HR technology special 7/7: an employer's view – Carole Jones, director of global HR strategy and organisational development at Aviva

Overseeing the implementation of HR technology systems has been an exciting journey for my team, in that it has that has given us many opportunities – but it has not been without its challenges.

HR Excellence Awards 2012 – Most Innovative Use of Technology: Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank is a large and complex organisation and the gap between a new recruit receiving a job offer and starting work can be anything between two weeks and three months across geographies.

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HR technology special 6/7: Mobile technology brings HR into the palm of your hand

In one of the many satirical episodes of the cartoon show, The Simpsons, we see a fictional 1970s university IT class. The teacher, Professor Frink, has invented his own computer, which is so large it...

Telefónica Digital rolls out HR technology to attract staff and drive operational agility

Telefónica Digital is implementing a new way of working for its people with the launch of policies, processes and systems in a move that will help attract and keep staff, drive operational agility and...

HR technology special 5/7: Do employers need a social media policy at work, or just common sense?

HR departments are finding themselves responsible for holding a mountain of personal data online, where it is less secure than under lock and key in a filing cabinet.

HR technology special 4/7: HR directors’ reluctance to deal with ROI is considerable

It is funny how, at the hint of a chance to talk about an HR director’s recent success in launching some shiny, new, bleeding-edge benefits system, a contacts book can fly open – and how it snaps...

HR technology special 3/7: Transforming data into business intelligence remains a stumbling block for HR technology strategy

While technology provides HR people with a wealth of data, accessing this data and transforming it into meaningful business intelligence remains for many a major stumbling block on the way to a...

HR technology special 2/7: interview with Katy Clough, HR director at AppSense

It may not seem a good idea at the end of a first interview to turn to the entrepreneurial founder of the business – not known for being a fan of HR – and say that, yes, you could see yourself working...

HR technology special 1/7: should HR and IT be friends?

If men are allegedly from Mars and women apparently from Venus, as claimed in the best-selling 1992 book by John Gray, does it follow that HR is from Mercury and IT is from the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.6...

Paying people – proper process re-engineering, not just supplier management

There is an on-going debate about whether payroll processes belong in the HR or finance function.

Wandsworth Borough Council launches integrated HR, payroll and talent system

Wandsworth Council is replacing its separate HR and payroll IT systems with an integrated solution for HR, payroll, talent management and workforce planning.

Generation Z defies the stereotype it is driving consumerisation of IT at work, finds Computacenter study

More than half of Generation Z (people aged between 16 and 24) do not want an iPhone or tablet device in the office, according to research from Computacenter a provider of IT infrastructure services.