HR technology strategy, while important that it is grounded in work around overall corporate goals and objectives, must also be grounded in workforce demographic studies within the organization. Many times we hear:
"Our workforce cant use computers"
"Our workforce has no access to the internet"
"Our workforce doesn't speak English (not a prerequisite to using the internet by the way).
WorldatWork (an international non-profit association of HR professionals) is out with their annual report on Telework Trendlines, based on phone surveys done last fall by The Dieringer Research Group of 1,001 adults 19 years and older in the United States. That���s enough to give their conclusions plus-or-minus 3% accuracy, and they���ve been doing these surveys for five years, so there���s valuable history here. Among their findings:
The number of employees who are allowed to work from home at least one day a month stands at 12.4 million, up 63% in two years.* Nearly 30 million people do all or part of their work remotely at least one day a month.* 14.7 million people engage in teleworking full time (hey, that���s us!)* Broadband and wireless use is growing faster in teleworkers than in the general population.* 40% of teleworkers have a household income over $75,000.
INSURE THAT YOUR HRMS, HR TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND TALENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ARE GROUNDED WITH REALITY IN THE WORKFORCE, NOT JUST WITH WHAT YOU THINK IS THE CASE.
Another infusion of knowledge..
Link to Web Worker Daily �� Blog Archive Web Work Continues Explosive Growth ��
