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The Lowest Common Denominator
Read more: The Lowest Common DenominatorI’ve been trying to sell people on the Google Android operating system for smart phones lately. I’m not sure that it’s really about the Android versus the iPhone for me – more likely it’s the fact that I’m a long time Verizon user and won’t leave – since Apple is not currently available to me,…
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Times have changed (salaries)
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 that new accounting graduates can expect to get almost $44,000 is encouraging. Cost of living has risen so dramatically that compesnation practices have lagged in the…
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Outsourcing vs. Data Privacy
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. about data privacy and identity theft, HR organizations have not really thought much about how their vendors treat employee data and the security measures behind it.…
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Onboarding Part 3: Vendors
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 review at this time, but simply highlight a few vendors that I think have excellent tools. Vendor 1: Consulting firms. To be honest, most of the…
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Indian HRM Quiz and other offshoring topics
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 jobs away, perhaps we should know more about the these economies… BTW – for the record, global economies are a great thing. 4 Question quizes are…
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Co-sourcing vs. Outsourcing
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 around for a long time – probably originally coined by Mercer. These days if you are a large employer and outsourcing part of your HR delivery,…
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Mid-market subscription based HRMS
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 to me, but generally, the strategy is worth looking at. Dave’s Next Move (Dave Duffield’s new company) is going to be pursuing the same strategy, except…
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HRO News
Here’s the link, but I’ve pasted some of the text below if you don’t have a log-in: There is a lot of proof out there that HRO and BPO are still going strong. Recent studies by The Everest Group, Workforce Magazine and others show the interest and implementation of HRO has expanded since the inception…
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Wal Mart on par with Tier 1 HR Consulting Firms
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 reports the top HR industry newsmakers as Mercer, Towers Perrin, Hewitt, Watson Wyatt, and Wal Mart!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Walmart joins the ranks the tier 1 HR consulting…
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Technology and Cultural Effects
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 present, we have been reacting against our earlier self-centeredness by turning to networks, because according to Stone, “we believe that to be busy and to be…
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OLAP Reporting Tools
Based on our last discussion, we probably realize that the power of business intelligence lies in the ability to consolidate HR data into a unified corporate data environment. Simple data extraction and running HR metrics such as turnover, time to hire, etc are important to the HR function, but are becoming less important to the…