Eliminate data silos and streamline HR workflows by automating at scale with an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). Learn how this centralized management system can enhance efficiency across recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, and more.
Human resources covers a large variety of business activities, from recruitment and hiring, to training and development, and even ensuring legal compliance. With one department responsible for so many important aspects of a business, they often use multiple applications to streamline their work. But, these applications don’t always communicate with each other well, creating data silos and complicating workflows.
To eliminate data silos and manage HR functions more efficiently, a cloud-based service like an iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) can be added as a centralized management system to help connect and automate a company’s SaaS workflows, processes, and platforms.
Scalable HR Automation
HR teams can benefit from automation in every aspect of their work, from the recruiting process to offboarding employees. Here are a few ways you can use automation for HR:
Applicant Tracking & Interview Process
Many companies use Applicant Tracking Software—such as BambooHR or Recruitee—to screen resumes before passing them onto the hiring manager to expedite the review process and filter for desired qualifications, leading to more valuable interviews and better results.
Employee Onboarding
Once hired, the onboarding process is a great opportunity to increase productivity and reduce time requirements through automation. Automation for HR teams streamlines workflows, such as auto creating an HRIS profile, sending company swag as a welcome gift before the employee’s start date, connecting new hires with each other to form community, and tracking their onboarding progress once they are officially hired.
Employee Offboarding
On the opposite end of the spectrum, when an employee goes through the offboarding process, it can be a stressful and high stakes time, for the employee and the business, too. By automating the offboarding process, you can save time, resources, and mitigate any potential security risks.
Once an employee is marked as terminated in a solution like Workday, automations can be implemented to schedule an exit interview and record subsequent feedback, update payroll records with the employee’s terminated status and end date, de-provision access to apps and equipment, and monitor the employee activity to identify any concerning behavior, such as downloading sensitive documents before their final day.
Using an iPaaS to Automate at Scale
With larger companies, it can be hard to effectively manage employees and address concerns in a timely manner. Automating at scale allows resources company-wide to be used more efficiently as typically time consuming tasks are automated, while automating individual workflows allows for quicker implementation.
However, when SaaS tools are implemented in isolation, this limits the benefits of automation across the company and creates disconnects between departments and applications. The solution here is using an iPaaS, which connects your applications to each other, allows data to be shared company wide, and can make automation scalable across all business functions.
Properly implementing your iPaaS can be a challenge, so working with a partner like Boston SoftDesign can ensure the process is done correctly and with maximum efficiency. This also conserves your internal IT team’s time and improves your return on investment in choosing an iPaaS.
