Forward-thinking organizations understand that truly effective workforce communications not only help attract, motivate and retain talent - but studies show that the organizations with the most successful workforce communications can return up to 47% more shareholder value.

As little as five years ago, workforce communications venues such as portals, knowledge-bases and self-service solutions were seen as technology projects that had to be "forced" upon employees and benefited HR only. Today, these types of venues are viewed as business change enablers that benefit the entire organization - and they are the expectation of the Internet-age workforce.

Today's information-focused worker needs to have communications that are collaborative, personalized, searchable and in context to their daily work/life tasks and events. Effective, technology-driven communications can help organizations brand themselves as innovative employers of choice; engage employees from "day zero" with a personalized onboarding experience; create a dynamic employee portal; allow information and work-culture to be shared across locations and functional areas and help employees become more informed consumers of benefits and other HR services.

This learning track will focus on the ways in which the best organizations are leveraging next generation communications technology to create a more informed, productive, engaged and satisfied workforce, and will look at success stories on the successful deployment of technologies such as employee portals, onboarding applications, decision support suites, collaborative communications/social networking solutions, shared services center communications and total rewards modeling tools.

This webcast will also examine how the changing demographics of the workforce have driven the need for improved on-boarding tactics. Generation X and Y candidates expect that their orientation process will be technically driven, web based, and streamlined. In order to attract and retain these critical generations of workers, companies need to focus on the creation of world-class onboarding and socialization strategies that incorporate people, process, and technology.

Join us for a look into this critical time of transition as a candidate becomes an employee, and learn how to maximize their chances of becoming a successful member of your organization. We'll examine the newest technologies available for the on-boarding process, and see how social networking tools can aid you in the task. Most importantly, we'll show you how to speed up the time to productivity, improve your employee morale, and ultimately improve your bottom line.