Dub Dubs

Just in case you read the HR Technology Discussion Board feed through your RSS reader, please be aware that the feed has been redirected. As of December 1, 2005, the content at hrtech.blogspot.com has been transferred to systematicHR.com. Comments will not be transferred. I will be mirroring the two sites for the remainder of...
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It was all wrapped into a single post from one of Michael’s link posts. In this google blogger page where Trisha Weir talks about how she got to be hired (partly by selling WHY she owned a Google t-shirt) I have to give some kudos to the recruiter and hiring manager for recognizing a...
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Usually I’m right there with the 3 major consulting firms (Mercer, TP and WW). However, this time I’m not quite sure if Mercer get’s what a portal is vs a web page. Joe Loya and Debbie Slappey of Mercer said here: In the past 10 years, many organizations grasped that the Web could transform...
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Jason also posted this about Hewitt recently. I actually don’t have a further comment other than I’ve been seeing lots of laid off Hewitt associates filtering through other organizations. Anyone know the full extent of these layoffs and to what organizations? Are they really trimming the consulting business that much?
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Jason of the Human Capitalist posted some analysis of Accenture’s seeming decline in the HRO world. While we differ slightly in our HRO rankings, I think we’ll see some interesting developments as Accenture begins to play in the mid market space. They are currently courting several prospects in the sub-20K employee market with what...
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(where RPO = Recruitment Process Outsourcing) Jeff Hunter of the Talentism.com blog has a very interesting post on the causes of RPO. His experience is the same as mine… internal recruiting organizations with highly positive feedback are getting outsourced more and more. While I like Jeff’s conclusions about how to improve the recruiting function’s...
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OK, this is not a HR tech post, but I thought it was very interesting. I got this from BostonWorks which cited WAGEproject.org. This issue of gender pay differentials should be treated very seriously by HR professionals and especially compensation. It’s sad to think that even in this century, we are going to struggle...
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I loved (and have also discussed) this from another blog: FUSIONI just wanted to make a few comments on the Fusion product. I apologize, but I’m still trying to get more clarity around the scope of this release/product, but it appears to be software that will be similar to middleware, where several applications can...
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A couple of news items crossed my path that I thought were interesting. First, Arinso recently got certified in their SAS 70 Type 2. I’d like to just say that if you’re a public company in the U.S. going for full HRO (with benefits and payroll), please ask to see if your vendor has...
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So after being told that my talent management “scorecard” was incomplete and inadequate, I visited one of the SuccessFactors webinars and got a high level overview. Keep in mind that the opinions here are simply those gained from a 1 hour presentation and I don’t know what I don’t know – these are just...
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Prior Post updated to include real links to the publisher. I had the text of the entire series, but only 4 of 6 links below. You’ll have to look for the other 2. This is a 6 part series in The Edge’s Financial magazine – a daily and weekly magazine in Malasia. It was...
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OK – this is way outside of my comfort zone and expertise. However, Wharton pushed out a great article on the Tyrell Owens debate called ‘One for All’ or ‘One for One’? The Trade-off between Talent and Disruptive Behavior. There are a couple of factors here. First off, what is the tradeoff between talent...
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A recent ADP press release had a few interesting new facts. Apparently, 32 multi-national corporations have signed on for ADP’s HRO platform based on SAP. This is far more than I thought it would be, and in addition to ADP’s standard platform (ADP Enterprise) for U.S. domestic populations, I think this easily puts ADP...
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Jason posted this about TPI and Equaterra merging today (or yesterday). I’ve also been hearing rumors for some time about one of them getting bought by a consulting firm, but I suppose this is better for them. Check Jason’s blog for more info. For those of you who don’t know, TPI and Equaterra are...
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I got this from Successfactors.com. Not much there yet, but should be funny/interesting when it gets going.
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A reader recently wrote to me requesting my thoughts on payroll outsourcers and their HR products. This was written for a 500 employee organization. I’m posting because I don’t think I’ve ever ranked payroll outsourcers. Here are my verbatim comments below: I have not done any rankings purely on HR/Payroll outsourcers. Most of my...
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In my post for Fidelity HRO, I listed my top 5 HRO vendors. A consulting colleague (of unknown firm) who works closely in the HRO space e-mailed me this follow-up: interesting view of the top 5 HRO providers. i play heavily in this space as a HR consultant and not sure i would classify...
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Edited on 11/03/2005: This evening, I received an e-mail from Workforce Magazine requesting that I remove some text of the Fidelity HRO article from my post. In my attempt to be a “good citizen” the text has been removed, but you can still hyperlink to the article. Here you go: I found this article...
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Somewhere in my last 100 posts I mentioned that Hewitt was in a fairly weak operational position and might be an aquisition target. I’ll have to admit that I didn’t really believe it, and honestly I still don’t. They are the undisputed leader in HRO at the moment, and their laser-like focus on this...
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I wanted to comment on some interesting research from HRMarketer.com. They put out the “Marketing and Selling in the HR Marketplace: Winning Strategies and Tactics” paper this month which contains great insight. First a note on the marketplace:The top 0.1% (930 out of 1.2M) of companies employ about 30% of the workforce. These are...
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