Google Phone - What it might mean to HR and why you should care

jason.averbook — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:12:43 GMT

On Monday, Google made another one of it's major announcements even before we at Knowledge Infusion could write a blog about OpenSocial (coming soon). Google Mobile enters the fray. This could easily be called the single most important announcement to the HR service delivery space ever. Lets look a bit under the covers:

The Google announcement/initiative is designed to turn cellphones into powerful mobile computers. From a Knowledge Infusion standpoint we often hear, "the reason we dont rollout technology is that we don't have PC's where employees are". This argument appears to be on its last breath.
This quote says it nicely - “The Internet is going mobile, and it’s not just top down, its
one-to-one and many-to-many all at the same time, and that’s what the Google guys get.”
Software developers “will build applications that do amazing things on the Internet and on mobile phones as well,” Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, said at a news conference.

Who will be the first in the HR and talent management space? Will something be shown next year at HR Technology 2008? Lets make that a goal!

We have attached a link to one of the better articles on this topic from the NY Times below. Take a read and continue to watch this trend. The issue for HR direct access and better connectivity and communication with employees has always been the device. Is this about to change forever? Thoughts?

Remember how the generation entering the workforce today communicates. Text messages.

Don't want for the Google Phone to revamp your e-HR strategy. This has to be part of your HR strategy into the future.

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Google Phone - What it might mean to HR and why you should care