Field Report - Notes from IHRIM Atlanta Event
- by Natalia Rachelson
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A guest post by Steve Boese, Director, Talent Strategy, Oracle
Recently I had the pleasure to serve as a guest speaker at
the IHRIM Atlanta/SE Chapter meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The focus of my talk was Mobile Technology in Human
Resources, and while still a new and developing area, the enormous growth and
ubiquitous presence of mobile devices and increasing importance of and demand
for constant connectivity in both our personal and professional lives has put
planning and developing a mobile HR technology strategy high on many
organizations lists of priorities in 2012. Numerous studies have shown that the
confluence of ever-rising sales of smartphones and tablets; and the increasing
tendency for workers of all kinds to be more mobile and less tied down to
traditional, fixed-location workplaces and what now seem like old-fashioned
PC-centric and traditional computing environments are driving Human Resources
leaders to think about how, where, when, and for whom that the deployment of
mobile HR solutions will help them address their business needs, and put
information in the hands of those that need it, when they need it, and on their
preferred devices.
In the session we talked about some of the potential
opportunities for mobile HR technologies, from simple workflow-based approval
capability, to employee directories and robust employee profiles, to more
advanced use cases like internal social networking and location-based mobile
recruiting applications. And truly we are just scratching the surface of the
potential and the value that all kinds of HR-related mobile technologies will
help deliver to enterprises in the coming years.
Additionally, it was encouraging to talk with many of the HR
leaders in attendance who expressed interest in these kinds of mobile HR
technology opportunities, as well as to hear how some of them are already
working on developing their own mobile strategies or experimenting with mobile
solutions in their workforces.
It was a fantastic meeting and I’d like to express my thanks
to Kim Bryant, IHRIM Atlanta/SE Board President, the other board members, and
also the IHRIM Atlanta Chapter members and attendees at the event. If you are
in the Atlanta area and are interested in HR and HR Technology, you can learn
more about the programs and services that the Chapter has to offer at their
website - http://www.ihrimatlantase.org/.
And for people that are interested in what we at Oracle are
working on in mobile, you can also sign up to receive the latest updates about
the Oracle Fusion Applications tablet solutions, Oracle Fusion Tap, at https://fusiontap.oracle.com/.
