in aggregate are growing increasingly popular. Metrigy VP of Research and Principal Analyst Beth Schultz will provide a high-level overview of the employee experience market, explain where insight tools fit into the overall strategy for optimizing the employee experience, and share adoption trends gleaned from a study of HR and other corporate leaders working on employee experience programs.

Human resources professionals have experienced unprecedented changes in the last few years. Faced with an abruptly remote workforce, expectations to improve diversity, emphasis on employee experience, and the tumult of the Great Resignation, HR teams have adopted a variety technologies to help manage their challenges. As workplaces continue to evolve, technology will prove to be even more important for facilitating core HR operations, recruitment, employee wellness, training programs and more.

This panel of HR technology experts will discuss the hot technologies transforming the field, including artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, blockchain, and robotic process automation.

Join us to hear learn how:

-- AI and VR can accelerate the recruitment and hiring process
-- Bots can be implemented to execute common HR processes
-- Interactive apps can help measure and encourage employee wellness
-- Blockchain can securely transmit financial and sensitive information
-- Self-service platforms can improve efficiency and facilitate employee learning and advancement

Moderated by:
David Essex, Industry Editor, TechTarget

Panelists include:
Charles Handler, President, Sova Assessment
Katherine Jones, Independent Thought Leader and Consultant
Brian Sommer, Founder/President, TechVentive

As HR leaders work to manage remote work, they are increasingly investing in tech that enables them to do more. PwC has proof that HR tech is delivering, with particularly big benefits from the cloud. However, HR leaders can still do better to encourage tech adoption, choosing the right vendor and gaining leadership buy-in for cutting-edge tech.

Summit attendees will learn how HR leaders can better encourage tech adoptions and how tech can enable your HR functions to achieve its full value. In this talk, Dan will explore the notions of tracking employees' productivity and performance and how likely organizations are to switch HR technology vendors at the end of subscription terms. The themes covered will stem from PwC's recent HR Technology survey findings, which we fielded to understand trends in HR tech and transformation, surveying US HR professionals such as middle managers and above, working in HR or in an IT department supporting HR.

"Phone a friend." In the old game show, that was a way to get help on a tricky question. Today, we don't have to just rely on that to find new talent. Based on a brand-new research study, we'll dive into the hiring trends affecting employers as well as their plans to leverage technology. In addition to the technology component, we'll examine why and when employers plan to add recruiting headcount instead of technology and vice versa. This session will be a practical look at the intersection of your talent team and your talent technology stack -- so don't miss out!

We know the labor supply is at a critical level. WE CAN'T HIRE ANYONE. Not only can't we find people...but, they often lack the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience. Unlike previous cycles, we cannot simply "wait it out." There is no pool to fall back on. An aging workforce plus lower birthrates, low immigration, an exodus of parents due to unaffordable or unavailable daycare, explosive growth in the gig workforce, and other factors decimated the available number of people available. The push for 4-year colleges drove students out of the trades; the pandemic has an unmeasurable long-term negative impact on student learning, and a significant decline in interpersonal skills, learning capability, problem-solving, and basic working capabilities makes it impossible for many employers to hire available labor without significant upskilling and retraining.

There is no quick fix to the problem we are facing today across all industries, but HR plays a critical role. Automation saves time for themselves, managers, executives, and employees and so HR can focus on the things that matter most.

During this session, participants will:
• Show how automation can streamline HR functions and expedite time to hire, quality of hire, time to proficiency, and performance.
• Consider the need for automation and where HR can implement it to optimize impact throughout the organization.
• Identify best practices to begin the automation process.
• Evaluate the automation process.
• Walkthrough steps to select the best system to match the process.
• Consider appropriate success metrics to decide upon systems, build implementation models, and create accountabilities for success.
• Learn how to incorporate program evaluations and accountability structures to achieve success.
• Have fun!!

The modern talent professional has a lot to keep up with: the state of the job market, candidate engagement, endless screening calls, individual job postings, portals, and reports just to make hiring happen. It’s a sprint to a finish line that never seems to appear. So, what can we do about it? The answer is simple: Artificial Intelligence.

According to Aptitude Research, around 60% of companies are investing or looking to invest in AI solutions to end the chaos of modern hiring. Join Sumit Gupta, Chief Technology Officer – U.S. Innovation Lab at PandoLogic, as he looks at the current state of AI in Talent Acquisition and where it's heading. In this session, he’ll discuss how AI:

• Streamlines the way talent teams approach recruitment.
• Allows companies to scale hiring needs.
• Keeps candidates engaged throughout the process.

Join us as we participate in BrightTalk's HR Tech Summit! We will be tackling all aspects of positive candidate experiences and how those experiences shape company culture. Does a potential employee’s candidate experience shape company culture? Does it improve team retention? Does your recruitment process directly reflect your company’s mission statement and pillars of values? Join us as the Wisetail team examines how the recruitment process directly reflects company mission statements and pillars of values, which all correlate to positive candidate experiences.