Experts: Flexible Workplaces Should Rely on Social Media
What does flexibility have to do with social media?
Plenty. Social media can help employees stay engaged—particularly those who work remotely.
That’s what conference attendees learned during a session at the inaugural Work-Life Focus: 2012 and Beyond Conference held recently in Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Families and Work Institute (FWI), the conference served as a chance for HR professionals to learn how to implement flexible work options into their workplaces.
"Deloitte is embedding social media into every aspect of our talent life cycle," Patricia Romeo, a former HR generalist and leader at Deloitte in Cincinnati, told those attending the session, which she co-led with her colleague, Joseph Press, a social media expert at Deloitte in New York. Each works in HR.
For example, when potential employees interview at the company—where the average employee age is 28—they are given links to the profiles of employees on DStreet, Deloitte’s internal social network.
"This gives potential employees the opportunity to help them connect on different levels—personal levels [in order] to help people feel at home when they come to work," she said.