HR hears the call of technology
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HR professionals must improve their technological literacy if they want to remain useful to their organizations. They must accept that technological innovations are here to stay and will continue to transform the HR function and responsibilities as time goes by. Those who take the time to learn the basic tenets of technological applications, such as multimedia computers, can improve their service to the organization, taking on more strategic duties as technology frees them from administrative tasks. Aside from improving themselves, technoliterate HR practitioners can also be of help to other employees who are not yet technologically educated. They can easily provide these employees with the needed training to get them started on tasks that require the use of technology. The initial step that HR professionals must take in becoming literate is overcoming aversion to technology. Only then can they become more confident in dealing with technological innovations.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1995
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Technology is the new kid in town
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Technological innovations are making the jobs of relocation professionals easier. For instance, a resume scanning system can be used in assisting relocated spouses. Community match programs, on the other hand, can be utilized to help the family of the relocating employees in seeking a desirable neighborhood. Computer programs can help relocation service providers in different ways. Some programs provide cost analyses, destination cost breakdowns or closing cost estimates while others offer a photo-tour of houses and show interactive videos about the area where the employee will relocate. Housing information can also be obtained through a national housing-data network by accessing it via online services, disks and CD-ROM. Despite the proliferation of these automated services, however, relocation experts still have to make face-to-face contact with their clients if they are to provide quality service.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1995
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HR's game plan for the Olympics
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The Atlanta Olympics scheduled for Jul. 19-Aug. 4, 1996 poses several human resource management problems. The main organizer, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, will have to manage areas ranging from media handling and event management to sports arena supervision and security. The committee decided to recruit staff who are highly trained, and contracted the hiring of lower-level staff to Randstad Staffing Services, which will provide the first-ever Olympic staffing service. After the Olympics, the first-ever Olympic outplacement service will also be provided, with the service to be managed by consulting firm Drake Beam Morin Inc. Human resource professionals are already lauding and emulating the work of their peers involved in the Olympics.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1996
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