David Smooke“Unleash Your People” reads the sign as you walk into the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre. But how do we do that?
The conference has grown to 2,000+ people, and each one of them has expertise on how business can be better for people. The themes of #HRTechEurope were the candidate experience, the future or work, Google!, HR problems, and ‘the truth about recruitment.’ In the words of the people:
Candidate Experience
Love the idea that Recruiters should adopt the same measures as marketing: lead to conversation rate of candidate #HRTechEurope
— Jennie Wright (@JennieWright) October 23, 2014
“Candidates are increasingly asking each other about your brand and researching before applying” @jerometernynck @elaineorler #HRTechEurope — Eduardo Vanoutrive (@EduVanoutrive) October 23, 2014
#HRTechEurope ‘The candidate is now your customer’ @SmartRecruiters pic.twitter.com/8zhfNpRpH3
— MervynDinnen (@MervynDinnen) October 23, 2014
Future of Work
12 outcomes employees want at work by @rwang0 #FutureofWork #HRTechEurope pic.twitter.com/DUNVWPGGrF — Holger Mueller (@holgermu) October 24, 2014
"The most successful technology is that which will make us more human" key theme in the learning steam at #hrtecheurope reported by @pmsurya
— Charles Jennings (@charlesjennings) October 24, 2014
Meetings are places for managers to hide from staff. Social drags them kicking & screaming out of them, via @euan #HRTechEurope
— Belinda Gannaway (@contentqueen) October 24, 2014
The UX/UI of your software systems has a direct effect on your staff retention #DisruptHR #HRTechEurope
— Matt Buckland (@ElSatanico) October 24, 2014
As a leader, you must think of you less and less as decision makers but as social architects. #garyhamel #hrtecheurope — Bertrand Duperrin (@bduperrin) October 24, 2014
Collaboration is when smart people (your employees) define in real-time an optimal process to achieve a specific goal. #HRTechEurope — Jerome Ternynck (@jerometernynck) October 23, 2014
Mobile isn’t about changing where we work, but how we work in smaller & shorter chunks, via @rwang0 #HRTechEurope — Belinda Gannaway (@contentqueen) October 24, 2014
Google!
.@google‘s successful culture is not about free food, it’s about Mission, Transparency & Voice #HRTechEurope pic.twitter.com/G4y3oIEMSD — Johnny Campbell (@socialtalent) October 24, 2014
#skeching live: Tips and tools from building a collaborative workplace by #thomasdavies @GoogleforWork #HRTechEurope pic.twitter.com/6L4HUy8UmI
— Frederic Williquet (@fredericw) October 23, 2014
It sounds like a key to Google culture is HR that believes in making people smile. #HRTechEurope
— John Sumser (@JohnSumser) October 24, 2014
3 tips from @GoogleforWork
1) sharing – builds trust
2) smart creatives
3) relevancy – rather than disruption
#HRTechEurope
— Andrew Spence (@AndySpence) October 23, 2014
HR Problems
If I weren’t at #HRTechEurope I wouldn’t know that the FBI and Google are solving the exact same HR problems. — John Sumser (@JohnSumser) October 24, 2014
“If your give freedom to your employees they will amaze you” Yvonne Agyei #HRTechEurope — Eduardo Vanoutrive (@EduVanoutrive) October 24, 2014
#HRTechEurope Opportunities for personal growth come from developing skills not purely promotion pic.twitter.com/PWETMupf22 — MervynDinnen (@MervynDinnen) October 24, 2014
77% say company culture is just as important as salary. Too bad culture can’t pay your bills. #HRTechEurope — Matt Charney (@mattcharney) October 23, 2014
Labor productivity dropping. HR not doing it’s job. #HRTechEurope need Smart Simplicity. Yves Morieux @BCG pic.twitter.com/RPpXtZFkm6 — Josh Bersin (@Josh_Bersin) October 23, 2014
The Truth About Recruitment
“Recruiting is here to create an unfair competitive advantage by hiring better talent than your competitors” @jerometernynck #HRtechEurope — SmartRecruiters (@SmartRecruiters) October 23, 2014
Love this image – data is not the new oil, but the new soil… #HRTechEurope pic.twitter.com/uf5u6NJlaD — Ian Bird (@ibird001) October 23, 2014
Recruiting = Bring a bunch of people from outside to meet people inside to figure out if you all want to work together. #HRTechEurope — Jerome Ternynck (@jerometernynck) October 23, 2014
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