systematicHR
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The truth about what “integration” means
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Integration? What does integration mean to you? Does integration mean the constant and immediate transfer of data between tables of different modules? Does it mean that there is no…
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Turnover analytics and employee utilization
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Unicru put out a nice whitepaper entitles “Why Analyzing Turnover Is Not Enough.” You can register to download it for free here. In it, the author describes how extending…
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Talent optimization and engagement
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Somehow, I’ve gotten myself into a bind by promising a write-up on what I perceive to be the linkage between employee acquisition, retention, satisfaction, and engagement. I’ve mentioned it…
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Free downloadable HRMS comparison
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HR Executive magazine has this on their website. It’s a nice grid of software that is fairly simple to read. http://www.workindex.com/hrexecutive/images/hrms_bg.pdf They also had this guide to specialty software…
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ADP’s SAP platform comes to North America
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I’ve been hinting that ADP would go to SAP globally for HR/PR. The U.S. and central/south America will be the last ones, but here’s a press release saying Asia,…
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Total Comp Statement Implementations
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Regina had this to say about total compensation statements (TCS) and branding. I absolutely agree. However, I wanted to write about some of the technical considerations around TCS as…
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Work life balance and retention
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Also from World at Work, Watson Wyatt announced a new study saying that work life balance is a major driver of retention. However, the study that 80% of employee…
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Many to Many internet applications
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Harold Jarche pointed to this at the same time that elearnspace pointed to this. In these businessweek articles is a nice overview of the internet application transformation. I’m a…
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Just a couple of HRO news notes
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New press release from EquaTerra who apparently did a new BPO study. Basically it says that the majority of BPO (includes HRO and FAO) clients are satisfied with their…
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Workscape code development certified
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I honestly don’t know much about Workscape code, architecture and design. I was involved in a project with them about 5 years ago when the organization and product were…
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Oracle Grids
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I love Oracle. I’m not a DBA or even a halfway decent technologist. Just a semi-technical HR guy. But when Oracle came out with 10g application servers last year,…
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ADP and web services
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I keep talking about ADP. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) but in my defense, they are the largest of the HR outsourcers. CIO Insight has a great article…
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Employee Engagement Study and Commentary
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Regina pointed to Neville Hobson who pointed to a very interesting study by Northwestern University. I’d like to add my 2 cents to their existing commentary. Fist of all,…
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Really cool job board integration
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A recent HR.com interview with WebHire CEO Susanne Bowen piqued my interest when they started talking about integration. Most of the time we’re talking about basic interfaces from a…
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Candidate sourcing and the tech advantage
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A recent HR.com survey focused on how different types of candidate sourcing lead to improved candidate quality and cost effectiveness. I only want to talk about the quality piece…
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HRO Rumors
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This is off the street with no substantive documentation. Word is that Hewitt is being shopped by the investment bankers. I’m not sure who can put up the cash,…
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My opnions on Lawson / Intentia software merger
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I got a message requesting my thoughts on the purchase of Intentia Software by Lawson. I have not commented on this previously, because Intentia does not offer anything in…
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Ceridian Rumors
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OK – not really rumors, but sounds like Ceridian will be moving all of it’s payroll processing over to Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL. This is a part of…
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Employee Development and Workforce Planning
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Actually, I just like validation, especially when it comes within a week of my posts. This Brittish article hilights some of the salient points I’ve been making over the…