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Save Time and Money

Many of your HR department's central responsibilities, like payroll processing, employee onboarding, and managing time off, are time-consuming and often risk user error. Proper use of HR automation can automate these processes and minimize the amount of time and intervention needed. If you automate repetitive and rote tasks, the time and resources you typically use can be allocated elsewhere—such as a revenue-generating task.

Improve Your Accuracy and Compliance

Compliance laws and regulations are not to be ignored, particularly those that HR is responsible for monitoring and managing. Automation makes it easier to adhere to these policies and procedures more accurately while reducing the risk of error. Whether maintaining employee records or managing benefits enrollment, automation can help ensure that all standards are met and complied with.

Enhance Your Employee Experience

Your HR is more than just the department that manages payroll and benefits; they are also important resources for your employees. Automation allows your team to update their personal information, access pay stubs, and request time off without a significant time investment or multi-step process. You give your team access to the most important resources and processes they need.

Use Data to Drive Decision-Making

HR relies on data for much of its tasks, and businesses can learn a lot by analyzing data for employee performance, attendance, and satisfaction. With this data in hand, decision-makers can make appropriate calls on acquiring talent, planning out their workforce, and assigning resources as needed. Data acquired and analyzed through automation allows businesses to look for trends and adjust their needs over time.

Scale with More Flexible Solutions

Like any other IT solution, your HR department’s needs will change. Therefore, you need an automated solution that can scale alongside your business and the flexibility needed to help it adjust to its new circumstances. Changes in your workforce, regulations, targeted markets, and so on will all influence your HR decision-making, and an automated system can help you support your organization’s needs, whatever they happen to be.

Recruit Top Talent

Your HR department will typically be in charge of recruitment, and automation can make this task much easier. The right tools can help you sort through resumes and schedule interviews more effectively, and they can also help you manage correspondence between multiple qualified candidates.

KB Technologies Managed IT can equip you with the best HR automation tools on the market. Learn more by calling us today at (954) 834-2800.

Embrace Cloud Computing

Consider the numerous servers across the world, operating daily, each with varying levels of efficiency. Properly optimized servers consume significantly less energy compared to inefficient ones. Operating with cloud technology not only ensures financial predictability but also reduces electricity consumption without sacrificing operational efficiency.

In our view, using cloud solutions whenever possible is a great strategy. This approach minimizes your organization's environmental footprint while facilitating seamless data accessibility and collaboration, benefiting your business and the environment.

Increase Recycling Practices

While paperless technologies have advanced sustainability efforts, further progress can be made by responsibly shredding and recycling unused documents. Similarly, recycling old ink cartridges prevents unnecessary manufacturing of new ones.

Enhancing recycling efforts extends to electronic devices, which contain hazardous materials. Proper recycling prevents these materials from polluting landfills and surrounding environments. With simple recycling measures, you can significantly mitigate environmental impact.

Promote Remote Operations

Remote work presents a sustainable solution, especially with today's mobile technology. Embracing remote work reduces energy costs for office spaces and eliminates daily commutes, thereby curbing emissions.

Interested in aligning your technology practices with sustainability goals? Contact us at (954) 834-2800 to learn how we can help you build a sustainable business.

Today, we’re highlighting three of our favorite technology documentaries out there that you can stream today through the requisite service.

The Social Dilemma (2020)
It’s no surprise that social media has taken the world by storm over the past couple of decades. Social media developers make their money by offering seemingly “free” services to their users, but individuals pay for these services in more ways than one. True to the saying repeated throughout this movie, “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.”

One method these filmmakers use is one-on-one interviews, as well as actors who represent the roles you might see in an average family using social media. These multiple perspectives all contribute to the documentary’s central theme: social media is a new market with a different business model called surveillance capitalism.

The documentary looks closely at how social media negatively impacts various factors such as personal value, society, and other issues that some users might not even be aware of. As of this writing, you can find The Social Dilemma on Netflix.

The Great Hack (2019)
While this documentary might not be about hackers, it is certainly about a notorious case that involved a company set up to literally mine data and manipulate people’s worldviews. The case in question is Cambridge Analytica, which you might remember seeing in the news around the time of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The documentary covers a pair of whistleblowers who share how the company unethically collected and distributed Facebook data to clients with enough power to influence public policy, showcasing just how valuable and dangerous social media data can be in the wrong hands.

In addition to the 2016 election, this scandal also involved the British exit from the European Union, commonly known as Brexit. The Great Hack showcases some of the ethical challenges that can arise surrounding data privacy, security breaches, and the dangers that could result. Throughout this documentary, you will see interviews with former employees, whistleblowers, journalists, and academics, all of which raise important questions surrounding how much power and influence technology companies and social media can play in public opinion, as well as how there is a serious need for transparency and regulation for large technology organizations that have this type of power at their disposal.

You can find The Great Hack on Netflix.

Deep Web (2015)
The Internet is massive, and the average user only sees a small part of it in their daily lives. This documentary by Alex Winter showcases the deep web in a fascinating way. It explores topics such as the ethical use of technology, the breakdown of the Silk Road, the online black market, and Bitcoin.

The film, in particular, looks at the events leading up to the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road, as well as his capture, trial, and the aftermath. It is a historical representation of what would eventually become part of everyday common knowledge.

You can watch Deep Web through an Amazon Prime account.

These documentaries provide an interesting perspective on today’s technology and how it has changed everyday life and public opinion. Please consider watching them, as they can inform your opinions and technology-related choices throughout your business and personal life.