With Web 2.0 and social networking being all the rage, you’re starting to see more vendors like SuccessFactors and Taleo beginning to use their platforms for building corporate social networks.
I say this a bit cynically, but I do think it makes great sense and I see enormous value in turning HR platforms into collaboration applications.
After all, employee data tables and internal resumes (including competencies, skills, experiences, etc) essentially provide the same content that you would be asked to offer upon opening a Facebook or MySpace account, so HR systems are already halfway there.
Plus, by morphing a mundane and static HR system into something much more dynamic and valuable on an everyday basis, you drive greater adoption (a huge challenge for HR technology vendors) and make the application a whole lot stickier. And there are some awesome potential derivative benefits (in violent agreement with Jason Corsello here).
All in all, a great strategy .
Again, vendors that have already adopted web 2.0 tactics have a clear head start here. But what about those that that haven’t? Might companies like Pringo provide tempting bait?
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