Recruitment and Enterprise Mobility
I was surprised this past month, while participating in the SAP PCN Enterprise Mobility round tables at SAPPHIRENOW 2011, to hear from a number of very large SAP customers that recruiting is impacted by how much enterprise mobility is supported by a company. I had just not connected the dots. They said young talent just graduating from the university does not want to work for a company that is not able to support their favorite mobile devices. Being told that a company will not support integration on their iPhone or iPad just does not seem right to them. It seems old fashion and out of step with the times. I had not thought of recruiting as a motivator for enterprise mobility. I had not thought of mobility ROIs in terms of being able to recruit top talent. After thinking about it though it makes sense to me. My wife already looks unfavorably on companies that don't have a mobile app. She feels they are not providing good customer service if they don't have an applica