systematicHR

The intersection between HR strategy and HR technology

Talent Acquisition

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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 planning, (7) analytics, (8) ESS, and (9) MSS. This is probably not a complete list.…

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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 needs is an LMS and LCMS.

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    Really cool job board integration

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    A recent HR.com interview with WebHire CEO Susanne Bowen piqued my interest when they started talking about integration. Most of the time we’re talking about basic interfaces from a job board back to the ATS. However, WebHire and Monster.com have gone one step further. If you own WebHire ATS, you can now browse the entire…

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    Candidate sourcing and the tech advantage

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    A recent HR.com survey focused on how different types of candidate sourcing lead to improved candidate quality and cost effectiveness. I only want to talk about the quality piece here as you can go to HR.com for the survey if desired. There was more detail in the survey, but I break the results down into…

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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 required, even if these capabilities may not exist within the core organization. These strategic partnerships…

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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 Management Solutions. This is just wrong. An ATS is not talent management – it is…

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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 organization. Now, the RPO will write your job description, strategize and interview (prescreen) candidates for…

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    Talent, skills and the labor market

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    Talent: So where is the talent? Deloitte’s talent study basically says that with baby boomers (U.S.) retiring, fewer college graduates with the skills needed in the workforce, talent is simply unavailable. Skills: Check out this innovative general education curriculum at Pomona College. Instead of telling students, “you have to take one science course, one english…

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    ADP hiring index for Background Checks

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    I’m very curious if ADP’s background check press release that the number of checks has tripled since 1997 is a realistic number. While I’m sure that as talent management has taken over the industry, the number of checks has increased in order (not to verify skills) to ensure the proper talent is aquired, I’m not…

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    Aberdeen’s TM study reviewed

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    Aberneen’s article points to several conclusions that talent acquisition is no longer a viable total solution for organizations lacking a total talent strategy. As employers face an aging workforce and possibly a lack of skilled talent in the employable population, employers must adopt broader talent management policies and strategies, rather than simply being reactionary in…

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    Off-peopleing (Dubs gets preachy)

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    I think the point of this guy’s blog is to sell his book (ok – maybe not as you can download it for free), but he makes an interesting point. And no, I haven’t read this yet either, but I’ll comment anyway. Just so you know (before you download it) it’s targetted for the future…

  • Talent acquisition report from Aberdeen

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    Here’s a free 41 page report from Aberdeen. I have not read it yet – but I wanted to post it in case anyone is interested. You have to register (allowing them to contact you). I will delete this post and repost with a synopsis and opinions when I get a chance. It was just…

  • More on informal recruiting networks

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    This will be of special note to Michael Specht as he’s been writing a bit about Jobster lately. In response to his post, I posted a reply regarding a network called LinkedIn.com. Seems as though LinkedIn is attempting to formally widen their market from an on-line networking place, to a recruiting tool with a partnership…

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    The ATS Market

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    OK – so I’m writing a lot about ATS vendors lately and I thought I’d do an overview of the market. As usually, this is my opinion of the market, and even some of the “facts and figures” in here are my opinion and may not actually be verified. The ATS marketplace has always been…

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    ATS News

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    In an “it’s about time” one of the major ATS vendors is finally rolling out a hiring management solution for the lower end market. For all the people who were sick of seeing $250K implementations for BrassRing and Taleo, Taleo is rolling out a solution aquired from RecruitForce.com. Also in ATS news, I noted a…

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    Internets, networks, and recruiting technology

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    Funny that Michael from another HR blog should mention Jobster. I’ll feed off of that for this post. This is a great tool for recruiters and should help them tap into the “not looking” or “inactively looking” candidate population. I’m especially interested in this because I use a networking tool called LinkedIn.com. This is a…

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    BrassRing and staffing HRO

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    I thought it would be a cool thing to spotlight either vendor services or software functionality every now and then. Generally I won’t look at “the normal stuff” but instead I’ll check out things that I think are new, in demand or unique. Here’s the first and second in a separate post for today. Last…

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    Top 5 HR priorities from Genesys survey

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    Take this with a grain of salt as this is a Genesys press release and these “trends” may just be application areas they are strong in. http://www.genesyshcm.com/Docs/news/trends_survey_results-pr.html I’ve never paid too much attention to Genesys until recently as I’ve considered them a legacy play. They seem to have revamped their software to compete however, and…

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    Talenteering?

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    Collaborative Hiring Talenteering from Hire.com All in all, a great post on how the staffing organization should be integrated to the actual operating arm of an organization. I’m not sure this is so new though. In the last 20 years that Sr. HR leadership has been gaining access to the corporate boardroom, I think senior…

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    Big beautiful HRMS ain’t so beautiful anymore

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    Yup, the day of the massive ERP suite and a huge, built-out HRMS system is dead. In HR, we now back to the modularized applications, but this time around, we can effectively tie everything together on the back end and provide an integrated presentation space to all users. With the incredible depth in HR modules…