Not long ago–in a world that seems far, far away–human resource leaders had their sights set on mission-critical issues: how to attract new, high-performing talent or boost that ever-pesky employee engagement with the perfect balance of benefits and compensation.
While those key talent-management challenges remain, they have been completely subsumed by dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and all it entails–from how to manage a hastily arranged shelter-in-place workforce to ensuring employees who need to work on-site are safe.
In all major global disruptions of the past, there has been an opportunity for technology to ease paint points affecting employees–and COVID-19 is no different. Following is an overview of a few tech-based solutions helping in key areas, mainly remote work, employee safety and expanded, effective communications.