systematicHR
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HRO update
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This is actually an Indian update on the HRO market, but it has some interesting facts and opinions. First off, I had no idea that Hewitt was creating an outsourcing center there, but it’s not a surprise. I’m sure that…
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ADP v. Ceridian
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I’ve been pretty clear in past posts regarding my preference for ADP over Ceridian. I have also been clear that Ceridian has more robust HR services. The market seems to agree with me, and if I take a guesstimate, 25%…
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Web services and non-integration
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This article found on the Harvard Business School website speaks to the failure of web services and the trouble of integration. These days, rather than doing large integration projects, we’re using portals to bring single views to users, but avoiding…
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Workforce planning and best practices
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All this talk about talent management. Basically, to dig through the confusion, break it up into 2 components: Talent Acquisition, and Talent Retention. Obviously you can break these 2 areas up to many other sub-functions. Today, I’m talking about workforce…
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Management capabilities and catalysts for business innovation
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This article found on the Harvard Business School website really addresses the capabilities of management and their ability to apply real change to the organization. As competition intensifies, organizations must look at strategic partnerships to ensure they have the capabilities…
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Hosted point solutions take advantage of weakness in ERP/HRMS market
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There’s some serious movement in the hosted and integrated point solutions arena. Mostly I’m talking about Workstream, Kenexa, RecruitMax and Authoria. All of these solutions are offering portal oriented employee talent solutions. Each of these 4 vendors are also organizations…
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Workforce Planning – how not to do it
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I was reading an LA Times article about teenagers not being able to get jobs. Seems that employers are attempting to hire more experienced people. Looking at the current demographic situation in the U.S. and probably other places in the…
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Another new HR Blog
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***Edited*** Another New HR Blog. Looks like decent content for now. I’ve been surprised how much content is coming out of India. Perhaps I should actually say that I’m surprised at the small proportion of HR content that I read…
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How to make outsourcing work for you
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An HR.com article written by a Dave Carlson from Mercer HR notes that “Teaming up with a compatible partner can make a tough job easier .“ (unfortunately you need $200 to get access to the actual article) However, my rebuttal…
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Female leaders deserve better
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I was quite dismayed at this post on the Future of Work blog. The post is based on a link to a Matt Miller article from the New Your Times. In it, Mr. Miller makes some interesting points: If the…
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Four Big Lies About Offshoring
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I’ve written about this before, but here’s some validation for me. I’m not going to re-print the text, you can hit the link, but here are the 4 big lies. While you read the article, think: offshoring=trade, because that’s all…
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HR Market Health & Vendor Updates
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This info is now old (May 17), but I always find it interesting to see how vendors are doing. HRmarketer.blogspot.com has a quarterly review of some trends. Here are a couple of comments I have: Paychex will always do well….
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More international implications for SOX
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Well, Canada has decided that they will pursue a Sarbanes Oxley-like legislation. This follows Japan, and the EU meaning anyone doing business internationally will need to file for SOX in a variety of countries. I’ve written about SOX pretty often,…
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Admonition to all ATS vendors
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OK – I know that talent and talent management are the (not so) new buzzwords in HR. Truthfully, talent is incredibly strategic and requires a great deal of focus and energy. However, ATS vendors these days are calling themselves Talent…
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Strategic HR Budgets
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ok – so there’s been extra money in the HR budget for a few years as the economy is generally picking up, and HR “has a seat at the table.” Years ago, HR could make purchasing decisions pretty much on…
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Outsourcing and Strategic HR
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Andrew wrote a nice piece about outsourcers and how they have to change their “look” in order to succeed in the future. To quote him, Business service providers need to be strategic to truly succeed. Indeed, being strategic can often…
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Dave Duffield and the next PeopleSoft
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This is too good not to write about. Connect the dots: OK – so go to davesnextmove.com and check out John Malatesta. John Malatesta used to be the President and CEO of NetYourWork.com. NetYourWork.com was a web based tool for…
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I won’t be writing for a couple weeks
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Don’t think I’ve abandoned the blog. Just going to take a sabattical until the end of the month. Just started a new job and I need to concentrate on that for a bit. Not much going on in the HR…
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HR Technology News notes
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I just got done saying how nobody out there in HRO could really implement international payroll in a single platform. There are exceptions out there of course, but I thought ADP was the closest due to their network of in-country…
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Recruitment Process Outsourcing
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I’m not totally sure what the difference is between RPO and hiring a headhunter. Perhaps there is more technology invloved, but a headhunter does many of the same functions. basically we are talking about replacing the recruiting function in your…