In the shadow of the HR status quo has been lurking a brand new
type of human resources. Lean management and flat hierarchies have
driven HR experts to exert their expertise in new ways, and waves
of digitalisation have combined with this to create a new age of HR
technology. Because the HR function is placed within a company in
such a way that it affects all business lines, meaning that its
end-users include pretty much every employee in the firm, this
brand new world of human resources is not something to
underestimate.
No more paperclips
There is new vocabulary in the mouths of HR professionals:
cloud-based solutions, social media outreach, and mobile
applications, to name a few. These technologies and others have
changed the way that employees and candidates interact with HR
departments, which is quite exciting, but which also begs other
questions like: how can you bridge the gap between day-to-day HR
tasks and taking time to implement snazzy cloud-based tools?
