Talent Acquisition
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Recruiting Recruiters as a Leading Economic Indicator
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There was some serious conversation at the Talent UnConference (TalUnCon) hosted by Electronic Arts on January 25. Specifically, the Talent Planning sessions focused on understanding economic indicators as it…
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Analytics: Linking Silos, Linking Strategy
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There was a question posed on the web a while back (I’m hard pressed to find it) asking what linkages were important to the performance of an HR organization….
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Quantifying Talent
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Sean over at Talent Ecology recently wrote a piece that got me thinking about how we think and process our talent, nut just as people but as distinct sets…
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The Best Places to Launch a Career
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Andrew from Resourcing Strategies wrote this a while back in September of 2006, but then again, I’m about that far behind on my reading. Why do I get excited…
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Attraction versus Retention
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I’ve always stated that while cash compensation and benefits might be the largest factors for attracting talent, they are by no means the factors for which employees stay with…
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The Applicant Decision Process
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So how does someone actually decide to work for you? What is that process and how can knowing about it be leveraged to your advantage? Knowing the step can…
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Recruiting The Different Types of Job Seekers
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There are many types of job seekers, and knowing which you’re recruiting for can make your job attracting the right applicants and getting them through to the offer process…
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Predictions of M&A and Employee Acquisition
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There are many reasons companies buy or merge with other companies. Sometimes, you just want more market share and it’s easier to buy it that to grow organically. Other…
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ADP Acquires Virtual Edge Talent Acquisition
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In a great move by ADP, they finally got their hands on a great talent acquisition system. Truthfully, they have been on the hunt for several years, but the…
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Talent Acquisition Systems Updates
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I’ve been remiss in my lack of system and vendor updates. Truth be told, not much has actually changed in the vendor landscape other than a few mergers. The…
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About Stretchwork and Career Management
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Julia Hanna recently wrote about the use of stretchwork applied to career advancement in the August 9 issue of HBS Working Knowledge. Stretchwork has been a tool utilized by…
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Recruiting to Talent Management Integration
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Here starts another series, this time on integration and in response to a rather surprising showing of interest in Performance Management Integration back in early August. In this series,…
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Performance Management Integration
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Jim Holincheck recently wrote about some findings from HR Executive’s survey of performance management practices. I’m not surprised that performance management is still on the rise – undoubtedly it…
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An Interview With SuccessFactors
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I had an opportunity to speak with Rob Bernshteyn from SuccessFactors about the direction they are heading. I’ll admit that SuccessFactors has been one of my favorite talent management…
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Is Talent Management Strategic?
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Talent Management in and of itself is not a strategic function. Similar to core HR practices, the actual task and process isn’t strategic. One should be especially careful with…
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Talent Management System Vendor List
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Stumbled across one of the longest lists of talent management vendors I’ve seen. To be honest, I don’t know many of these. As many of you know, I don’t…
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Social Networks in HRIT
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Are we all really six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon? Yes Are there other uses of social networking other than Kevin Bacon? Yes Can HRIT employ social networks…
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Online Dating Applied to HR Technology
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Sometimes there’s a post so thought provoking it just begs to be blogged: In my last post I wrote that online dating services would show us where online recruiting…
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HR Technology Functional Utilization
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Looking at CedarCrestone (of Cedar Group fame) and their survey of HCM applications, it’s interesting to see the trends of what everyone is using, what they will be using,…
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Authoria Introduces Recruiting
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Authoria Recruiting is big news simply because it expands the reach of the talent management suite. Most vendors claiming to be TMS have either been talent acquisition without the…