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    Authoria Introduces Recruiting

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    Authoria Recruiting is big news simply because it expands the reach of the talent management suite. Most vendors claiming to be TMS have either been talent acquisition without the rest, or talent management without the aquisition. Recruitmax was the notable exception for a long time, but with Kenexa buying WebHire, Authoria releasing Authoria Recruiting, Taleo…

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    Excellerate HRO’s First Win

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    And it’s a big one.  I have no idea what the net value of this deal is, but rumors around the blogosphere have been circulating for a couple months that the announcement was coming.  Here it is.

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    Top HRO Deals of 2005

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    I might be a bit behind on the news and it’s entirely possible this has been posted elsewhere. However, HRO Today Magazine posted their top 22 HRO deals of 2005 in their January/February issue. Personally I’m positive this is nowhere near a complete list. I’m betting there were at least another 30 HRO deals even…

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    Oracle Fusion Progress

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    Thanks to Systematic Viewpoints for this heads up. I’m quite entertained that Oracle President Charles Phillips thinks “Oracle is already halfway to achieving its Fusion promise … and the company’s developers have defined necessary software functions for the suite.”Songini, Marc L. , January 19, 2006. “Oracle touts progress on Fusion.” ComputerWorld. Retrieved from http://www.computerworld.com on…

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    Wal Mart HMO – really…

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    Nope, I wasn’t kidding. Is there anything that the “great” Wal Mart won’t do or try? Wal Mart HMO press release. ExtendChoice(TM) is a defined contribution health care program that allows employers to provide their employees tax free dollars to be used to secure their own individual health insurance and/or pay for qualified medical expenses.…

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    2006 HR Technology Outlook – last post of 2005

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    As my last post of the year, I was going to do the standard year end list. But then I thought better and rather than putting in time that very few people are going to read, I thought I’d drag out a rather old article on the HR tech outlook for HR technology. As usual,…

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    Has Oracle Forgotten About the HR Suite?

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    Jason posted the same topic on SAP. Corsello, Jason, December 12, 2005. “Has SAP Forgotten About HR?” The Human Capitalist. Retrieved December 12, 2005 from http://jasoncorsello.blogs.com. If anyone was at Oracle World a few months ago, you’ll recall seeing all the irritated HR people. Why you ask? The HR track really didn’t exist unti lthe…

  • TPI and Equaterra merging

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    Jason posted this about TPI and Equaterra merging today (or yesterday). I’ve also been hearing rumors for some time about one of them getting bought by a consulting firm, but I suppose this is better for them. Check Jason’s blog for more info. For those of you who don’t know, TPI and Equaterra are the…

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    The HR Marketplace – Overview

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    I wanted to comment on some interesting research from HRMarketer.com. They put out the “Marketing and Selling in the HR Marketplace: Winning Strategies and Tactics” paper this month which contains great insight. First a note on the marketplace:The top 0.1% (930 out of 1.2M) of companies employ about 30% of the workforce. These are organizations…

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    New HR-XML Certifications

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    There are many new names on the list. Some are quite surprising such as Oracle, Brassring and Recruitmax who all should have been on the list earlier. If you are unfamiliar with the HR-XML Consortium, they are publishing XML standards so that a single XML layout may apply to a large industry segment. For example,…

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    2005 HRO Trends and Insights

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    Disclaimer: yeah… Hewitt could be considered a competitor of the firm I work for. If you read the rest of my blog, I generally consider them to be a vendor though. Hewitt’s 2005 HRO trends and Insights published in June (2005) caught my eye for some interesting analysis if you read between the lines. The…

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    2006 Technoloy Outlook

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    HR.com has a new HR Technology Outlook for 2006. As usual, I don’t completely agree with their outlook. My responses in blue. It’s an interesting article though. 1. HR technology software applications will continue to increase in functionality. Applications must address the changing demographics and needs of the aging workforce and the global workforce. I…

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    eRecruitment Market Trends

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    Thank you Gartner!!!! One of my pet peeves over the last year has been ATS systems calling themselves talent management applications. Anyone reading my posts knows this bugs me to no end. Gartner’s eRecruitment white paper clearly states a difference between Talent Acquisition Suites (TAS) and Talent Management Suites (TMS). They state that Peopleclick, Taleo…

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    State of the Industry – Portal

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    When I talk about portals, I’m talking about an HR portal – not the enterprise portal. Portal is not synonymous with employee and manager self service – portals indicate another level of technology. Here’s a good portal explanation from a vendor. In my mind, there are only a few vendors that are providing this service.…

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    State of the Industry – HRMS

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    As a consumer organization, this is just a terrible time to be on the market for an HRMS system. There is a huge void in the mid-range that PeopleSoft used to fill adequately. Here’s my top vendors for the space: 1) SAP2) PeopleSoft (if you can get Oracle to sell it – very rare)3) Lawson…

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    HRO News

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    Here’s the link, but I’ve pasted some of the text below if you don’t have a log-in: There is a lot of proof out there that HRO and BPO are still going strong. Recent studies by The Everest Group, Workforce Magazine and others show the interest and implementation of HRO has expanded since the inception…

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    Wal Mart on par with Tier 1 HR Consulting Firms

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    I feel like I’ve been theorizing too much. Here are a few interesting things I’ve seen in the news over the last couple of days: HRMarketer.com HR Industry Trends reports the top HR industry newsmakers as Mercer, Towers Perrin, Hewitt, Watson Wyatt, and Wal Mart!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Walmart joins the ranks the tier 1 HR consulting…

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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 organizations to pull from. For this year’s survey, they pulled 1500 company responses. (same document…

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    Marsh Mac not selling Mercer

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    I hate being wrong. Here’s a story saying MMC is keeping Mercer.

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    Just a couple of HRO news notes

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    New press release from EquaTerra who apparently did a new BPO study. Basically it says that the majority of BPO (includes HRO and FAO) clients are satisfied with their process improvements and that the market is expected to grow. No surprises here, but I thought I’d include the link in case anyone finds it useful.…