{"id":533,"date":"2006-10-02T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2006-10-02T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=533"},"modified":"2006-10-02T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2006-10-02T09:00:21","slug":"talent-acquisition-systems-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"Talent Acquisition Systems Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019ve been remiss in my lack of system and vendor updates.\u00a0 Truth be told, not much has actually changed in the vendor landscape other than a few mergers.\u00a0 The vendors I liked last year and early this year are the same ones.\u00a0 Anyways, here\u2019s my update of tier 1 talent acquisition system vendors (in alpha order):<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Authoria      (Hire.com)\u00a0 &#8211; Normally I would not      have put Hire.com on this list.\u00a0 But      since Authoria was the buyer, they go on.\u00a0      I actually have pretty good faith in Authoria\u2019s ability to execute      this acquisition, and part of that includes integrating the functionality      and \u201cshaping up\u201d the hire.com product.\u00a0      Don\u2019t get me wrong, hire.com was a solid vendor with a solid      application, but they may not have been up to the same standards of the      other vendors.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Brassring      \u2013 Absent from any real public presence for a long time, Brassring seems to      be slowly disappearing from the vendor landscape.\u00a0 They are still a force to be reconed      with, but they seem to have gone quite for a long time now.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Kenexa      (WebHire) \u2013 Kenexa is in the same situation as Authoria.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m less confident about Kenexa\u2019s      ability to execute the acquisition than I am about Authoria.\u00a0 Again, WebHire is a legacy solution      (ResTrak) that has a huge subscriber base, but was in the league of      Hire.com \u2013 not necessarily competitive with the newest breed of recruiting      systems.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Kronos      (Unicru) \u2013 I\u2019ll be honest.\u00a0 Unicru      is a great system, but I\u2019m not sure what Kronos is doing getting into this      market.\u00a0 Kronos is great at volume      transactions, but not necessarily at volume processes that the recruiting      market requires.\u00a0 They have proven a      slow entry to the HCM market with their Workforce suite (which they got      from Best) and if that was any indication, I\u2019m not hopeful they\u2019ll get the      Unicru acquisition right either.\u00a0      The one thing Unicru has going is their status in the market and      their excellent product.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see      if Kronos can capitalize.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Taleo \u2013      I can\u2019t tell if I like what\u2019s going on at Taleo or not.\u00a0 Hurry up already and release (or buy)      the rest of the talent management system.\u00a0      While the rest of the talent vendors increasingly gain market      share, Taleo is sitting on the sidelines being satisfied with      recruiting.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to get into      talent management (performance, comp, succession\u2026) when you\u2019re two years      late.\u00a0 Then again, this is a      recruiting update.\u00a0 Latest version      is fantastic if you can afford it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Virtual      Edge \u2013 Kudos for the technology leader in this space.\u00a0 Like Brassring and Taleo, another vendor      who is currently satisfied being a recruiting vendor and not spreading the      wings into other parts of talent.\u00a0      This is ok for Virtual Edge as they are quickly gaining market share      and should have enough market presence soon to start thinking about      expanding the suite.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Vurv \u2013      While I hate the name change and think it was the worst marketing decision      this decade (even worse than \u201cTaleo\u201d) they are still one of my favorite      recruiting systems (they occupied the number 1 spot several years ago, but      lag slightly to vendors who concentrate solely on recruiting).\u00a0 Where they have lagged in functionality      (barely) and technology, they have made up with in integration with other      talent modules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been remiss in my lack of system and vendor updates.\u00a0 Truth be told, not much has actually changed in the vendor landscape other than a few mergers.\u00a0 The vendors I liked last year and early this year are 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