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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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KPMG does not know the difference between DB and DC?
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Well, we all know there is a HUGE difference between accountants and actuaries. (Do I need to tell any actuary jokes?) But this press release is a rather harsh…
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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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Hyperion BI certifies on SAP Netweaver
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Recently I wrote about BI software and forgot to put in Hyperion. Here’s a press release from Hyperion and their SAP partnership. Hyperion’s new center of excellence located at…
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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…
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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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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…
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Off-topic for me – 401(k) plans
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Since I work for one of the major HR consulting firms, I heard this statistic and didn’t believe it. Then I saw it written on BLR.com. (ok – now…
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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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HR Service Delivery, Call Centers, and Outsourcing
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So how does an organization actually improve HR service delivery? What is HR Service Delivery? Quite simply it’s the ability and effectiveness with which an employer delivers key services…
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Times have changed (salaries)
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When I got out of college, not only were starting average salaries much lower, but it was just a bad time to be looking for a job. The fact…
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Outsourcing vs. Data Privacy
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I stumbled across this article on data privacy and what problems outsourcers are having. My general opinion is that even with the heightened awareness we have in the U.S….
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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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Indian HRM Quiz and other offshoring topics
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Mercer HR had this quiz. What do you know about Indian HRM? (4 questions only) Since we (U.S.) are so concerned (wrongly so) about the Indians and Chinese taking…
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Co-sourcing vs. Outsourcing
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Mercer published this definition and contrast of Co-sourcing versus Outsourcing on their website. I must beg to differ. While in general they are correct, the term co-sourcing has been…
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Mid-market subscription based HRMS
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I saw a press release about Sapien providing subscription based, hosted HRMS solutions to the mid-market. They are calling it “self provisionin” which sounds like a bad marketing ploy…
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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…
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Technology and Cultural Effects
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This from Knowledge@Wharton describes the effects of technology on culture. I’m posting it to continue the discussion on work life balance that Michael Specht started. From 1985 until the…