We hear a lot about how technology solutions will or can make HR's job easier—and many of us, but perhaps not all—have implemented tech into facets of one or more of our major functions: applicant tracking, development of our 'talent pools' (and recruiting passive candidates), onboarding and pre-boarding, performance management, succession planning, training and more. So what is the current state of HR tech? And in which HR roles is it the most and least prevalent?

BLR and SilkRoad recently completed a survey to shed some light on what’s happening in the trenches. And we’ve got Alexandra Levit, CEO of Inspiration at Work, to help us digest some of the more interesting findings of the survey.