HUMAN CAPITAL
The
Role of Data and AI in Digital Business Transformation
with the applicant information they needed to push forward the urgent hiring programme ,” said Mee .
Mee cites the software robots that lend a helping hand to HR staff with the onboarding process by taking over repetitive , manual tasks , and eliminating error . Specifically , the technology can verify a candidate ’ s information , fill in and process new hire forms , transfer new hire information into the company ’ s database and send notifications to new employees .
“ A global IT company found that the new hire setup process , which involved highvolume manual work , was costly and had a high error rate due to data being manually copied and pasted . It took 30 minutes for an employee to go through the process — not including the time necessary to review and correct errors later on . With a combination of attended and unattended UiPath robots , the company was able to reduce the process time to 3-4 min per new employee . The increased accuracy of the automation also eliminated the time previously necessary for reviewing and correcting errors . The solution proved to be easily extensible during higher volume hiring times , and by monitoring the automated process , the company was able to improve data input , allocation of resources and error handling ,” said Mee .
In a world where working from home has become the norm , Mee says that some firms are even using automation to request new IT equipment from suppliers to ensure that employees can get off to a flying start on their very first day with the correct IT setups .
“ In short , if a task requires data to be processed , a software robot can likely
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