Mark RotterAT&T offers employees and retirees an exclusive online community for connecting called HrOneStop. This portal makes it easy to collaborate with team members, network across the organization, and reconnect with former colleagues. Here’s how to leverage HrOneStop to nurture your relationships within the massive AT&T family.
Search the Employee Directory
To look up fellow employees or retirees, access the searchable directory within HrOneStop. Either scroll through alphabetically or use filters like location, department, job function or seniority to pinpoint people matching criteria important to your search.
Look beyond your own group or geography to discover those with shared interests, alumni of your university, or members of company affinity networks. Bookmark interesting profiles and tap the email icon to securely message those open to networking.
Join Public Communities
HrOneStop hosts public communities anyone can browse covering common interests like parents at AT&T, veterans, pride alliance, and different diversity groups. Scan the catalog of 200+ public communities or search keywords like music, sports, education, health, etc to uncover relevant groups.
Join communities aligning with your personal interests or demographics to open conversations with AT&T peers. Perhaps a hiking group connects you to outdoorsy colleagues or a minority community and introduces you to mentors experiencing similar cultures in the workplace.
Start Your Own Community
If you have niche interests not served by existing groups, launch your own public or private community through the HrOneStop portal. For example, create a group for Chicago Bears fans at AT&T, working parents focused on work-life balance or young professionals new to finance roles.
Build a sense of community, share content and discussions, even organize local events. Your network determines the group’s focus – tailor it to members.
Mentor Colleagues
Volunteer your experience to mentor fellow AT&T employees through formal or informal HrOneStop programs. If you manage projects, pivot roles, or have deep company knowledge, pay it forward to developing peers.
Formally sign-up through the AT&T Mentor Network listing your skills and availability. Or casually engage colleagues through communities seeking wisdom. Set parameters on time commitment so mentoring fits your bandwidth.
Follow Corporate News
Stay on top of AT&T announcements, executive messages, diversity spotlights, and recognitions of team wins through the news feed on HrOneStop homepage. Get beyond your business unit silo, learning about innovations across the parent brand.
Commenting and liking news stories also builds connections, as colleagues with similar interests may follow up.
Discover Alumni
Use the alumni community on HrOneStop specifically to reconnect with former direct reports, mentees, or members of old teams now retired or working elsewhere. Celebrate ex-colleagues accomplishments through this group keeping your AT&T network vibrant.
Professionally, alumni often become customers or key contacts at companies you sell into. Personally, older connections anchor your work family even as roles change. Leverage HrOneStop tools to continually grow alumni circles.
FAQs
No, all AT&T current staff and retirees can freely join communities on their own without formal approval.
Public groups under “All Communities” are visible – private groups require approval to join and access discussions.
Yes, member directory profiles include a secure messaging feature maintain privacy while allowing 1:1 outreach.
Yes, currently only active employees and retirees have access. But alumni communities may enable future access.
Conclusion
HrOneStop delivers powerful engagement tools exclusive to the AT&T workforce empowering meaningful peer connections beyond the confines of title, role and geography. Public communities, private messaging, searchable directories and news content help employees and alumni collaborate, mentor, recognize, and support each other both personally and professionally. Unlock the inclusive social knowledge of this global organization right from your desktop.