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human resources kiosks
As employee costs tend to increase over time and technology costs tend to decrease , it ’ s likely the disparity has become even greater in the favour of kiosks since the publication of the report . In addition to saving personnel hours , there ' s one other hard cost that can be dramatically decreased with the implementation of kiosks : printing .
Even today , for example , many companies greet new employees by handing them dozens of pages of paperwork . Some items , such as the employee handbook , can be read and stored online , with employees e-signing verification they have read it . When applying for benefits , the new hire can interact with only the package that relates to him or her , and choose whether to print the ultimate documentation or have it emailed to a personal address for safekeeping .
“ Going paperless continues to be a focus at most companies , and HR kiosks allow companies with a large population of employees who do not have daily access to a computer at work to eliminate printing and distributing pay stubs . This presents huge savings
to the company ,” said Rusty Martin , HR product manager at DynaTouch in San Antonio , Texas . Even small companies can quickly realise savings in the thousands by turning to this type of print-on-demand in HR .
Take HR to the humans Not only does the implementation of HR kiosks bring benefits to the deployer , they also bring convenience , speed and confidence to employees and job applicants alike .
Many large companies , for example , have manufacturing facilities located at great distances from company headquarters . Unless each facility has an on-site HR person , employees must conduct transactions via email – if they have daytime access to it – or by phone . HR kiosks located in break rooms , lobbies or other common areas can be quickly and easily accessed by employees before and after their shift , or while taking their lunch break .
“ With the ongoing adoption of mobile and self-service technologies in our daily lives , employees in these environments are more comfortable with performing these routine HR activities via kiosks , and quite frankly , being able to do so is becoming an expectation ,” Martin said .
In addition , the kiosk can let the employee know that the requested changes have been properly entered and accepted . What ’ s more , because the middle person has been cut from the transaction , the execution of the changes can occur immediately or at least within several hours , rather than several days .
Make recruiting a cinch For companies processing thousands of applications a year , kiosks programmed to take job applications can greatly reduce the time and other costs associated with processing them . Grocery and retail chains , large industrial firms and big QSR brands place the kiosks either in each or many of their locations , and may even consider placing them off-site , such as on a busy college campus . Applications can be filtered by all legal differentiators , with only potentially suitable candidates making it to HR for further consideration . n
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