#WorkableChat is a bi-weekly twitter chat where we speak with the leading thinkers in HR. It’s your chance to get hints and tips from the experts on topics from scaling recruitment efforts to HR technology and much more.
We were lucky to have Matt Buckland, Head of Talent at Forward Partners, as our special guest this week to chat about the future of HR Tech.
- Is their innovation in HR Tech?
- Where does HR need innovation the most?
- What are the hottest topics in HR Tech right now?
- What do people want from future HR Tech?
What were you thoughts on the tech on display at the recent HR Tech Europe conference?
@Workable It was very much two halves – the old incumbents with very large marketing budgets #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable and a lot of startups that were trying new things in the HR space #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Interestingly, they all claimed to be “disruptive” and “innovative”… #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@emergingrecruit @Workable Not really… lots of technology applied to recruitment but really not solving for a problem that exists — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable There are lots of things claiming to be “new” but after a while it seems like they are covering the same ground #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Too often the HRTech scene is a great technology applied to HR and Recruitment as an afterthought #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable It’s backwards thinking – we have a matching algorithm… let’s make a recruiting product! #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@emergingrecruit @Workable If the developers of a LOT of the HR solutions that exist had spoken to a recruiter I’d find it surprising — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
In what areas of HR do we need the most tech innovation?
@Workable A lot of the problems of HR have been solved, a lot have been overengineered #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable The software I’m drawn to now is often a simplification of larger bloatware that’s decades old #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable The world sees software as a service now, usable in a browser window, HR still needs a months long “implementation” #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Buyers seem to feel that this represents security when in fact it’s throwing money away on old technology #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@emergingrecruit @Workable Both! Uninformed buyers and Peddlars of snake oil! It’s a perfect match!! #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Absolutely. We are in a strange era of change in HR Tech and no one realises there is no magic bullet #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Yet that’s what we’re selling… massive systems “from hired to retired”! No one works like this anymore! #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable The big vendors are solving the problems of a manufacturing era that doesn’t exist anymore #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable The new ones seem desperate to use the latest tech wether it solves a problem or if it creates one #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
What are the hottest topics in HR Tech right now?
@Workable This depends on who you listen to…and sadly this discourse seems owned by the vendors #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable HRTech Vendor – “This is the truth, believe me. X is the future” #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable We hear vendors setting the agenda, in line with products they’ve already built… #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable It’s all about…. #WorkableChat pic.twitter.com/iqwsZyI1tI — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable “Mobile” in recruitment is just an admission that our consumers have changed the method of their consumption #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Mobile isn’t a great leap forward it’s just HRTech catching up! #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable If you have a terrible application process and it’s on a mobile device, IT’S STILL TERRIBLE! #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable If not mobile it’s got to be… #WorkableChat pic.twitter.com/MfKiRGcfJR — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable As far as “social” goes, having a twitter account that spews jobs to nobody isn’t ever recruitment #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@ElSatanico @Workable The hottest topic at #HRTechEurope was definitely ‘insight’ #WorkableChat
— René Bolier (@renebolier) October 30, 2014
@Workable Skype and realtime video interviewing works well and saves the coast for those that recruit globally #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Pre-recorded question an answer video interviewing is skewing the power to a faceless company #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable ..and reduces the recruiter to a passive state, they are essentially watching a terrible TV show #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable It’s like the worst reality TV show and a lousy candidate experience. We watched you, and now you’re rejected! #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
Are any jobs at risk of being replaces by HR Technology in the future?
@Workable I don’t think we have the same fears as the Luddites in the cotton mills in the 1850’s #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable No matter how great an algorithm you have there is one thing that will always trump any tech #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable People are flawed, weird, imperfect and unique and that’s great! Its also why they won’t delegate control to an algo #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Hiring Managers will never hire blindly on the say so of an application, no one would. Matching systems give us a good data point
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable An algorithm will never be the final word on who get hired #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable A recommendation engine cannot appreciate the nuance needed. It can help #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable All of the tech I’ve seen for determining “culture fit” starts off by making a mistake. #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable They assume that there’s just 1 “culture” in any organisation #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable That in a company with 20000 employees spanning 30 countries there’s one culture? That’s daft. #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable I’ve worked for companies that have a different culture from department to department #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@kward69 @Workable If a company is comfortable that values can be selected from a drop down I don’t think it should exist for much longer…
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
Your wishes for future HR technology?
@Workable any technology addition should bring an efficiency #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable actually focus on solving a problem rather than engaging in BS Bingo #workablechat
— Ken Ward (@kward69) October 30, 2014
@Workable I love the glut of Chrome Extensions that give me a candidates contact details #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable The Workable Chrome Extension stops me having to do data entry when sourcing THATS VALUABLE! #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable That’s valuable, low friction and seems magical #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable What isn’t valuable is a third party assessment of criteria I wasn’t even going to measure #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable ..or somethingk that forces a candidate into a certain workflow or dehumanises the experience #WorkableChat
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
@Workable Technology that’s great is invisible, we’re far from there for HRTech at the moment #WorkableChat — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
Got more questions for Matt?
@Workable <PLUG> I have a blog! http://t.co/jJreeLAB1U </PLUG> or you can follow me on twitter of course! — Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 30, 2014
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