Are we all really six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon?\u00a0 Yes<\/p>\n
Are there other uses of social networking other than Kevin Bacon?\u00a0 Yes<\/p>\n
Can HRIT employ social networks into their strategy?\u00a0 No<\/p>\n
Social networks are an informal version of the business networking that many of us do, which in turn is a less formal version of on-line networks that have been introduced in the last several years.\u00a0 Not only do they include business networks, but how you relate to friends and family also.\u00a0 For HR, the most obvious, and currently the most prolific use of social networks is in the recruiting space.\u00a0 Recruiters utilize their contacts to find appropriate candidates for their hiring managers.\u00a0 However, these networks exist informally or through external websites like Jobster and Linkedin.\u00a0 These types of networks are best served by being external to the corporate HRIT practice as this allows a broader reach.<\/p>\n
However, there\u2019s another path for social networks in HRIT.\u00a0 We\u2019re certainly not there yet, but with Talent Management and related systems on the rise, we\u2019re gaining new peaks in recording competencies within our employee base.\u00a0 Technically the capabilities do currently exist to find the talent needed for a project or job.\u00a0 However, the ability to report is very different than the use of a \u201csocial network\u201d framework to locate and validate that talent.\u00a0 Let me explain.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say your benefits department needs to find a CEBS (certified employee benefits specialist) in the company for some work.\u00a0 All that needs to be done is a report or two and a phone call.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say you actually wanted deep expertise in healthcare plan design with a specialization in wellness programs.\u00a0 Now you\u2019d prefer to talk to a few \u201creferences\u201d who have worked with the individual before and validate the experience.\u00a0 The project team planning exercise is often a function of \u201cwho knows who.\u201d\u00a0 Systematizing this and facilitating warm introductions could increase the overall effectiveness of project staffing.<\/p>\n
However, these networks will not only allow companies to share and manage knowledge, but will help individual contributors to seek and find talent, allowing them to become collaborators.\u00a0 Once again, we\u2019ve all sat down in from of a project or task wondering if anyone else had \u201cdone this before.\u201d\u00a0 Social networks in the workplace allow us to quickly identify the most likely sources of information and get to them rapidly through known contacts.\u00a0 Bringing competencies closer together by systematically identifying referencable skillsets could increase the use of informal project teams and informal collaboration.<\/p>\n
Why did I say \u201cno\u201d regarding HRIT\u2019s employment of social networks?\u00a0 In my opinion, we\u2019ve really crossed a line from HRIT to knowledge management.\u00a0 While pulling heavily from talent management practices, understanding who has knowledge, identifying what knowledge they have and cataloging it is definitely the domain of knowledge managers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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