Company: HALKBANK
Nomination Submitted by: Business Awards Consulting
Company Description: Halkbank has become one of the steadily growing, well-established, pioneering and respected brands of emerging Turkey, which established in 1938 to support tradesmen, SMEs and to accelerate permanent economic development. Pioneering the development of the Turkish banking sector for 83 years, Halkbank continues its mission of supporting the real sector
Nomination Category: Product & Service Categories - Business Technology Solutions
Nomination Sub Category: Human Capital Management Solution
 Nomination Title: HALKBANK HR Software Projects
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:
The Submission covers 3 new HR software solutions combined, all launhed in 2021.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):
Total 344 words used.
Halkbank continues its digitalization journey with a global and innovative vision since the first day of its operations. Halkbank HR team also implemented 3 new HR technology applications in 2021 in order to digitize HR processes and strengthen employee communication, which was interrupted by the pandemic.
Innovative Self-Service HR and Communication Platform: Halka Mobil (Mobile to People)
The Halka Mobile App, which all Halkbank personnel can access from their mobile phones (android or IOS devices), is an internal communication and HR platform combining all resources in a single place.
In the Halka Mobile application, which can be easily accessed with face recognition, fingerprint, line draw or password options, employees can,
-access the trainings defined for them from the Halk Academy,
-create a Vcard business card and share it with others with a QR code,
-access Human Resources applications such as leave, payroll, personnel credit, uploading health reports, health information
-use Halka Mobile interface to switch to all applications that need to be used frequently.
E-Messenger application that saves time and resources by digitizing memorandums for the company. Since Halkbank is a public bank and the banking sector is regulated in Turkey, many memorandums are made in terms of legislation, legal processes and internal processes which signature and approval processes are carried out in most of them. The E-Messenger application digitizes this entire memorandum and approval processes. Employees easily sign the documents which is assigned to them with their electronic signatures.
The Find Your Expert application, is a knowledge management and guide application that matches internal experts with the topics that Halkbank employees need to obtain information. Halkbank has a nationwide branch network and employs more than 20,000 people, it is difficult to find the person responsible of a specific subject and employees lose time until the right person is reached. In the Find Your Expert app, employees can easily access the experts of that subject at Halkbank by typing in the search button for the subject they need, and they can access all contact information of the relevant people with a single click.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
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The Halka Mobile App,
-is practical, easy to use, independent of time and place,
-is providing access from everyone's mobile phone without the need for another device for the application,
-is to increase internal communication and motivation, to contain all information such as internal legislation, announcements and communications that our employees may need
-It makes a difference by providing fast access.
In addition, the application's creation with internal resources and its development by adding new features every day makes the application different and important.
Besides being a one-way communication platform, Halka Mobil is also distinguished by being a two-way platform where employees can convey their suggestions and opinions and share feedback to many different units such as quality systems and call centers.
Halka Mobile App has reached 12,139 users with approximately 42 modules so far. It also contributes to paper consumption and efficient resource usage with the business card creation feature in the application. For example, 840,000 cards were printed in 2021 and with the digital production of these cards from Halka Mobil, a significant cost and resource savings will be achieved.
In the Find Your Expert application, at least one expert personnel (3755 experts) has been assigned for each of the 3642 topics and 2521 tags defined in the database so far. Find Your Expert application is visited by an average of 350 daily visitors, and the average number of searches made in the application is around 700 per day.
The E-Messenger Application is highly functional, environmentally friendly, reflects the corporate culture, sets standards, integrates with many applications, is comprehensive, useful, open to development, and offers new opportunities and possibilities, far beyond transferring the memorandum process to the e-media.
More than 4 million A4 papers have been saved, 27,866 kgCO2e emissions have been reduced, 68 red pine trees have been saved, and 38,268 m3 water footprint savings have been achieved with the The E-Messenger application. The use of e-messenger is increasing day by day, so it is estimated that this effect will multiply exponentially.
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
Total 98 words used.
Apx1: Video: E-Messenger Introduction Video
Apx2: Video: Find Your Expert Introduction Video
Apx3: Video: Halka Mobile Introduction Video
Apx4: Halkbank 2021 Summarized Annual Report-Human Capital
You can access the Annual report, which contains a summary of all activities of Halkbank in the field of human resources, from this document.
Apx5: Video: Halkbank Family Remarks
Halkbank; It is a family with its customers, employees, employees' families and retirees. You can access the video in which members of this family share their views on working at Halkbank, from this link.
Apx6: Halkbank Introductory Film
Halkbank's history and general introductory film
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