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    ACS for sale – $8B

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    Ok – I’m trying to not post at the end of the year, but this is news worth posting. A consortium of investment firms is in talks to acquire…

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    Accenture’s place in HRO

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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…

  • Business Case for RPO

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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……

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    HRO Updates

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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…

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    Is ADP HRO #2 in the industry?

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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…

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    Follow-up on HRO providers

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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…

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    Fidelity HRO comments

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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…

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    Hewitt for sale?

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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…

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    HRO or PEO?

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    HR.com seems to have shown their considerable lack of understanding regarding HRO. While they are actually a very good source of information, I see them as similar to SHRM….

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    2005 HRO Trends and Insights

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    Disclaimer: yeah… Hewitt could be considered a competitor of the firm I work for. If you read the rest of my blog, I generally consider them to be a…

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    Leaves Administration and Absence Management

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    I was reading the July/August copy of newsbriefs from ISCEBS and noticed a survey on absence management. The results stated (could not find a web link to this) that…

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    Hewitt BPO leads the industry?

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    While Hewitt clearly has the biggest name and the most large clients right now, I’m not so sure if they are the clear leaders as this Hewitt press release…

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    Arinso Service Center diagram

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    Arinso has a very nice whitepaper on service centers. They segregate the strategy and the service center organizations in a very nice visual. I just thought this was a…

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    IBM HR Transformation for HRO

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    I have written about this before, but IBM has put out a nice white paper on how an organization should prepare for HRO and how to set pre/post implementation…

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    Convergys expands BPO offering beyond HRO

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    No, I haven’t died, quit, or just gone away. I’ve been in the middle of parallel tests for a client and that has been an all consuming task. This…

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    HR Service Delivery, Call Centers, and Outsourcing

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    So how does an organization actually improve HR service delivery? What is HR Service Delivery? Quite simply it’s the ability and effectiveness with which an employer delivers key services…

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    Outsourcing vs. Data Privacy

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    I stumbled across this article on data privacy and what problems outsourcers are having. My general opinion is that even with the heightened awareness we have in the U.S….

  • Indian HRM Quiz and other offshoring topics

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    Mercer HR had this quiz. What do you know about Indian HRM? (4 questions only) Since we (U.S.) are so concerned (wrongly so) about the Indians and Chinese taking…

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    Co-sourcing vs. Outsourcing

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    Mercer published this definition and contrast of Co-sourcing versus Outsourcing on their website. I must beg to differ. While in general they are correct, the term co-sourcing has been…

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    HRO News

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    Here’s the link, but I’ve pasted some of the text below if you don’t have a log-in: There is a lot of proof out there that HRO and BPO…