From Facebook’s remote work strategy to the role of HR technology in business success and more, here’s what you might have missed.
Are you hiring a remote work director? This is why Facebook did the following: Just two months after the pandemic, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the company an early adopter of long-term remote working – he pledged to allow employees to work from home by the summer of 2021 and predicted that within five to ten years around half of the workforce could work remotely. That forecast became firmer and broader the following year when the company finally announced last month that almost all employees would have the option to apply for permanent remote status. To make this a reality, the tech giant has put significant back-end work into formalizing its approach to remote working – from new guidelines to technical adjustments. And a new position responsible for this: Director of Remote.Continue reading.
During COVID, HR technology is vital. here is the reason: The vast majority of HR and C-suite executives say HR technology was critical to supporting business priorities and helping companies function and survive during the pandemic, according to new research. Continue reading.
Report: There is a huge demand for AI-powered recruiting technology: When jobs are rolled out Back-to-the-office and hybrid plans In the coming months, many will be adding staff as the recovery continues. A new report from Ceridian finds that more than half of the U.S. employers surveyed will be building their teams over the next year, with a third planning to hire gig workers and the vast majority intending to hire remote and freelance workers. Continue reading.
Sumser: 4 big questions about work after COVID: After 16 months of quarantine, we emerge into a world that may look similar – but it isn’t. During the pandemic, the world of work split into two: those who physically had to go to work and those who didn’t. And now we’re trying to figure out what’s next. Continue reading.
Why better technical tools are essential for those without a desk: The majority of workers around the world – an estimated 2.7 billion people – do not work at their desks. However, according to Emergence Capitals, “The State of Technology for the Deskless Workforce,” 80% of the global workforce is considered “desk-free,” but only 1% of venture capital went into building technologies that meet the special needs of these workers. The result? Much of the population has been left without the tools they need to be successful at work. Continue reading.
The summer vacation boom is here: are you ready? The employees are finally ready to travel again. Planning ahead and engineering solutions can help manage the traffic jam you may face. Continue reading.
HR Tech Conference 2021: All eyes on DE&I: One of the main themes of this year HR technology conference is the increased prioritization of diversity, equality and inclusion at the highest levels of almost every organization. Everyone involved in these initiatives knows that there is almost no doubt that DEI has moved from being “nice to have” to “essential for the organization and its future”. At HR Tech this fall, several sessions will look at how companies are advancing on their DE&I goals and – importantly for the HR technology community – will showcase many of the updated and new HR technologies that are helping companies along the way can. Continue reading.
Elizabeth Clarke is the Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Executive. She graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in journalism and then spent more than 25 years as a reporter and editor in South Florida before joining HRE. Elizabeth lives in Palm Beach County with her family. She can be reached at eclarke@lrp.com.
