In her excellent article “Consumerization of HR: 10 trends companies will follow in 2016” Jeanne Meister captured all the trends she describes under the label “Consumerisation”.
Consumerization of HR refers to creating a social, mobile, and consumer-style experience for employees inside the company.
As MIT research finds, the expectation of social and collaborative tools in the workplace is no longer just a Millennial request. We are all digital citizens. The lines are blurring between HR and marketing, real estate, communications, and IT.
The new objective is to create one employer brand which provides a seamless experience for current employees, potential employees, and consumers.
People are more and more expecting an experience at work that is comparable to the experience they have at home.
What most people experience at the workplace is still far from ideal. The percentage of people who are not very happy at work is still remarkable high.
Where is the algorithm that has suggestions for new opportunities? (“You like these type of assignments, you might also like …..”). The “Employee Experience” is very much related to this trend of Consumerization of HR
The organisations that consciously design a positive employee experience, for the complete life cycle of an employee, are still scarce.
How can We use this trend of Consumerization
Some suggestions on how you might use this trend for your benefit:
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Use innovative HR tools
– Tinder like recruitment apps, such as Cocoon and Switch.
– Explore the possibilities to use gamification in HR (recruitment, selection, onboarding, training) -
As HR, work closely with Marketing
Marketing and HR are growing closer together. HR can learn a lot from Marketing.
It is easy to start with some joint projects, e.g. around employer branding. -
Treat your employees as you treat you clients
It is a worthwhile exercise to compare the way you treat your customers with the way you treat your employees.
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Treat your employees as individuals, not as members of a segment
Marketing has stopped a long time ago with crude segmentation. In HR, today most organisations still segment in simple ways. Young versus old, Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z, Managers and non-managers and so on. Many untested assumptions are used to design policies and career tracks. “Gen Y wants more work-life balance”. “People above 55 want to slow down”. With big data analysis and with sophisticated algorithms, it has become easier to detect and predict individual preferences of employees, and organisations can act on the insights with tailored programs and interventions.
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Use social tools in the workplace people are used to in their private life
Do not rely on e-mail only to communicate with your employees. Use the social tools people are used to in their private life. The preferred communication channels will most likely differ for individuals. An important issue is that you must deal with security issues. Fortunately, there are look-alike solutions that can meet high security standards (e.g. a WhatsApp solutions for doctors, ShareSmart).
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Measure the employee experience
There are numerous modern tools that can help you to gather feedback on how the employees experience working in your organisation (ref. Employee Mood Measurement Trends). A simple instrument as the net promoter score can help you to get feedback in near real time. Article Source: HR Trend Institute and Forbes
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Myself Manish Pipalwa, an HR Professional with with more than 9+ years of Experience in Recruitment & Sourcing.
Currently employed with Eaton Corporation as Talent Acquisition Consultant- Supporting Hiring for 2 Major Business Units Relating to Finance & Supply Chain Domin.
Prior to Eaton, was associated with Mphasis as Assistant Manager- Talent Acquisition.
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