HR Technology
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Workscape code development certified
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I honestly don’t know much about Workscape code, architecture and design. I was involved in a project with them about 5 years ago when the organization and product were…
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Oracle Grids
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I love Oracle. I’m not a DBA or even a halfway decent technologist. Just a semi-technical HR guy. But when Oracle came out with 10g application servers last year,…
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ADP and web services
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I keep talking about ADP. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) but in my defense, they are the largest of the HR outsourcers. CIO Insight has a great article…
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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…
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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…
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HRO Rumors
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This is off the street with no substantive documentation. Word is that Hewitt is being shopped by the investment bankers. I’m not sure who can put up the cash,…
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My opnions on Lawson / Intentia software merger
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I got a message requesting my thoughts on the purchase of Intentia Software by Lawson. I have not commented on this previously, because Intentia does not offer anything in…
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Ceridian Rumors
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OK – not really rumors, but sounds like Ceridian will be moving all of it’s payroll processing over to Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL. This is a part of…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Questionable truth in marketing
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Not to be a naysayer, but sometimes cool things bug me the wrong way when I’m pretty sure the message is a lie. Today, Skillsoft and Plateau Systems are…
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Dave Duffield’s next move
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Dave got his Chairman’s award at the IHRIM conference on Monday. Here’s the link for his next start-up. Not much content there yet.
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Fortune 500 list is out
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As usual, ADP is up there. They are really one of the only HR services firms big enough to be on the list. With $7.7 billion in revenues, they…
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Time & Labor Management and tracking your key EE metrics
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You know, I never talk much about labor management (because payroll and timekeeping is boring), but here’s a great example. If we take a quick inventory of our major…
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Talent, Outsourcing, and MSS
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Since my last post was on talent, I thought I’d see if I could tie it back into systems somehow. As we continuously look at talent in both retention…