Web-based and mobile apps have enabled many employees to handle their own HR services, including benefits, payroll and performance evaluations. The shift to mobile and web-based platforms has not always been easy, yet the advantages are undeniable.
- Sixty-nine percent of survey respondents say that, in the last 3 years, their companies have increased the use of mobile or web-based platforms.
- Nearly half (49 percent) are making greater use of the Cloud to power these.
Compared to three years ago, how is technology being used by your company’s HR function?
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 Much more common now
 Somewhat more common now
 Much + somewhat more common
 No change
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 Somewhat less common now
 Much less common now
 Much + somewhat less common
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| Providing web-based and/or mobile HR platforms (eg, benefits, payroll) |
24% |
45% |
69% |
25% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
| Using technology to capture performance reviews and create reports on workforce skills |
24% |
44% |
68% |
25% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
| Using social networking sites (eg, LinkedIn) to recruit talent |
25% |
40% |
66% |
25% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
| Using data analytics for business intelligence and to identify risk |
19% |
37% |
56% |
25% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
| Using social networking sites to reach alumni |
18% |
36% |
54% |
35% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
| Delivering business applications via the "software as a service" (SaaS) model or other cloud-based technologies |
20% |
29% |
50% |
38% |
2% |
1% |
4% |
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