
The emergence of bitcoin as an alternate currency system
spearheaded its use in transaction space. However, once the concept of
blockchain got wider acceptance, its alternate uses are dominating the insurance
and capital markets domain.
There have been multiple potential use cases and
few successful small scale implementations of blockchain ranging from customer
facing payment technology to trading and exchange services. While the banking
and insurance verticals have seen almost 90% of the total activity in the
blockchain space, the uses of blockchain can benefit various horizontal areas
as well. One such area where blockchain can have great impact is Human
Resources (HR).
HR as a function is undergoing radical shifts due to reasons
leading from organization’s quest to acquire and retain high performers to
making the function more effective and efficient by leveraging latest
technologies. These changes have brought the HR function on the cusp of
disruption. While analytics and automation (including AI/cognitive) has been
the buzzwords for quite some time now, the new revolution staring the HR
function in face is Blockchain.
HR as a function forms the basis of any successful organization.
Again, it is a repository of the most important data in the company - candidate
data and thus, one of the prime candidates and target for data mismanagement, compensation
fraud and wasteful audits. Blockchain use in HR can help reduce data errors, develop
verifiable and dependable employee records and provide an everlasting data
chain for successful audits. In next part of this blog, I will discuss how
blockchain can be leveraged across different areas in the HR super-set.
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