When it comes to employee management, every organization has its own specific needs.

In today’s digital day and age, there are an overwhelming amount of online options that can increase productivity, track vacation, and keep your people happy.

Deciding on the best HR software to keep your team members engaged is tricky. Where do you start?

Many companies can find value in online tools to assist with collaboration, feedback, performance management, and even internal communications.

Regardless of size or function, here are some online HR tools any organization can utilize:

Zenefits

A jack of all trades HR platform, Zenefits allows employers to track the administration of benefits, vacation time, and manage on and off-boarding payroll.

Having all these systems streamlined into an easy to use platform can save your company a significant amount of time normally spent doing data entry or handling paperwork.

The platform does have a paid version, but the free one is loaded with features.

Glint

Employee engagement has become an HR catchphrase that many organizations now understand the importance of.

Yet, according to Human Resources Today – 54% of managers say that employee engagement is ‘very important’, yet a third of them spend less than 5% of their time on engagement activities. The number one reason for the lack of effort? ‘I just don’t have the time’.

Glint is a real-time employee engagement platform.

Elegantly designed, Glint collects feedback and assesses data in real time, enabling managers to understand the level of engagement and take action if necessary,

In their own words, Glint promises to “prevent engagement problems from becoming retention or performance problems”.

7Geese

The dreaded performance review. Whether you’re an experienced manager or an entry-level administrator – you’ve probably been there

7Geese seeks to eliminate the traditional performance review and use a more ‘social’ approach to managing employee performance

The platform lets employers track objectives and key results (OKRs), recognize individual employees or departments, and collect other valuable feedback in a real-time, online environment.

Research consistently shows that providing transparency on how employees are contributing to ‘big picture’ goals, as well as recognizing those important contributions, are both crucial in keeping engagement and morale high; 7Geese lets employers take care of both!

Reflektive

Similar in some ways to Glint, Reflektive is an online communication platform that allows employee to give each other feedback and recognition.

The bonus? It can be integrated with Outlook, Gmail, and even Slack.

In its first two years of business, Reflektive gained the business of big companies like Pinterest and Lyft.

The platform operates on the belief that gaining ‘real-time feedback’ from your employees in an era where employee tenure is shorter has become increasingly valuable.

Namely

Some have dubbed this tool the ‘HR software for small brands that don’t think they need HR’

Geared towards smaller companies who avoid purchasing software when the majority of platforms are meant for bigger organizations, Namely lets users store important employee data, create staff timesheets, administer payroll and benefits, and even lets employees stay connected to their company via a company social news feed.

Slack

One of the hottest startups in the past few years, Slack is a messaging platform that makes communication easier between coworkers. Advanced features also help with collaboration.

Slack lets users create open and private channels, which make the platform perfect for communicating about projects with a whole department, or more privately between one or two employees.

The application also allows you to drag, drop, and share files within conversations.

With all communication streamlined into one place, Slack keeps you organized and efficient.

Weekdone

Using Weekdone, managers can receive weekly updates on the projects or tasks their employees are working on. The platform then creates a report that informs the manager about the status of their team member’s work, as well as any issues that the manager can make private comments on.

The ultimate goal for users is to not only have an efficient feedback loop for managers and employees, but also to act as an early warning systems for when problems come up.

Simply put, Weekdone helps you track progress and alerts you when you’re off course.

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