1. The Pulse of the
Industry:
Results from the third annual Workforce Management HR
Technology Survey
2. Today’s Presenters
Ed Frauenheim
Associate Editorial Director,
Workforce Management
efrauenheim@workforce.com
@edfrauenheim
Sarah Kimmel
Director of Research &
Advisory Services, MediaTec
Publishing
skimmel@humancapitalmedia
.com
5. About the research
Survey sent to list of director-level HR
practitioners.
N=593
Respondents represent a wide spread of
company sizes, local and global
organizations and more than 20
industries.
9. HR Spend compared to last year
8%
41%
42%
7% 2%
Growing significantly
Growing
Flat
Declining
Declining
significantly
10. Are you likely to replace or
upgrade your core HR platform in
the next 3 years?
16%
31%41%
12%
Very likely
Likely
Not likely
Will not
11. 48.3%
41.7%
40.0%
38.1%
35.4%
29.0%
28.7%
27.9%
27.1%
24.1%
23.3%
18.7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Recruiting
Performance management
HRMS
Learning management
Compensation management
Analytics/business intelligence
Social networking or collaboration…
HRMS with talent management tools
Talent management suite
Making our systems “mobile-friendly"
Onboarding
Making our systems “go global"
HR Software Used Currently
12. 21.9%
13.6%
13.4%
13.3%
12.8%
12.6%
12.1%
11.6%
11.6%
11.0%
10.0%
7.4%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Making our systems “mobile-friendly"
Social networking or collaboration…
Performance management
Onboarding
Analytics/business intelligence
Talent management suite
Compensation management
Recruiting
Learning management
Making our systems “go global"
HRMS with talent management tools
HRMS
HR Software Planned to Purchase in Next Year
13. My company currently has
workforce data readily
available to make decisions.
49%
43%
8%
Yes
No
I don't know
14. My company has had an
implementation of HR Technology
that delivered less than expected
43%
43%
14%
Yes
No
I don't know
15. How do you rate your HR
technology providers’ ability to act
as a business partner?
3%
15%
57%
19%
6%
Excellent
Above average
Average
Poor
Very poor
16. When your organization is choosing an
HR software vendor, how important is
the vendor’s commitment to
sustainability and corporate social
responsibility?
40%
38%
15%
7%
Very important
Somewhat important
Not very important
Not important at all
17. How satisfied is your workforce
with the technology HR provides
to them?
9%
68%
20%
3%
Highly satisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Dissatisfied
Highly dissatisfied
18. What is your attitude towards
software as a service- i.e. the
Cloud for HR tools?
14%
29%
41%
3%
13%
Love it
Like it
Exploring it
Dislike it
Wary of it
19. To what extent are you exploring
software tools that tap social
networking for HR purposes?
39.2%
29.2%
36.2%
9.5%
13.5%
5.4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Not at all
Collaboration
Recruiting
Rewards and recognition
Benefits management
Other
20. What impact do you feel tablets and
smartphones will have on your HR
technology strategy in the future?
70%
26%
4%
Great impact
Little impact
None
21. Do you have bring-your-own-device
(BYOD) policy for employees regarding
the use of mobile devices for work?
31%
53%
16%
Yes
No
We're working on it
22. What’s your biggest concern
regarding BYOD?
71.4%
19.9%
4.6%
4.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Making sure our data is safe
Employee productivity
Appealing to Gen Y
Other
23. To what extent are your HR systems
global in nature?
16%
34%
50%
Very
Somewhat
Not very
24. How has your interest in global HR
systems changed in the past two
years?
30%
50%
20%
More interest
Same
Less interest
