systematicHR
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OLAP Reporting Tools
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Based on our last discussion, we probably realize that the power of business intelligence lies in the ability to consolidate HR data into a unified corporate data environment. Simple data extraction and running HR metrics such as turnover, time to…
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What is Reporting?
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Actually, this is another one of those annoying buzz words. We’re going to call it business intelligence or BI. BI software is simply a tool that allows you to extract data out of a database. We’ll continue this discussion for…
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HRMS vs. Point Solutions… again
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I’ve written a few times that the day of the huge enterprise HRMS solution is over. PeopleSoft, SAP… they just don’t provide niche solutions that are as good as point solutions. So the recruiting tools in PS or SAP for…
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The tie in: Onboarding and Commitment
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Vertitude put out this article that addresses some of my previous posts. It’s interesting to me how many people think that onboarding starts with day 1. Without some enphasis immediately after offer acceptance, you miss major opportunities to influence and…
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Onboarding Part 2: Integration
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Let’s start this one off with a picture. Let me first say that time also increases from left to right. So your first step would be recruiting and all the functions in the ATS system on the left. After that,…
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Onboarding Part 1: Definition
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OK – So I’ve decided that it’s time for a new topic other than employee engagement. Since Andrew has so kindly thought one up for me, I figure we’ll do something around on-boarding. In the next few days, I’ll be…
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Telecommuters make many office visits
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As a quick follow-up to Michael’s work life balance post, I recently saw this article on telecommuting and how telecommuters still go into the office more often than they think they will. Personally, I love tellecommuting even though it impedes…
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Recruiting to Onboarding
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Andrew has a very nice write-up on measuring the recruitment experience through the entire recruiting experience and then the first year of employment. One of the other new buzwords besides “talent” is “onboarding.” Onboarding is not only the new hire…
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Talent Management Scorecard updated
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Here’s my original post. I have updated Authoria and included Softscape. So an integrated point solution in the talent space should/may include (1) talent acquisition, (2) new hire onboarding, (3) performance management, (4) compensation management, (5) learning management, (6) succession…
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Human Capital Benchmarking
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So SHRM put out a new survey called the SHRM Human Capital Benchmarking survey. Apparently they are going to do this every year. The metrics that come out of this should be pretty good as they certainly have enough member…
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Paychex vs. ADP
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For the vast majority of employers, Paychex is a viable option. If you have followed my blog with interest, and find the players I generally talk about to be potential vendors for your company, then you are probably a larger…
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Choosing an HR consultant
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As an HR consultant with a major global HR firm, I really enjoyed this article about selecting an HR consulting partner. I would also say the below rules also apply to selecting a good vendor. Not all vendor relationships are…
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Work Life Balance and Bill Gates
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Michael wrote a very nice essay on work life balance the other day and I had a few additions. (partial excerpt below) Given my general focus is in HR and technology I could also not forget about all this technology…
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Engagement, Engagement, Engagement!!! Again!!!
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In the latest rendition of the engagement conversation, Michael had these words to say. It would appear that we’re (the bloggers) not the only ones talking about engagement. Here are a few more links with my links or excerpts: Management…
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Mercer HRO takes off
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Well, I was wrong again. I really thought the Mercer SynHRgy merger was going to be a flop. In fact, I was fully convinced that Mercer would spin the HRO arm off sometime this year. Instead, they have 15 new…
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Commitment vs. Engagement
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In response to a recent post, Regina said: I am back and something is niggling at me these days about “engagement.” I guess I am struggling with the differences between engagement and commitment. The terms of engagement are different. I…
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Human Resource Lessons Learned from Star Wars
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This was a rather amusing post on talent management and Star Wars. You will also be able to gather from my previous posts on employee engagement and my readings of Regina’s blog that in addition to the below problems (lack…
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Authoria buying Hire.com
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Wow wow wow… This is huge for point solutions. Authoria is buying Hire.com, meaning they will be that much closer to being a full service talent management suite. Check out my old scorecard of talent management solutions here. All Authoria…
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Workforce Planning again – The Definition
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I read Regina’s post and immediately became judgemental regarding the person she linked to. I really should have read Brossard’s entire interview prior to jumping to conclusions, but as Regina wrote specifically about Brossard’s step 3, I decided to keep…
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McKinsey on Global Outsourcing
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It ain’t so bad as we think. McKinsey Global put out a new study basically stating that the ability of organizations to outsource is slower than we think. The core operations that are being outsourced are usually simply done. Most…