{"id":544,"date":"2020-11-05T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sage-people-scraping.local\/?post_type=sage_glossary&p=544"},"modified":"2021-03-31T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:29:55","slug":"what-is-hr-automation","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-hr-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is HR automation?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\nHR automation means automating processes and administrative tasks to improve efficiency and free up time for more valuable, People-focused HR activities.\r\n\r\nResearch studies show that automation measurably improves productivity and is a tool used by many high-growth companies.\r\n\r\nFrom recruitment to strategic transformation, HR automation can streamline processes, cut out errors, support more responsive and accurate business decision-making and improve employee experience.\r\n\r\nThat\u2019s why successful People Companies have been quick to embrace HR automation.\r\n\r\nAt the beginning of the employee journey, HR automation can distribute and monitor views and responses to online job ads, internally and externally.\r\n\r\nAutomated processes can acknowledge and respond to applications and ensure that candidates have provided the correct information.\r\n\r\nAutomated recruitment tools might include online application forms and video recording facilities, so HR and functional managers can screen a short candidate video.\r\n\r\nTo reduce the risk of bias, digital recruitment tools can prompt reviewers with the specific criteria for the job and enable the collation of feedback from a range of stakeholders.\r\n\r\nAfter selection, HR automation helps to onboard joiners quickly, moving them through induction and familiarisation processes efficiently so they can hit the ground running.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s easy for HR and People teams to share relevant details of the employee\u2019s role and plan a tailored induction that can be shared with managers and peers.\r\n\r\nIt might include mentoring, training, facilities provision and location orientation.\r\n\r\nEmployees apps and systems make it possible for employees to conduct some training and induction independently, to seek information from corporate resources and to ask questions if they need to.\r\n\r\nOnce established, employees can enjoy HR self-service with automated apps. For example, they can update their details, book holidays, check HR policy information or review their benefits through a secure mobile portal.\r\n\r\nHR automation enhances the ability to manage and motivate strong performance.\r\n\r\nUsing continuous feedback and delivery information that\u2019s automatically collected from peers and company performance data, managers and employees have a clear picture of how they\u2019re doing.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s easier to identify skills gaps and to register and work towards professional and personal goals with a secure and comprehensive online performance record.\r\n\r\nThe benefits are not only for individual employees.\u00a0HR automation brings huge advantages at an organizational level.\r\n\r\nThrough analytics, it provides excellent management reporting and insight, marshalling data to reveal accurate and accessible people information that helps improve recruitment, retention, performance and employee experience.\r\n\r\nWithin the HR department, automation of routine processing and admin increases efficiency and frees staff to focus on designing and deploying employee experience initiatives.\r\n\r\nAnalytics allow the HR and People team to act on opportunities to continually improve processes and to influence strategy and future performance with predictive modelling.\n<\/div>
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