siliconindia | | MAY 20178TECHNOLOGY REDESIGNING THE HR ECOSYSTEMBy Tonmoy Shingal, Co-Founder & COO, MettlIN MY OPINIONHeadquartered in Gurgaon, Mettl is an online skill assessment platform that specializes in Recruitment Assessments, Training & Development Assessments, and Certification Management Software. It also enables companies to measure, analyze and improve its people's skills through multi-competency assessments for hiring, certification and training of existing employees.With the advent of the Digital World of Work, we have entered a brand new era of technolog-ical revolution which has transformed the way we lead lives. The influence of technology and the digital revolution has made its way into the domain of Human Resource Management, fu-eling the growth of innovative methods of re-cruitment, succession planning, performance management, employee engagement and more. Even today, the HR function is considered as a reactive department instead of a proactive one. Struggling with the tag of the `Human Resource department', the function has come a long way since the integration of technology and the role of HR is evolving towards being a Business Partner.It's time that organizations shift their focus from the belief that their people are simply a cost centre to them being strategic assets to the company. Organizations like Google, Apple, and Microsoft, have demonstrated the power of their talent pools with uber-successful prod-ucts and services.The HR tech industry is evolving at a phenomenal rate and its presence has seeped into all areas - talent acquisition, employee engagement, performance management, suc-cession planning and more. Let's further ex-plore the different facets of this multi-billion dollar industry. Technologies in recruitmentUndoubtedly, online recruitment has tak-en the world of Human Resources by storm. However, nothing compares to the impact that social recruiting has made on global busi-nesses when it comes to building an effective workforce. Among all channels, LinkedIn has been the major contributor towards the HR technology industry.Organizations are shifting their focus to something called as `candidate engagement'. They are recognizing the importance of build-ing an employer brand and favourable can-didate experiences. Recruitment campaigns are now implementing gamification and sim-ulated environments to test the candidate's hands-on skills.The power of gamification was used by Marriot International in the online social me-dia game, My Marriott Hotel. The game allows An employee in a company is no longer at the mercy of his/her employers, as they actually have more power than they ever did
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