Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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Trendlines BYOD or Not to BYOD? I.T. departments are beginning to access the mobile devices of corporate employees as an adjunct to business. The initiative/ movement is called, appropriately, "BYOD" (bring your own device). Does your organization allow any employees to bring their own device? 85% 78% 66% 75% 67% The High Cost of Bad Hires Sixty-nine percent of employers reported that their companies have been adversely afected by a bad hire this year, with 41 percent of those businesses estimating the cost to be over $25,000. Twenty-four percent said a bad hire cost them more than $50,000, according to a study by CareerBuilder.com. "Whether it's a negative attitude, lack of follow through or other concern, the impact of a bad hire is signifcant," says Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder. "Not only can it create productivity and morale issues, it can also afect the bottom line." The negative efects of a bad hire include: >>Less productivity (39 percent) >>Lost time to recruit and train another worker (39 percent) >>Cost to recruit and train another worker (35 percent) >>Employee morale negatively afected (33 percent) The three most megative reasons why companies make bad hires: >>Needed to fll the job quickly (43 percent) >>Insufcient talent intelligence (22 percent) >>Sourcing techniques need to be adjusted per open position (13 percent) 10000+ 2-10,000 500-2,000 100-500 All Responding Organization by Number of Employees —More info: www.careerbuilder.com -Source: Enterprise Device Alliance "The complexity of managing this increasing mobility in the workplace has risen sharply," notes Chris Marsh, a principal analyst for Yankee Group. "This past year has also seen a dramatic rise in the proportion of employees using tables for work purposes. However, these have yet to become replacement devices for smartphones or laptops, the latter of which are still the preferred devices for a variety of tasks by a signifcant margin." According to research from the Enterprise Device Alliance, 90 percent of enterprises had incorporated tablet usage into corporate thinking. Eighty-six percent of those used iPads, 47 percent had Android-based devices, and 28 percent were Windows-based. Marsh suggests that forward-thinking corporations embrace a "bring-your-own" policy for both devices and applications. He also thinks procuring such technology should be done wisely "to ensure they have the right architecture of services that either integrate or interoperate into a life cycle management approach if necessary." —Source: Yankee Group Research, Inc. Te Mobile Education Market is $4.4 billion. By 2020, it will reach $37.8 billion, globally. — IBIS Capital Government Elearning! April / May 2013 17