5 Ways to Use Tech to Motivate and Attract Top Talent

Attracting and motivating the best talent for your company is going to take some work. Fortunately, the technological advances that have been made over the years has lead to a continuous flow of efficient apps, modules, and platforms for businesses to utilize to both attract and motivate talented employees.  


1. Mobile Hiring Apps

Since most millennials and Gen Z workers are extremely tech savvy, it is not surprising they use digital tools and platforms to look for work. According to Fast Company, “nearly two-thirds (64%) of 2015 grads have used a mobile app to search and apply for positions, and they consider social networking the most effective method for finding a job.” Employers must look where their future employees already are by investing in the many digital recruitment options. 

2.   Eliminate Geographical Barriers 

It may seem plausible to hiring locally to leverage your own network and train new hires in person. However, your network might not always sustain itself. By offering virtual work, you can expand your quest with freedom to search for talent across the nation, which will give you a significant competitive advantage. 
“Businesses are embracing remote workers because the absence of a traditional office environment and hours can increase efficiency and make employees more productive than ever”, according to Dan Schawbel of Time. And with studies showing that 45% of the U.S workforce now has a job that’s suitable for full-time or part-time telecommuting, making this shift to search outside of your geography can narrow your search for talent, and keep them motivated and happy, longer. 

3.   Flexibility and Time 

Technology enables you to evolve your position on flexibility and productivity, which offers a compelling perk to candidates. For some companies practicing this idea, the 40-hour work week is seemingly an archaic notion. 
Technology allows employees to complete work correctly and accurately, but not have to spend an unreasonable amount of time doing so. For the employer, this means saving time and money. While some employees may finish a task in 6 hours, others can complete it in 4, but they get the same amount of money to do so. For example, rather than hourly charges, employers can focus on productivity, which will deliver true value to clients or customers. Employees are then able to work independently, as much or as little as they like, as long as the job gets done.  
This kind of flexibility has been proven to empower employees, keep them positive and motivated and also produce the highest levels of productivity. 

4.   Real Time Performance Reviews

Traditionally, performance reviews are on an annual or quarterly basis. However, feedback should be ongoing if you want to keep a happy and productive staff. 
Investing in an automated performance review process with HR software, can make giving and receiving real-time feedback simple and effective. 

According to Matt Straz of Entrepreneur.com, “Instant feedback mechanisms can significantly improve engagement and motivation by consistently guiding employees in the right direction.” This tool can also allow employees the ability to offer suggestions to management, directly. Employees can feel that they have a voice that is being heard, which can also boost morale. 

5.  Preparing for the future

Technology enables you to stay relevant to both your clients and your talent. Most companies, as a whole, don’t run on paper and neither should you. The same goes for attracting top talent. Prospects won’t tolerate stacks of paper or driving long distances from home to get checks signed. And in this technological age, they shouldn’t have to. 
By implementing this mindset and a commitment to integrating the right technology, companies can attract and retain top talent to ensure success now and into the future. Preparation is key.

For more information on automating your company's recruiting, onboarding and HR/benefits efforts, contact VertiSource HR® and schedule a free demo of our brand new cloud software!

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Improve Your Onboarding Process with VertiSource HR® Cloud

You probably spend a lot of time on candidate sourcing, screening and the selection processes. Because of this, it can be extremely frustrating when new employees don’t stay with your company for long.  Between recruiting, turnover and the lost productivity, costs can rise while many other key performance indicator percentages can go down like employee retention and relationships with customers.

Yet, despite this, many companies don’t put the time and resources into developing an effective employee onboarding process. 

The Importance of Onboarding Organization

Onboarding is a core component of your employment brand and the foundation on which employee engagement is built. Getting organized in this area can help your business and enable less issues when it comes to recruiting and introducing new members to your team.

At VertiSource HR, we have developed a 100% web based HR software that couples with our HR services, called the VertiSource HR® Cloud. We developed this program to provide a simplified version of HR strategies so that you can focus on the growth and development of your business. This service will save you countless hours every week by delivering industry-leading payroll, benefits, hiring and more, all with the help of our HR experts.

How It Works

Within the VertiSource HR® Cloud, we have created a module specially to speed up and organize the onboarding process.  This module will capture employee demographic information, federal, state and local tax filing forms. With a complete set of digital and online forms combined with electronic signature functionality, new hires can get started fast with complete, accurate records and data. All forms and documents associated with Onboarding and Enrollment are securely tracked and stored. With customized workflows and tracking, your Human Resources department can enjoy a seaming integration as the data gathered during the hiring process automatically gets stored all in one place.

How easy is that?

To find out more information about this simple and effective onboarding tool and other beneficial and time saving features VertiSource HR® Cloud contains, visit us at http://www.vertisourcehr.com or speak to a VSHR rep by calling 855.565.VSHR today!

Move and Grow Faster with VertiSource HR®’s Cloud

If you have been following us on social media, you have noticed we have been abuzz about our new automated platform, the VertiSource HR® Cloud.

VertiSource HR® Cloud is a 100% web based HR software that couples with our HR services, here at VertiSource HR®. Our goal is to provide a simplified version of HR strategies so that you can focus on the growth and development of your business. This service will save you countless hours every week by delivering industry-leading payroll, benefits, hiring and more, all with the help of our HR experts.

Here are some of VertiSource HR® Cloud’s top features that we are most excited about:

Fast and Efficient Payroll

This feature allows you to execute and manage your payroll on time. All your data is automatically integrated with other VertiSource HR® modules, so you don’t have to rekey anything from one system to another.

You can quickly review timesheets, process your payrolls, and even see payroll status in real-time.

Employees can also view payroll and benefits information from any device, which can save you a great deal of time, as well as open the lines of communication with your staff.

Access to payroll data is granted to individuals in your organization as needed, and you can control what specific data, fields, and reports each individual can see.

Bonus Feature: Your payroll can include your brand logos on checks, so your employees have a consistent experience.

Hiring

The Hiring module reduces the time it takes to hire new employees by 30% or more. It can help expand your candidate pool by posting jobs where candidates are looking for relevant positions.

With this feature, you can streamline posting jobs online, with integrations with dozens of job boards and social networks to post and advertise job listings, including: Indeed, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, Craigslist, Twitter, and Facebook.

Next, you can receive resumes and sort through potential applicants, even schedule interviews.

Once you have found the ideal candidate, you can streamline onboarding, because his or her information will already be in the system, flowing right through to payroll and benefits.

Speedy Onboarding

Once you have found the right candidate, VertiSource HR® Cloud makes it easy to complete the onboarding process. This module can capture employee demographic information, federal, state and local tax filing forms. With a complete set of digital and online forms combined with electronic signature functionality, new hires can get started fast with complete, accurate records and data.

All forms and documents associated with Onboarding and Enrollment are securely tracked and stored.

Employee Friendly

Your employees can quickly view payroll, benefits and HR information such as earning statements and time off request with the employee Self Service portal. This easy-to-use platform is compatible with smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop so your employees can access the information they need when they need it.

Bonus Feature: The Self Service portal is easily customizable to represent your brand, including colors, and even a custom background.

Visit us at http://www.vertisourcehr.com/ today to speak with a representative about this exciting new service! Move and grow your business, fast and efficiently with VertiSource HR®.

Kailey Brennan, VertiSource HR® Blogger