Talent
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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…
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Talent Management searches are up
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This is actually a very poor polling technique, but it does at least show that companies are thinking about talent management. Unfortunately, I have no idea what people mean…
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Generation gap and learning
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I was sitting at my brother and sister-in-law’s house last night and the conversation turned to their teenage son. He was sitting in front of the computer playing some…
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The candidate experience
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You know – sometimes I talk so much about the technology of how things work, that I feel like I’m giving the wrong imprssion of what’s actually important. Andrew…
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The technology of “Offboarding”
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Yup – so we’re all familiar with onboarding now. (if not, scroll down and read a bit). Terminating employees has never gotten too much press aside from COBRA, HIPAA,…
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Onboarding Part 3: Vendors
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I’ll be honest, I totally forgot I was supposed to write a part 3. Thanks to an anonymous commenter to remind me. I’m not going to do a complete…
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HRMS vs. Point Solutions… again
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I’ve written a few times that the day of the huge enterprise HRMS solution is over. PeopleSoft, SAP… they just don’t provide niche solutions that are as good as…
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The tie in: Onboarding and Commitment
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Vertitude put out this article that addresses some of my previous posts. It’s interesting to me how many people think that onboarding starts with day 1. Without some enphasis…
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Onboarding Part 2: Integration
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Let’s start this one off with a picture. Let me first say that time also increases from left to right. So your first step would be recruiting and all…
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Onboarding Part 1: Definition
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OK – So I’ve decided that it’s time for a new topic other than employee engagement. Since Andrew has so kindly thought one up for me, I figure we’ll…
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Recruiting to Onboarding
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Andrew has a very nice write-up on measuring the recruitment experience through the entire recruiting experience and then the first year of employment. One of the other new buzwords…
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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,…
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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…
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Workforce Planning again – The Definition
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I read Regina’s post and immediately became judgemental regarding the person she linked to. I really should have read Brossard’s entire interview prior to jumping to conclusions, but as…
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Talent optimization and engagement
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Somehow, I’ve gotten myself into a bind by promising a write-up on what I perceive to be the linkage between employee acquisition, retention, satisfaction, and engagement. I’ve mentioned it…
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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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Employee Development and Workforce Planning
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Actually, I just like validation, especially when it comes within a week of my posts. This Brittish article hilights some of the salient points I’ve been making over the…
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Workforce planning and best practices
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All this talk about talent management. Basically, to dig through the confusion, break it up into 2 components: Talent Acquisition, and Talent Retention. Obviously you can break these 2…
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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…