Social Technologies

Human Resource Social Media & Social Technologies

Traditional HR systems for training and development had very few collaboration-focused activities. With the proliferation of social media, however, social-learning platforms have come to be an integral extension of learning management systems. By including content in such a way as to facilitate both formal and informal learning, these social learning systems are providing a venue for creation, discussion, interaction, and engagement around learning objectives. This channel seeks to share an understanding of social learning, and improve the learning systems that you might already have in place.

Social Learning Systems & Social HR

Web 2.0 innovations are increasingly shifting the HR software paradigm towards collaboration and social technology. Smart organizations understand this and are taking stock of social HCM functions like: feedback mechanisms for employees; social learning systems; recruiting through social media; and social collaboration platforms like company blogs and wikis.

Featured Social Media and Social HR Software Reviews

	An Independent Review for Jive Social Software
	Jive has been a pioneer in the social media and social business software space, especially when it comes to the nexus of social technology and Human Capital Management (HCM). With a new IPO filing and a growing list of customers, the question is whether Jive has what it takes for the long haul. This vendor brief answers that question and many more.

	Telligent's Social Community Software Review
	One of the early visionary companies that brought social communities to the workplace, Telligent offers a time-tested platform on which to base social collaboration and communities for business learning and innovation. Universally lauded by various analyst firms, Telligent continues to expand global market share through flexible solutions that have the potential to transform the workplace.

	NewsGator Social Sites Software Review
	Offering deep integration with Microsoft SharePoint, NewsGator's Social Sites software provides microblogging, social profiles, activity streaming, external interaction, mobile access, and expertise location. As such, it's not a stretch to say that NewsGator's Social Sites solution can offer a transformed social workplace to Microsoft clients.

Featured Social HR Articles

	Social HR Applications: HR Processes That Make This Trend Tick
	Social HR technologies run the gamut in terms of benefits and business processes, such as recruitment, onboarding, learning, policy creation, performance management, and recognition. Still, many HR and business leaders appear to be more concerned with social policing rather than utilization. Here, we identify the most salient and high impact areas where Social HR can be leveraged.

	Social HR Technologies Beginning to Impact Full Employee Lifecycle
	Social HR technologies have been flying under the radar as of late and greatly expanding their scope of utility. This broad placement of social applications at the heart of multiple infusion points in the employee lifecycle though has created a sizeable amount of confusion about where and when social HR should be leveraged. This post highlights those 4 infusion points.

	How Millennials are Influencing Adoption of Social HR Technologies
	The long awaited mass exodus of baby boomers from the workforce may not have happened yet, but employee populations are changing; in large part due to the influx of Millennials. More commonly known as Gen Y, this group has impacted Social HCM more than any generation prior; and in a range of ways. This infographic points out why you should be paying attention.

	Microsoft's Yammer Acquisition Shows Social HR Technology Still Sought After
	Just the latest in a long line of social technology acquisitions, Microsoft's purchase of Yammer shows that collaboration-based applications are still at the forefront for some of the larger enterprise software vendors. Yet very little information has come out about this buy from the larger HR technology community. Here we examine research from Deloitte and Ventana to help explain why.

	Using Social HR Software to Build a Collaborative Workforce
	Though more commonly associated with customer relationship management (CRM), social technology tools also have great potential for transforming a workforce into a highly collaborative and innovative entity. Here we provide our overview of the fundamental feature sets and opportunities of the social workplace; underpinned by the future-casting and predictions of the industry's top analysts.

	The Overhyped HR Applications—Part 1: Social HCM Technology
	From the first uses of social media to amplify recruiting efforts to efforts to wrangle the ever-elusive topic of effective performance management, social HR is positioned as the future of the workforce—replete with collaboration and engaged employees. Yet, for all the promises that HCM social software offers, efficacy questions still loom large. Namely, do the benefits of Social HCM actually measure up to the hype?

	The Overhyped HR Applications—Part 2: Mobile HCM Applications
	Whether it's Manager Self-Service offerings for on-the-go reporting or time/attendance software for manufacturing workers, mobile HCM has invaded the workplace. In fact, now you'd be hard-pressed to find a vendor that doesn't have mobile HR on their product roadmap. But are all those HR software solutions useful? Has the hype for mobile HCM outgrown the utility?

	Mobile HR: Understanding the BYOD Challenge
	The trend for mobile HR functionality is expanding and organizations are constantly being presented with new mobile features by their HR technology suppliers. At the same time though, users are increasingly looking to leverage these newer mobile HR capabilities via their own devices—an issue that can create specific and significant challenges. Here, we look at Mobile HR BYOD.

	5 Key Considerations for Social Learning Technology
	While far from majority adoption, the use of social technology tools in organizational learning initiatives is gaining ground. Offering the chance of boundary-less, just-in-time learning and truly collaborative knowledge sharing, social learning tools have the potential to transform the face of this HR function as well as the effectiveness and productivity of the organization overall.

	Social Recruiting Software: The New Age of Talent Acquisition Technology
	The leveraging of social networking sites in the hiring process has gone beyond the early adopter phase and is increasingly a standard feature of any significant recruitment campaign. These 4 questions offer a broad insight into the current state of play of recruitment via social media technology and help organizations understand why to adopt a social recruiting strategy.