Concurrent Sessions – Block F
10:30 am to 11:45 am

F10 - The Impact of Social Network Sites (SNS) in the World of Work

Managing Director at Manpower Mexico, Central America and Dominican Republic
Mexico City, Mexico

All human organizations are a social network. Now they are on the Internet and will change the world of work. In developing countries with high talent mobility rates such as the Philippines, Hungary, Poland and Mexico, 76% of active Internet users participate in Social Network Sites (SNSs). Despite the positive contributions of these sites, only 19% of employers allow access to them in the workplace.

SNSs continue to be controversial and even to be rejected, sparking enthusiasm in some, confusion in others. Whatever the attitude, the awareness that they will change the world of work is rapidly growing. SNSs will transform talent management, internal communication and knowledge administration.

This session will describe how human resources leaders can play a key role in the management of SNSs, focusing on human relationships in the domain of technology and on the construction of business benchmarks, aligning resources and actions to strategy and emphasizing the value of the exploitation of knowledge.

Workplace application – This session will be of value to HR professionals interested in learning more about managing SNSs in the workplace, how they will transform essential HR functions, and how to make them work to the organization’s overall advantage.

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