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Question 1

HR has gone digital and the field is using software to assist in a variety of HR functions. Technology has allowed HR departments to cut cost and improve performance (i.e. through programs that reduce turnover). Specifically, training has benefitted as e-learning techniques are utilized to develop employees' skills, knowledge, and abilities. Several examples are given of companies that have successfully utilized new training technologies to improve performance of sales representatives. IT is applied to help company's productivity and the way they conduct business.

Discuss This:

a) Does the use of all this technology make HR-which is supposed to be a "people-oriented" profession-more or less so? Why or why not?

b) You want a job after graduating from college. Knowing that you're likely to encounter online recruitment and selection procedures how can you best prepare for making yourself stand out in the process?

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