systematicHR
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Google’s Ten Golden Rules For Talent
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It’s hard not to be enamored with certain technologies. The truly cutting edge personalized nature of web 2.0 is easy to adopt. My personal favorites are Google products, Firefox, and the engine of this site, WordPress. The reason is that…
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The Most Critical Jobs
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Why is it that the jobs that are really important are always the ones that are overlooked? Either they are overlooked, pushed aside, or when times get tough, are the first to go. I’ve been meaning to write about this…
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Employee Self Service – Lessons From Web Design
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Information Architects put out a list of their top 50 websites and what factors made them successful. I particularly like IA’s tagline of “Interface Design is Brand Design.” As you think about your self service sites, understanding that driving adoption…
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Employee Self Service – Lessons From eCommerce
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HR service delivery usually encompasses a combination of on-site representation (face to face) and call centers for phone communications. However, more and more our self service sites are also playing a role in the service delivery mix. When we’re talking…
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Does Recruiting Software Make HR More Effective?
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Alana Post recently wrote some biting criticism of HR technology, most specifically recruiting software. ((Since the post has been removed, I won’t go into specifics other than to say that her post was extremely interesting to me and I’ll try…
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Oracle To Buy Hyperion
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So Oracle continues its spending spree. The ERP’s already have the best data warehouse products around. Oracle has PeopleSoft EPM and their purchase of Siebel also included components they could integrate with their other offerings. SAP has BW (business warehouse)…
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Considerations for ERP and SaaS
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Jason Averbrook over at the Knowledge Infuser recently wrote: Many of our customers are currently in the process of implementing best of breed “OnDemand” HR/HCM/Talent Management technology solutions for business processes such as Goal Alignment, Compensation Planning, Performance Management, Learning…
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Required Skills for HR Transformation
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I had a bit of a humorous moment as I was reading this article from Mercer.com. While besides the point of this post, the Mercer page starts out saying: The survey reveals that despite some progress, nearly 60% of finance…
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A Primer on HR Transformation
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I ran across what may be the nicest summary of HR transformation I’ve seen in quite some time. Deloitte describes the history and future of (global) HR transformation as follows: The First Generation of global HR Transformation began to take…
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Globalization, Economic Scale, and Talent – The Realities of Asia
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Michael Specht pointed me at this video link where he drew out the following thought: “the 25% of China population with the highest IQ is larger than the total population of North America.” ((Specht, Michael, February 11, 2007. “The Growth…
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Sleep, Work-Life and Performance
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Many of us who read systematicHR are in the same situation. We’re good at what we do, we’re over-worked, we’re committed to achievement, and our employers expect us to succeed. It all boils down to one thing – most of…
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Usability and Accessibility as Brand
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When we think of the employer brand, how often are we thinking about our HR technology suite as contributors to that brand? In general, I’m not talking about your HRMS type applications. Instead, the applications that touch employees and managers…
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ADP on SOA Leading Edge?
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ADP’s product and vertical mix of multiple products to multiple market segments has always been problematic. Combine this with their philosophy that they can seel everything HR from payroll and benefits administration to portal and background checks to any single…
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PeopleSoft Updates
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Much of this is old news, but a few interesting tidbits crossed my path and I thought I’d do a fuller update. Of main interest and something I didn’t really know until recently is that Oracle has actually integrated the…
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Myths of Employee Engagement: Part 3
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Over the last couple days I posted some basic reactions to WorkUSA’s research on employee engagement. Today, I’d like to continue with some reactions to the rest of their “key findings.” Engagement is a leading indicator of financial performance. Companies…
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Myths of Employee Engagement: Part 2
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Yesterday I posted some basic reactions to WorkUSA’s research on employee engagement and manager communications. Today, I’d like to continue with some reactions to the second half of their “key findings.” Some of you may thing “Does Dubs always have…
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Myths of Employee Engagement: Part 1
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I found on the Watson Wyatt site a WorkUSA research paper that WW looks to have sponsored. In the “WorkUSA® 2006/2007: Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement, Executive Summary,” WorkUSA attempts to identify some myths and ascertain what actions might…
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Learning and Gaming Technology: The Advantage of Simulations
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Efficiency and effectiveness are derived from three specific advantages that simulations have over the experience based learning. First, simulations eliminate risk and the painful consequences of poor decisions. Simulation has the ability to not just mitigate, but completely eliminate the…
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HRIT: I Thought ERP Was Dead
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At least for HR, right? I mean, unless it was installed in the 90’s, how many new organizations are going up on core HR, portal, benefits, payroll, talent, recruiting, compensation and the others? Specialist applications have really penetrated the markets…
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HRIT: To Outsource or Not to Outsource… That is the Question
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For some people it’s not whether to outsource, but how much? There are degrees of technology outsourcing, services and full BPO. There are a few areas where outsourcing is pretty standard. These would obviously be payroll, benefits, retirement and technology…