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) and deny the whole thing, I submit the following with a few disclaimers (on top…
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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 direct excerpt. There are so many good examples of everything we’ve been discussion over the…
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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 article was about LMS and how to deploy learning. I didn’t really get the tie…
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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 a TMS system, it was an TAS system. This was actually being nice because when…
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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 and red banner on Authoria’s hompage is an announcement that they won the shootout. Even…
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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 communications, your internet based tools and your call center are your most frequent methods of…
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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 this post about branding, talent acquisition and retention equally interesting. The following text is from…
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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 have to give some kudos to the recruiter and hiring manager for recognizing a couple…
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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 we head into 20xx we face huge workforce knowledge issues as a generation retires. We…
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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 hour presentation and I don’t know what I don’t know – these are just first…
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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 are a couple of factors here. First off, what is the tradeoff between talent and…
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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 monopoly-like concept… a game that is 30 years old (or more). Monopoly may lengthen the…
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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 see it as a tms or is it just lower on the list? Brent My…
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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 when chaning systems, it’s the best time to reengineer processes. Know beforehand if you want…
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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 that I thought were interesting. First, the creation of a talent pool to draw off…
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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 the ability to multi task are things that emerging generations will improve upon greatly. Obviously…
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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 the highest rating of “Strong Positive” in Gartner’s 2005 MarketScope for Employee Performance Management (EPM)…
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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 me) shown a great depth in product functionality, breadth in their product suite, or the…
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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 clear market penetration into the Fortune 1000, great strategic partnerships with HRMS vendors and consultants,…
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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 measured the “quality” of the metrics. For example, if we talk about measuring the cost…