To help HR professionals tackle the issues surrounding employing staff online, the forthcoming Softworld Human Resources & Payroll (7 - 8 February 2001 at Excel, London) will focus on web recruitment through a new feature, the E-Recruit Zone.
E-recruitment is undoubtedly revolutionising the HR function and many businesses now recognise the importance as well as the complexities of integrating such a policy within the organisational infrastructure, comments Mark Abay, Senior Market Manager for Softworld Human Resources & Payroll. Issues such as choosing the right software, implementing and upgrading the technology and having adequate in-house support in place to maintain the technology, can all affect the successful implementation of a web-recruitment policy.
The new 'E-Recruit Zone' at Softworld comprises a dedicated area within the exhibition showcasing the range of offerings for online recruitment. The zone will feature exhibitors such as Online Recruitment, Job Partners, PeopleBank, Peopleclick and e-recruitment.com who will be demonstrating the latest technologies for businesses planning to recruit via the Internet.
Softworld exhibitors will also be running a series of vendor seminars offering advice on creating and implementing a strategy for web recruitment and helping visitors to choose the right software.
Softworld Human Resources & Payroll also comprises an exhibition, featuring key players such as Peoplesoft, Softworks Computing and Topaz, as well as a series of Executive Masterclasses, designed to offer delegates independent advice and information on a range of business issues, hosted by leading consultancies and blue chip companies.
The Masterclasses kick off with a series of free breakfast briefings hosted by the top five consultancies such as KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, these hourly sessions start by assessing the importance of IT within people management. They will also provide visitors with a practical framework for key decision making when selecting and implementing new applications, what impact market trends have on this process and how to avoid common mistakes.
Masterclass programme:
Breakfast Briefing
Selecting & implementing the right HR and Payroll system for your organisation
This briefing will start by examining the benefits and scope for using technology to manage people in organisations. It will offer a practical framework for decision making when selecting and implementing applications and how to avoid common mistakes during implementation. The session will also review the latest trends in the market. Finally, it will suggest some probing questions to help ensure your organisation selects, implements and develops technology to provide maximum return on investment.
Steve Foster, Director, KPMG Consulting
Masterclass
Leveraging self service applications to provide greater employee empowerment
The concept of self service has been around for a while now, but are organisations really leveraging it to it's full potential? During this session, Jane Voisey will share her experiences of how organisations in the UK and the US have managed to integrate self service into their organisation. Jane will also provide insights into gaining employee buy-in, managing both cultural and general change as well as integrating self service into intranet HR portals.
Jane Voisey, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Masterclass
Using electronic document processing to improve staff services and drive
down costs.
Companies are adopting the PC as the norm for generation but not distribution of documents. HR is at the centre of employee/employer communication. Forms processing, document management and workflow are at the heart of improving both the effectiveness and service levels in staff relationships. This session describes the technology and the benefits of developing electronic processing as the norm for delivering HR services through local and Web based systems.
Martin Waldron, founder of In-Form Systems
Masterclass
Integrating HR & Payroll: let the battle commence
This session will address some of the advantages and the disadvantages of departmental integration including, data ownership, internal relationships and rivalry, shared and individual processes and the wider community.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Masterclass
Exploiting intellectual capital for greater knowledge management and competitive advantage
As one of an organisations most valuable assets intellectual capital can provide excellent competitive advantage. This session will provide some of the latest methodologies in capturing and distributing intellectual capital and will also share some proven strategies for gaining employee buy-in to develop an efficient time effective and competitive environment.
Day Two - 8th February
Breakfast Briefing
Selecting & implementing the right HR and Payroll system for your organisation
This briefing will start by assessing the importance of IT within people management. It will then move on to provide you with a practical framework for key decision making when selecting an implementing new applications, what impact market trends have on this process and how to avoid common mistakes. Finally, it will suggest some probing questions and the responses to expect to ensure your organisation selects, implements and maintains their new acquisition to provide maximum ROI.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Masterclass
Work Force Metrics:
Traditional approaches to reporting are not providing the high quality, responsive information needed to manage organisations in an 'e' world. In his session, Steve Foster of KPMG Consulting will explain the value of workforce metrics techniques to manage performance. Using case studies, Steve will discuss best practice approaches to management reporting and how the latest technology can be used to assess employee and business performance. The use of Key Performance Indicators, balanced scorecard techniques and performance tools will feature in the session
Steve Foster, Director, KPMG Consulting
Masterclass
New Government legislastions and the continuing effects on HR and payroll systems
This Masterclass will examine recent changes to payroll legislation, and will focus in particular on the new taxation regime for company cars, to be introduced in April 2002. In addition, this session will investigate how these changes will impact payroll and HR systems and highlight other trends impacting the payroll function.
Adrian Hobbs, Technical editor of Pay Magazine
Masterclass
Innovative ways of utilising self service to improve employee empowerment
As one of the biggest issues on the minds of HR professionals today, this session will address how to manage cultural change and employee buy-in. Andrew Lewis will also provide a real working insight into how Swiss Life have developed and implemented applications to leverage employee empowerment. Additionally Andrew will discuss proven results on issues such as providing flexible benefits via the intranet and how to sell the initial concept internally to both management and employees.
Andrew Lewis Head of HR, Swiss Life
Masterclass
Using e-Learning to educate your workforce
This session will highlight how the real-life experience of deploying e-learning within an organisation reflects the experiences of the industry. Gained from the results of the third annual survey of e-learning activity in the UK, commissioned by Xebec McGraw-Hill and Training Magazine. During her presentation Martine will also provide some key client case studies.
Martine Garland Regional Manager, UK and Ireland, for Professional Learning Services at Xebec McGraw-Hill
Pre-registered visitors will also receive a free copy of the Softworld Buyers Guide (worth 120) which is invaluable in helping to research the right business software. The guide contains white papers, case studies, opinion pieces and comprehensive corporate and product profiles for all of the exhibiting companies.
For more information on Softworld Human Resources & Payroll and to register for your free ticket, please visit: www.softworld.co.uk or telephone: 07000 763 896.
Online Recruitment examined at Softworld Human Resources and Payroll - 01/2001
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