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What is HRIS?
Read more: What is HRIS?I’ve been exposed to a lot of HRIS organizations over the years, and some of them are great while others seem to underperform to me. They all seem do to roughly the same things, but they seem to have varying degrees of effectiveness. My thought is that while the basic tasks are the same, there…
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Good bad and sad vendor news
In an interesting vendor day, there’s good news, bad news and depressing news. First the good news. Oracle has released patches and fixes for the PeopleSoft products. Many organizations have been worried about the support Oracle would be offering, but it appears that Oracle is fairly committed to maintaining the satisfaction of the customer base.…
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Internets, networks, and recruiting technology
Funny that Michael from another HR blog should mention Jobster. I’ll feed off of that for this post. This is a great tool for recruiters and should help them tap into the “not looking” or “inactively looking” candidate population. I’m especially interested in this because I use a networking tool called LinkedIn.com. This is a…
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BrassRing and staffing HRO
I thought it would be a cool thing to spotlight either vendor services or software functionality every now and then. Generally I won’t look at “the normal stuff” but instead I’ll check out things that I think are new, in demand or unique. Here’s the first and second in a separate post for today. Last…
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Outsourcing employment verifications with Talx
Every time I go visit clients to think about new HRMS systems, one of the topics that comes up most often (functionally) is how software can automate all the requests from mortgage companies for employment and salary verifications. Now, there’s a better way. Talx has a service called “The Work Number.” You provide them a…
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Plumtree portals and ROI
Plumtree has just made it much easier to substantiate the ROI on your portal investment. Of course, your organization has to be using the Plumtree portal, but this is one of the best out there anyway. Portals generally allow you to maintain a single point of entry for a disparate user population accessing disparate systems,…
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HR and Sarbanes Oxley
Obviously if you read my prior posts, I have some focus on what the role of HR and SOX is, but most companies still don’t see the connection. Clearly HR is critical in communicating changes and implementing training to the employee population. However, HR should often be involved in evaluating systems as employee scheduling, labor…
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Employee Value Propositions
Andrew from the strategic resourcing blog had some nice comments about building employee value propositions (VP). Even though my blog is about HR technology, many companies lose sight of strategic VP’s as they implement technology and process to add to the bottom line. Without the VP however, employees don’t feel the ownership in their work…
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News of interest to Dubs
Item 1:I think it’s important to note diversity sometimes. HR Executive Magazine announced their 25 most influential women in HR today (U.S.). I say this is important because HR was once viewed as one of those jobs women got (HR and PR departments joining “secretarial” work as highly administrative and non-strategic). Women seemed to fill…
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HR Budget Funding
Surprise surprise!! This article begins by stating that HR is often the last department to get funding for technology and process automation. However, this historical trend seems to be changing as HR becomes more strategic. The article does not really speak to the capabilities of HRMS, and is really more directed to smaller organizations. Interestingly,…
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Terrorism, telecommuting, and technology
In a freakish twist, some government officials are promoting telecommuting as a possible cornerstone of security in the face of terrorist threats. It seems that in the even of a major attack, organizations allowing telecommuting would better maintain economic productivity if offices were no longer accessible. What’s my point? Everyone should implement technology solutions because…