The Social Web is fundamentally changing how we share, buy, sell, collaborate, choose and live. Why should it be any different at the workplace. This presentation, given at the CII HR & IR Conclave at Pune, discusses the impact of the Social Web on employees and how you can turn it to your advantage.
2. Who Am I? @siddheshb works at Persistent Systems is at the CII HR & IR Conclave 12 people like this became the Mayor of eMeeville
3. Internet users in India will triple to 237 mil by 2015 most are 18-24 years old looking for a job or planning further studies Facebook users re-visit their profile more than 3 times during a day 55% of Indians that read online reviews purchased products based on feedback
4. the Social Web is not just a fad it is a fundamental shift in how humans communicate, interact, collaborate, create, search, organize, buy, sell, and play
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6. Robin was very happy! He’d finally got through to his dream company after a tough campus interview… He’d joined you!
7. But just 18 months later, Robin had left… and you had no idea why!
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9. Robin felt lost His manager did not have time for him, he was not appreciated He didn’t feel like he belonged There was no fun in what he did – day in and day out!
18. deploy your own social network Encourage transparent performance reviews Encourage collaboration & team spirit Establish your value system Create bonding & belonging Use social networking to discover your assets
19. 3 types of networks Personal – our friends and family Professional – our mentors and followers Organizational – enforced by the Active Directory! And for most of us, these three are intertwined
27. Cost of new hire in IT companies is around 35K IT/BPO companies spend an average of 1.5L on training every new employee – 40% of the cost of an engineering course Average time to get a new person effectively absorbed is 6.5 months what if you could cut down attrition even by 10% through better engagement?
28. Do not reinvent the wheel Look out for a hosted service model Costs a fraction of total HR + training + recruit spend per employee, as low as Rs 150 per month Op ex, not Cap ex
29. Excellence need not always be about sacrifice, pressure and tension… …IT can be a lot of fun too!