Talent
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TMS (non) fiancials
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I seem to have made the quite unwise statement that I would attempt to evaluate the financials of several TMS vendors. Realizing now that I should take that statement back (entirely possible with just a quick stroke of the keyboard)…
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Data & Metrics, Engagement, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Talent Acquisition, Talent Mgmt, Workforce Mgmt
Technology, Automation, and Talent Case Studies
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I found this article in CFO Magazine’s online Fall 2005 issue. The full text is quite long and located here. It is a well written piece by Scott Leibs from September 15, 2005. Anything in block quotes below is a…
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Technology’s role in performance management
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Workforce Performance Solutions Magazine had this article about technology’s role in performance management. I thought it a bit obtuse, but I’ll expand on my ideas below. I thought we were going to read about EPS systems and deployment. Instead the…
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Tax Credit Screening (and a few $100K)
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A few days ago, I got an e-mail from someone requesting my thoughts on Projectix. The e-mail said, “I would say it [is a] TMS program. Wouldn’t you?” A few e-mail exchanges later, I basically said that it was not…
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Authoria tops the TMS vendors?
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In a rare show of self control, a vendor has incredible press that it doesn’t show off on it’s website. ***NOTE – I have been corrected. Sometimes the most obvious things are not readily apparent to me. The huge orange…
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Employer branding, talent and engagement Part 3
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So what does all of this have to do with HR Technology and service delivery? Employee Self Service/Portal Manager Self Service/Portal HR Service Center Print Communications I am a firm believer that while your verbal communications are your most powerful…
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Employer branding, talent and engagement Part 2
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So last time we talked about communicating brand and an overview of a chain of effect beginning with the manager communication and ending with the shareholder returns via the Microsoft model. Andrew posted a link to David Kippen. I found…
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Google, Brand, Talent, Engagement
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It was all wrapped into a single post from one of Michael’s link posts. In this google blogger page where Trisha Weir talks about how she got to be hired (partly by selling WHY she owned a Google t-shirt) I…
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KM and Learning organizations
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Gautam turned me onto this blog. So… What IS up with HR and Knowledge Management? I don’t hesitate to wonder about HR’s motivation when it comes to KM. Truly, when we talk about “strategic HR” and the fact that as…
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SuccessFactors TMS review
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So after being told that my talent management “scorecard” was incomplete and inadequate, I visited one of the SuccessFactors webinars and got a high level overview. Keep in mind that the opinions here are simply those gained from a 1…
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Wharton: The Trade-off between Talent and Disruptive Behavior.
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OK – this is way outside of my comfort zone and expertise. However, Wharton pushed out a great article on the Tyrell Owens debate called ‘One for All’ or ‘One for One’? The Trade-off between Talent and Disruptive Behavior. There…
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Cisco Systems uses games to help teach employees
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We’ve talked a lot about the use of games and the next generation of employees. Cisco is employing this strategy, but their gaming/learning technology is still in its infancy (as shown by the fact that they are modeling on a…
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Success Factors TMS
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Brent (of unknown origin) sent me a note about Success Factors: Hi. I’ve been looking at your blog as I’m doing research on talent management systems, and I noticed that SuccessFactors is not included anywhere. Is this because you don’t…
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Selecting a Performance MS whitepaper
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HR.com’s whitepaper by RecruitMax is an okay overview of selecting a PMS system. In my opinion, it was a bit functional in nature. Here are my highlights: Define expected outcomes: it was only one sentence, but keep in mind that…
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Superior Staffing Performance
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There was no way I was paying over $2000 for this survey, but the high level key findings were readable. If you’re curious about a specific industry, then this might be for you. There were a couple of key findings…
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Work Life balance and the next generation
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Business Week had this article about work life balance. While it’s not in my general realm of technology, I think it has some loose lessons in terms of learning and the capabilities of the next generation. The collaborative nature and…
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SoftScape gets thumbs up from Gartner
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Having gotten some (light) criticism in the past about not including SoftScape in my talent management roundup, here’s some good thoughts on them: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/sep/1180540.htm “Softscape, an industry leader in strategic people management technology and services, today announced that Softscape received…
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And Kenexa too
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This is more of a surprise than Authoria (last post before this). Kenexa was voted the top RPO. While I’m not sure who the competition was, I’m betting it includes the likes of Brassring and Recruitmax. Kenexa has not (to…
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Authoria is Kicking Some A$$!!!
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I’ve written a lot about talent management suites and vendors in the past. However, Authoria has grown over the last few years from being the leader in knowledgebase applications to being a clear leader in overall talent management. With a…
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Talent Acquisition Metrics
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Here’s a PDF from Webhire. I found it interesting that manual recruiting processes and automated TAS were not significantly more different in the type and quality of the metrics they provide. In all honesty, I don’t think that this survey…