People and tech sometimes do not seem to mix. You want to help your team, but it can often be a struggle to get some people on board with others. Maybe an employee doesn’t want to learn a new system. Or maybe the system is simply bad.
Here is a method you can use to connect the right people with the right technologies at your company.
STEP 1: Get to Know Your Employees
Getting to know your employees should be a no-brainer. But for how much of a no-brainer it is, most companies struggle with this, and they fail to compete in their respective industries as a result.
Learning about each other needs to be an ideal cemented in the company’s culture. It will end up forming the basis for your entire pursuit of excellence, even including the technologies you decide to go after that can help your team.
Learning about people can teach you a lot about how you can help them.
What is great about this is that, the more you learn about your employees, the more you learn about yourself, the more you learn about your company.
Step 2: Knowing your needs
Once your company has somewhat of an identity at its foundation, it can start to establish its place in the broader industry.
Here you can begin to think about your competitors, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and what they are doing to get ahead of them.
This is where a conversation about technology solutions becomes inevitable.
There are many fancy hiring tools you could be using out there. But your very first touchpoint needs to be a focus on the basics.
The top hiring technologies right now, at this stage, would be:
- Social media and other external communications
- Internal communications systems for your team
- Recruitment services (like Newman’s International Associates)
These can all serve your business to ensure your company has the right employer brand, a unified message, and the right people to deliver that message.
Now, here is how can further elaborate on that system…
Choosing the Latest Technologies
The technologies that exist to help your company today should be spread across cloud computing, digital security, and communication solutions. These will involve a mix of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies as well.
Enterprise Communication
We talked a bit about how your company needs internal communication solutions to stay on-message and on-task. But while communication apps come in handy, AI makes it so that your communications do not have to be solely between your people – they can be between people and machines. Virtual assistants will be a huge part of this. Employees in the future will start to be able to issue voice commands to pull up needed documents or make calls, for instance.
Video Calling Apps
They say at least 70% of human communication is non-verbal. More than a simple messaging app, you want to make sure your team has an opportunity to engage with each other face-to-face. Investing in a video conferencing tool, for instance, can be a huge help to your teams, and even your hiring processes if you want to conduct interviews and learn more about your candidates. This creates a more intimate, immersive experience that brings your team together to accomplish whatever tasks are at hand.
Cloud Computing
The Cloud is about storing and accessing information over the web versus on a hard drive or local server. If you have a Google Drive or Dropbox account, that is an example of a cloud technology. Any additional technologies that give you full use of software by simply signing in online are probably cloud-based software. The great thing about this is that anyone on your team can access the software from anywhere, whenever they need. It is ideal for a new remote-work environment like we inhabit today.
Digital Security
Securing your information looks different with the cloud. Cloud solutions require stronger cloud security, rather than a simple local firewall. The cost of being compromised by cyber-attackers is increasing as more huge companies store their loads of valuable customer and employee information on the cloud. If all of that can be accessed via email and password, you want to ensure that your company has all the tools to keep bad actors out.
Bottom Line
It can be difficult to keep up with digital transformation. But it is how you transform your business. And if you don’t evolve, your business doesn’t come to fruition. End-to-end concern for your team’s productivity and data security depends on your company’s ability to stay ahead of the curve on digital transformation.
That starts with rallying your employees and higher-ups around this common aim. Of course, this all begins with hiring the right people.
You can start exploring your hiring options with Newman’s International Associates (NIA).
NIA is a collaboration of project managers from around the world with over 15 years of IT experience.
They are taking their knowledge of digital transformation and the working world to assist the best companies in finding the best people for the job.
There is already so much to worry about in regards to keeping your company at the cutting edge. You could be spending countless hours, burning the candle at both ends trying to find the talent that sets the foundation for your company. NIA wants to save you all of that time and hustle.
While you focus on learning about your strengths and the strengths of your existing team, NIA can draw from its vast pool of international professionals to give you that world-class culture fit you need to stay on top. Contact NIA today for any tips or special roles you need to fill.
