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Balance
Read more: BalanceMy road bike is a custom titanium racing frame. It was made by a guy in Montana who is probably the cleanest welder of titanium bike frames in the world, the guy’s work is just impeccable. I don’t really need…
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Oracle and PeopleSoft
Looks like Oracle’s aquisition strategy is generally working out. While Oracle’s net profits are down due to increased short term expense, it looks like they will be hanging onto the majority of the PeopleSoft clients. a very low percentage of…
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IM as part of your technology strategy
HR.com pushed out a very interesting article about IM and how it can reshape communications in your organization. “The promise of IM is compelling: real-time, text-based communication that cuts through the usual social niceties of face-to-face conversation, phone calls, and…
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Does Kronos own Kronos HR?
I’m posting this because I’m fairly ticked off about a “conversation” I had with someone on another bulletin board. During this conversation (with many other people) I expressed some opinions about HR software and particular vendors. I also stated that…
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Current Reading for HR portals
Here’s a newish Deloitte whitepaper on HR portals. This is a short but sweet write-up on some important aspects to consider when selecting a portal technology. Keep in mind there’s a sales pitch in there for DT consulting services.
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Offshoring as Outsourcing
Offshoring is a huge topic these days, and as it impacts HR and I can tie it to outsourcing, I’ll write about it. If you are curious, here are a couple of links at Mckinsey (one and two). For those…
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HR Stocks outperform NASDAQ index by 12%
Robert Baird’s Human Capital Services Metrics, Analysis and Perspective report for (you can download it for free at HR.com) 02/05 noted that HR Administrative services such as ADP, Ceridian and Hewitt outperformed the NASDAQ index by an average of 9.5%…
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Single sourcing HRO?
What’s up with HRO vendors revisited. As sort of a follow-up to my last post on HR Consultancies, here’s an interesting article about HRO and the wisdom of single sourcing your entire HR relationship to one vendor. I’m not actually…
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Mercer is still the biggest, but are they the best?
Yesterday’s Business Insurance Magazine survey on biggest HR and Benefit Consultancies named Mercer as both the largest worldwide and U.S HR consultancy. Among tier 1 HR consultancies (I’d say that’s Mercer, Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt, Delloitte HR, Accenture, and Hewitt),…
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Implementation glitches and huge clients
Apparently Fidelity’s benefit administration services division screwed up 22,000 GM employees and retirees who no longer have benefits (temporarily). Now, I don’t usually comment on benefits administration, but as this is part of Fidelity’s larger HRO offering, I will. I…
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ESS, ROI, and SHRM
If you have access to SHRM.org, you might want to check out an article called “Leveraging the Shift to Self-Service-It’s Time to Go Strategic” by “Leslie A. Weatherly, SPHR, HR Content Expert.” It just further proves to me why I…