HR Technology

For computer hardware and software, 25 years represents several lifetimes of changes. For HR, it has meant continually getting control over, and access to, its own technology.

Since a redesigned website for Human Resource Executive® was launched in May 2006, we have offered readers timely analyses of HR trends and issues as well as thought-provoking columns and articles by thought leaders, along with posting our print magazine content online.

These top 25 most-read stories give you an idea of what HR professionals have been most interested in reading about on HREOnline since that time.

The reports that some employers are asking job candidates for Facebook passwords has generated intense outrage -- but that issue is just one of a bevy of legal and privacy-related questions. Such a practice also highlights a new reality: The identity that individuals create in the world of social media is quickly becoming an important factor in hiring decisions and in people's broader professional lives.

A new report finds that less than half of surveyed organizations are adept at analyzing workforce data that can positively affect their bottom line. So what is HR's role in getting their organizations to embrace and utilize these metrics?

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

We begin this round with mergers and acquisitions: John Wiley & Sons Inc., a publishing and educational services firm based in Hoboken, N.J., acquired Inscape Holdings Inc., a Montreal-based assessment and training-products provider.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

Cloud, social, mobile and analytics among this year's top HR trends.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.

The world's "Most Powerful HR Technology Experts," as selected by the editors of Human Resource Executive®, offer HR leaders their thoughts and advice concerning today's and tomorrow's HR technology trends and challenges.

This article accompanies Tech's Top 10.