Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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technologymakinganimpact CHART 1. L&D; ACTIVITIES ON MOBILE DEVICES Currently in place Access to internal social networks/ collaboration forums Access learning content Learner course registration Managers notified of learning activity Managers can access L&D; reporting Learners can track their individual L&D; progress 50% 40% 36% 24% 17% 12% 0% 25% 41% 44% 42% 50% 75% 100% Percentage of respondents Source: Aberdeen Group survey, Jan. 2012 a more complete view of the workforce." One of the ways that companies can solve the talent conundrum is to use analytics, ac- cording to Te Tarsus Group, which offers a research report titled "Analytics: Te New Path to Value. " Tarsus believes that "the HR director is now expected to have a much firmer handle on metrics in the same way the CFO has a handle on finance. Using talent analytics, for example, allows companies to predict future leadership potential — and its capabilities span both recruitment and talent mobility. It can answer questions on whether the company is attracting the right candi- dates, when a company is losing the best quality candidates, and [whether] the com- pany has the right talent on board to strategi- cally change the direction of the business." Other HR trends for 2012 and 2013, ac- cording to various experts: THE NEW BLEND What Lombardi calls the "new blend" is an evolving form of blended learning. "It's not CHART 2. LEARNING CONTENT TYPES ON MOBILE DEVICES Currently in place Would like to have Documents (PDF, Word, PPT, etc.) Recorded courses available for online streaming Interactive self-paced e-learning courses Social content (forums, blogs, com- ments, ratings, etc.) Recorded courses available for online viewing Online testing/assessments 0% 38% 38% 36% 32% 31% 25% 67% 36% 38% 36% 36% 42% 50% 75% 100% Percentage of respondents Source: Aberdeen Group survey, Jan. 2012 30 July / August 2012 Elearning! 21% 31% 39% Would like to have 38% just online and offline learning — which was one of the first uses of blended learn- ing — it's really the multi-faceted learning that takes into account formal and infor- mal, online and offline, mobile, social, and taps into all the different ways people learn and how you create and cultivate a learning culture with this whole concept of blended and continuous learning. " According to Aberdeen research, the favorite tools and services used by leading organizations to support learning are: 1) Synchronous online training (66%) 2) Online learning portals (63%) 3) Off-the-shelf learning content (52%) 4) Learning management systems (50%) 5) Learning content development services (46%) 6) Virtual classroom technology (39%) "Tis new blend is bringing together multiple modalities and multiple different types of content to create well-rounded learning experiences for your wide vari- ety of learners who may be a part of your learning ecosystem," says Lombardi. SOCIAL RECRUITING Between May and August, more than 1,000 new ads for HR positions included require- ments for social media skills, nearly a 160 percent increase above the same period in 2010, according to Wanted Technologies. Researchers say those skills include be- ing able to develop recruiting strategies and source talent by using the Internet and social networking sites. Candidates looking for HR jobs that include social media components need to be abreast of new, innovative sourc- ing techniques and recruitment best practices and need to know how to use Web searches, apps, job boards and social media sites to create community and generate leads. Simply knowing how to tweet job openings or scour LinkedIn or Facebook pages to find talent is not enough, Wanted notes. According to the researchers' analysis, companies are looking for human resource candidates who can: >> Direct Web traffic to corporate career sites through social media channels. >> Proactively identify and attract passive talent through inexpensive sources such as social media. >> Build and maintain a pipeline of pros- pects through networking and social media research while maintaining a