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Meaningful Experiences in Web 2.0
Read more: Meaningful Experiences in Web 2.0I’ve complained about information overload before. As we get into lists and networks and blogs, and microblogs, we subject ourselves to information from increasingly diverse sources. Some of these are annoying sources that we wish we didn’t have anything to do with (your nephew’s farmville updates on Facebook), while others are truly valuable if you…
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Oracle Grids
I love Oracle. I’m not a DBA or even a halfway decent technologist. Just a semi-technical HR guy. But when Oracle came out with 10g application servers last year, I was a pretty excited guy. I saw a new press release about 10g and thought I’d write a little note. We probably all know about…
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ADP and web services
I keep talking about ADP. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) but in my defense, they are the largest of the HR outsourcers. CIO Insight has a great article on what they are doing to create a seamless web portal for their multitude of services and systems. I’m not sure if any other traditional outsourcers…
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Employee Engagement Study and Commentary
Regina pointed to Neville Hobson who pointed to a very interesting study by Northwestern University. I’d like to add my 2 cents to their existing commentary. Fist of all, as Neville points out, this was not some lame and insignificant study. They sent out over 100,000 surveys to employees of target companies, got over 30,000…
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Really cool job board integration
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 job board back to the ATS. However, WebHire and Monster.com have gone one step further. If you own WebHire ATS, you can now browse the entire…
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Candidate sourcing and the tech advantage
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 here as you can go to HR.com for the survey if desired. There was more detail in the survey, but I break the results down into…
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HRO Rumors
This is off the street with no substantive documentation. Word is that Hewitt is being shopped by the investment bankers. I’m not sure who can put up the cash, but possibly IBM or HP? If it does happen though, you heard it here first. Another rumor is that IBM has been in talks with Mercer.…
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My opnions on Lawson / Intentia software merger
I got a message requesting my thoughts on the purchase of Intentia Software by Lawson. I have not commented on this previously, because Intentia does not offer anything in the HR space – they are a pure CRM, MRP, SCM play as far as I can tell. As you already know from previous posts, I…
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Ceridian Rumors
OK – not really rumors, but sounds like Ceridian will be moving all of it’s payroll processing over to Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL. This is a part of their “centers of excellence” and will take them from 4 major processing centers to 2. There will be local print centers, but a major consolidation in…
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Employee Development and Workforce Planning
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 last couple of weeks regarding workforce planning and knowledge management. More than a quarter of the current working U.S. population will reach retirement age by 2010.…
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HRO update
This is actually an Indian update on the HRO market, but it has some interesting facts and opinions. First off, I had no idea that Hewitt was creating an outsourcing center there, but it’s not a surprise. I’m sure that most organizations outsourcing call centers are looking at or going to India. An interesting opinion…