Human resource management has been evolving continuously over the last few years. With various technological advancements, the HR focus has been changed from personnel management to strategic planning. According to Career Builder, around 72% of employers expect complete automation in human resource management within the next few years.
Gone are the days when HR personnel used to send a dozen emails and make calls for paychecks, vacations, recruiting and firings. The goal of HR today is to create a great culture for employees and stakeholders. Fortunately, digitization and automation have come to the rescue of HR professionals.
Automating the onboarding process saves HR time; payroll automation eliminates the need for manual entry. Payroll processing seems like a simple job, but need to spend hours verifying whether information uploaded in the spreadsheet is correct and up-to-date and then confirming the accuracy of the payroll results. Imagine if you had to do this for a thousand employees with a decentralized HR system. Automation can help you out in this.
Manually overseeing employee relocations, managing leaves, and onboarding new hires are some of the most inefficient HR processes. Automation could bring in some speed and efficiency into the processes while the HR department could work towards adding value to the business. This allows HR professionals to focus on their core activities while creating exceptional employee experiences.
Automate HR Operations
Identify Areas to Automate
Identify various HR operations that need to be automated. Onboarding is one such key operation that determines employee retention; having an organized onboarding process can ensure happier workplace and happier employees.
Automation makes the onboarding process more streamlined. Automating onboarding process ensures all the needs of an employee are met. You don’t have to guide employees throughout the whole onboarding process.
Identify the Scope of Automation
Once you have identified the process that can be automated, understanding the scope of automation is essential. Sometimes, fully automating a process turns out to be a costly affair. Identify the bottlenecks you might face while automating a process, then work on them so you can eliminate them. Sometimes you will have to redesign specific processes instead of modifying them for automation.
Communication is Important
While implementing automation, you have to consider the employees’ opinion. You have to create a positive outlook towards automation and address any challenges your team might be having about changes in their scope of work.
Ensure you communicate the benefits that the department and employees will experience such as reduced administrative work. With automation, you can focus on soft-skill processes such as creating a value system.
Training
Inculcating a culture of automation requires you to train employees to work efficiently with the HR software. If people don’t understand how to use the software and what is its capability, you will never achieve a successful implementation. Understanding how the software works enable employees to see their full potential.
