Cloud HR has come a long way from its inception of simple office based systems to versatile platforms capable of managing enterprise resources from the touch of a button or screen. Keeping up with meeting the day-to-day HR needs of an organisation can significantly affect the efficiency of the organisation, in terms of performance and productivity. The wait for approvals via paperwork, requests for information and other tasks can easily draw away strategic focus due to the time they consume. A cloud based HR system helps the organisation in terms of efficiency in order to keep up with managing day-to-day human resource management tasks as well as keep the organisation in focus to strategic objectives.

Cloud based HR systems are proving to be a great asset to organisations due to two factors; it is mobile where anyone given access can use it from virtually anywhere, and it has made life easier by reducing or eliminating paperwork. It gives the organisation greater agility as it implements the latest technology the market has to offer right into the organisation. It empowers the staff to access applications and information easily from even their mobile devices, thus making it easy for keeping information updated when necessary. All these functions help the HR staff to simplify workflow costs, improve the information flow, increase efficiency and productivity of employees and support the development of the overall organisation. As 2014 dawns, we can enlist a few key points HR personnel want to focus their organisations onto, which would ideally be the top New Year resolutions for HR management;

• Move some, or most of their HR systems to the cloud, thus increasing efficiency in all sectors of organisational operations.

• Increase availability of the system(s) in mobile devices in order to give better access for retrievaland updating of data.

• Conduct performance forecasts and conduct predictive analytics to ensure a decision taken yields favourable and productive results.

• Aligning organisational goals to individual goals of employees, thus this makes employees feel more responsible and dedicated to their work.

• Implement social media in day-to-day marketing activities as well as to attract potential talent to the organisation, as social media is the new trend which connects the world as one.

• Increase social collaboration and interaction between employees and allow them to share responsibilities, thus allowing them to work together and exchange ideas and information and provide a better employee experience

• Figure out the role of Big Data and how it helps the organisation in terms of information accumulation and accessibility.

• Provide a good candidate experience to ensure that the best candidates are hired by the organisation.

Most of all, the key point to note is that whatever methods implemented, ensure that the employees enjoy their work.