Make the Leap into the Cloud - Leave Tired On-Premise Legacy Systems Behind and Transform Your University’s HR Service Delivery, While Improving the Employee Experience

Are you still using on-premise legacy HR systems that are difficult to update and expensive to maintain? If so, you may be considering the adoption of Cloud-based technology as part of an HR Transformation program.

Hybrid Working is Now Top of the Agenda for HR Leaders

(HR Services technology and digital HR transformation are key to its success)

In this month’s Dovetail News Roundup, we focus on:

• the new Hybrid working model that many organizations are introducing as a way of mitigating the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, while having the advantages of face-to-face communication in the workplace, and offering employees the flexibility they want and are now accustomed to
• HR Services technology that enables the Hybrid workplace, while improving the employee experience and operational efficiency of HR service management (referring to Dovetail Software’s blog post, Universities Need Cloud HR Services Tech to Succeed in Hybrid Working)
• And considerations and tips for HR leaders looking to implement an HR Transformation program
  
  

Is your university one of the many that will adopt a hybrid working experience? If so, you’re probably considering what ‘hybrid’ means for your HR teams, employees, and students, and what you need to have in place to make a success of it.

Cloud-based HR Services technology should be on your agenda, as it meets the challenges your staff, students and HR teams face when working remotely and on campus. Critically, the quality of the employee and HR experience of work is not only maintained, but also enhanced. 

Let’s take a look at some of the challenges HR are facing due to the rise of the new Hybrid working model.

Challenges of Hybrid Working for Universities

Discover the News That is Affecting HR Today

(Includes HR and industry related blogs and articles on the New World of Work, Hybrid/Remote Work, New Staffing Models and Mandatory Vaccinations for Employees)

Discover the Latest HR News on AI in HR, Employee Experience, Ending Workplace Racism, and Employee Mental Health

This month's Dovetail Monthly News Roundup for HR brings you the following insightful and thought-provoking articles and reports that will keep you up to date with some of the most important topics in the HR world today.

Employee Experience is Top Priority for HR Leaders in 2021 and Beyond

Since COVID-19, Employee Experience has become even more important for HR leaders. According to a recent survey, 92% of HR leaders confirmed employee experience is a top priority in 2021. In particular, businesses are having to rethink the value, technology and culture they offer employees. Click here to read the full Forbes article.

PwC confirmed these findings in their latest CHRO Pulse Survey. Insights from the survey show that CHROs are considering how the world has changed and what employees need in order to thrive in it. Inclusion, the hybrid workplace and corporate social responsibility efforts are key topics. 94 human resource leaders from Fortune 1000 and private companies, along with other C-suite executives, weighed in on 2021 business priorities. Click here to find out more.

Several high profile HR leaders have given their thoughts in interviews about the future of work.

Discover the Latest Ideas on the NEW Workplace, Employee Benefits and Employee Health & Well-being

In this month’s Dovetail HR News Roundup, we highlight the latest workplace, employee benefits, and employee mental health ideas, that are a direct response to the effects of the pandemic.

Join the Conversation About Artificial Intelligence in HR

According to McKinsey, the global management consultancy, COVID-19 has supercharged the organization’s adoption of AI. In The future of work after COVID-19, McKinsey’s global survey of 800 senior executives found that two-thirds were increasing investment in automation and AI, either somewhat or significantly.

This month we focus on the latest AI developments in HR, leading with two recent blog posts by Dovetail Software: The Ultimate Guide to Conversational AI Chatbots for HR and What is Artificial Intelligence?. Tailored to an HR Services audience, these blogs explain what artificial intelligence is and how it can be used by HR Services teams to augment their capabilities, increase their efficiency and improve the employee experience.

With International Women’s Day taking place in March, we also take a look at women in AI, ethical AI challenges and ways to resolve problems of systematic bias.

Artificial Intelligence, abbreviated as AI, is the use of computers to simulate human intelligence. It encompasses everything that allows computers to learn how to solve problems and make intelligent decisions. AI systems copy the human thought process that experts follow when they observe, interpret and evaluate information before making a decision. To do this, a supercomputer is required that can process vast quantities of data using Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to search for patterns and insights, from which future predictions can be made. AI algorithms contrast with traditional computer programs, as they are not explicitly programmed by a human programmer, and can continuously learn and improve as they are fed new data.

HR, Employees and the ‘Pursuit of Happiness’

(includes research and insight by Dovetail Software, SHRM, London Business School, Deloitte and Hitachi)

“Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
Helen Keller

Inspired by SHRM’s and London Business School’s (LBS) post, How to Be Happier at Work, this month’s Dovetail HR News Roundup focuses on employee happiness. Learning the ‘happiness skill’, and the links between employee happiness and productivity, the Future of Work and artificial intelligence (AI), are all explored as ways of boosting employee happiness and company performance.