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It’s Time For the CedarCrestone HR Technology Survey

June 3, 2013June 4, 2013systematicHR

It’s that time of year again. The IHRIM conference is going on this week (no I’m not there), and the CedarCrestone HR Technology Survey is in full swing. I publicize this particular survey every year for a couple of reasons. I gain the most insight from CedarCrestone’s survey about HR Technology than any other. This […]

Thinking Like A Leader

April 24, 2013April 24, 2013systematicHR

On my recent Taiwan trip with my family, one of my uncles tagged along for much of the tour. I really like this uncle as he is often quite interesting to talk to, and is an extremely smart guy. He’s been retired for a while from his last job as the COE of a major […]

SaaS Is Here: Get Over It IT!

April 17, 2013April 17, 2013systematicHR4 Comments

There was a long time ago I could pretty much build my bike from scratch. Yeah, I could assemble everything, that’s easy. Putting on gears, lacing up spokes onto wheels, getting the brakes on. I even used to pick out the individual ball bearings that went into my bikes. Then came a day when the […]

The Permanent Record

April 10, 2013April 11, 2013systematicHR

Perhaps it was because I’m Chinese American and my Chinese parents were rather crazed about education. I did graduate high school with a 4.2 GPA and considered myself an academic failure (still do in fact). My parents used to threaten us that our grades and other bad things we did would go on our permanent […]

Still Grappling With Data Security

April 3, 2013April 3, 2013systematicHR

Today I was going through airport security with my wife. I got randomly selected for a screening, which consisted of wiping my hands with a cottonish fabric and sending it through the scanner that detects explosives or something like that. After the screening, I commented to my wife, “so don’t all the terrorists know to […]

Infographics Suck

March 27, 2013March 27, 2013systematicHR3 Comments

I was riding my bike around Marin (north of San Francisco) this fall, it was a bit cloudy, grey and not as bright as usual. Just the week before, I had purchased a new pair of lenses for my sunglasses, just for this occasion, and I was absolutely stunned at the difference it made to […]

Global or Regional: HR Service Delivery Should Always Be Perfect

March 20, 2013March 20, 2013systematicHR4 Comments

I’ll admit it. I fly United. I also know that everyone hates them, but I actually don’t. In fact, I’d fly United over any other carrier in the US (which does happen quite often). Ok, so sometimes extreme status helps out, but they do treat their upper tiers of status holders rather well. In the […]

Is Big Data An HR Directive?

March 13, 2013March 13, 2013systematicHR5 Comments

I have an argument with my wife every few years. I tend to like cars with a bit more horsepower. I mean, that 1 time a year when there is a really stupid driver about to crash into you, a few extra horses comes in handy when you really need to speed away. The problem […]

Is Cloud The Way To Go?

March 6, 2013April 8, 2013systematicHR9 Comments

So I had to upgrade my cell phone contract. I used to be on this thing where I had a bucket of minutes and text messages to use, and now I’m on exactly the opposite. I have unlimited phone and text and about 10 GB of data I can use every month. It really points […]

How To Give All The Wrong Answers

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013systematicHR

As per my last post,at the end of 2012, I was doing a family vacation in Taiwan. Being with family for 2 weeks is quite an expose into mannerisms that each of us have. I was particularly intrigued by my brother’s questioning of my mother. My brother would constantly ask my mother things like “why […]

How To Ask All The Wrong Questions

February 20, 2013February 20, 2013systematicHR

At the end of 2012, I was doing a family vacation in Taiwan. When I say family vacation, I mean not just my wife and me, but my brother’s family along with my parents, visiting all of the senior members of the family (an important thing in Asian cultures). There is an incredible exposure of […]

I Could Have Been A Ditch Digger

February 13, 2013February 13, 2013systematicHR4 Comments

Note of warning: Stereotypes follow in plenty. Last year I wrote a post titled “I could have been a rice farmer.” It’s completely true that had my parents not moved from Taiwan to the United States before I was born, the possible alternatives to my life are infinite. However, I probably would not actually have […]

Dysfunctional Self Service

February 6, 2013February 6, 2013systematicHR

So I’ve been away for a year and I’ve let this website go a little bit. (I just started back up in September) I mean, if you click on any number of links, you’ll find error pages, pages that don’t load, or just pages that don’t display correctly. Basically, letting go for a year while […]

Social Trust, Authority and Contributorship

January 30, 2013January 30, 2013systematicHR

There are three people who are pretty commonly in my car. They will go unnamed. One of them is pretty similar to me. She always knows where she is, which way is north, and can get around pretty well. The second has an idea, but has a tendency to say “left” when she really means […]

Systems Deployment for the 99%

January 23, 2013January 23, 2013systematicHR1 Comment

Believe it or not, when it comes to personal technology, I’m not in the 1%. Come to think of it, I’m pretty darn sure I’m not in any 1%, but that’s not quite the point. I finally got a new phone after sitting around on my last phone for 2 years – it was ancient. […]

I Don’t Want No Stinkin’ Analytics!

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013systematicHR3 Comments

I’m a nerd. I get on my bike or I go for a run, and I’ve got my Garmin GPS running the whole time telling me how far I went, how fast I went, what my heart rate was, (ok I’ll stop the list well before it gets to 20 items). I also happen to […]

Cedar Crestone HR Technology Survey: Create a Winning HR Function

January 9, 2013January 9, 2013systematicHR3 Comments

All too often, I get an industry report to read and end up saying to my colleagues, “wow this is crap.” Case in point, at the end of 2012, I got a widely read industry report that rated a halfway decent HCM provider’s payroll engine to be better than one of the major payroll outsourcers. […]

The Cloud

January 2, 2013January 2, 2013systematicHR4 Comments

Seven years ago, we started talking about social media in HR. I remember this at a conference and nobody got it. In fact, pretty much all the HR people said that it was a bad idea, it was not for the workplace, and it would just get us into trouble. The concerns may have been […]

Strategy without Technology is Stupid

December 12, 2012December 1, 2012systematicHR2 Comments

As of about 2003, I don’t think I could live my life without my devices. Back then it was the blackberry and laptop. Now it’s my Android phone, iPad and laptop. If I lose my phone, I’m basically dead in the water – no contact with the outside world… I’m totally cut off. When I’m […]

The Social Recruiting Process: What You Need to Know

December 10, 2012December 6, 2012Guest Author

Techniques being used to find and hire talent have changed significantly in the last few years and it’s quickly moving toward a social process. According to a survey from Jobvite, 92% of companies in the US used social platforms for recruiting in 2012. 73% successfully hired a candidate through social media – a drastic increase from […]