HR Technology
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Falling From Cloud Nine
For all its benefits, software as a service isn't a panacea. A successful switch takes planning, organization and lots of training and communications.
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Further Assessment: More Companies Using Evaluation Tools to Identify Future Leaders and More
A recent Aberdeen research report found that companies are including assessment tools in their efforts to identify high-potential talent, to develop workers' interpersonal and leadership skills and to set performance goals for their staff.
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Moneyball for Recruiting Financial Advisers? It Exists
Like sabermetrics in baseball, PriceMetrix Inc.'s data offer insight into future production of possible signings for financial advisers. But what's the OBP?
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Mobile HR Apps Picking Up Steam
Next year, payroll and timekeeping are expected to equal or overtake recruiting as the top human resources use for smartphone apps, the latest sign mobile-native software is starting to stick.
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Beyond.com Buys Job Board, Career Fair Operator
Beyond.com acquired Human Capital Solutions LLC, which does business as JobCircle.com, a job board that serves the mid-Atlantic area and has more than 1.3 million registered members.
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Oracle, CedarCrestone Legal Battles Heat Up
The former Oracle partner says the lawsuit signals a 'broader war on competition' against the third-party support industry.
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Big Fish Swim Into HR Software Waters
Click on the image below to view the full infographic highlighting the “seascape” that has resulted from the actions of leading consolidators. Roll over the companies to learn about their key mergers and acquisitions.
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Facebook Launches Social Jobs App
The app provides a central location where recruiters post open positions sorted by industry, location and skills. The app launched yesterday with more than 1.7 million employment opportunities provided by BranchOut, DirectEmployers, Work4Labs, Jobvite and Monster.com.
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Tech Vendors Venture Out of North America
People management software vendors are courting multinationals and other clients looking to evolve to a single, cloud-based system to replace a crazy quilt of existing local and regional programs.
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Five Things to Consider When Choosing a Global HR Software Vendor
Thoroughly investigate what's being offered to uncover shortcoming before it's too late.
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It’s in the New Game: How Electronic Arts Revamped Recruiting, Itself
To shift from retail to online sales, the game-maker used LinkedIn, other tools to hire creatively as part of a global talent overhaul.
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Monster Plans Restructuring, China Sale
Monster announced the restructuring Nov. 8 as it also reported third-quarter results with third-quarter revenue of $221.7 million, down 10.8 from $248.6 million in the same quarter last year.
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LinkedIn Locks Up Major Recruiting Market Share
In four years, the 187 million member business network has amassed 13,700 corporate customers for its recruiting software and related services.
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State Jobs Banks in Michigan May Not be Open to All
Michigan officials have received calls from about 30 staffing and recruiting companies concerned with the policy. While the state is not changing the policy for now, a workaround is available, officials say.
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Workday IPO Shines Spotlight on Healthy HR Software Market
It's not just Workday that will benefit from the higher visibility the stock offering has brought to SaaS-based people management vendors.
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HR's Future Looks Strategic—or Does It?
A new survey notes that with advances in technology, human resources managers will have time away from administrative tasks to help their CEOs with big-picture questions, though one expert contends that things haven't changed much.
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HR Software Firm Workday Stock Jumps Nearly 75 Percent on First Day
The hottest tech IPO since Facebook brings $637 million to the cloud-based HR software vendor.
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Screen Savior
In the quest for the perfect candidate, many companies rely too much on software to weed out applicants, experts say. It could be one reason qualified candidates are being overlooked for good jobs.
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Awarding Companies for Engaging Candidates
In 2011, the TalentBoard, a San Francisco not-for-profit founded by talent management experts, released its first set of Candidate Experience Awards, recognizing companies with model recruiting programs, and the board is in the process of selecting a second set of winners for 2012.
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Workday Going Public
The human capital management technology darling wants to raise $400 million in a stock offering that's the latest sign of how high profile—and competitive—the market has become.
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Workday’s IPO Signals in HR Technology Market
The stock offering is the latest indication of how quickly the human capital management technology market is maturing
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Inside Workday’s S-1
Highlights from the leading software-as-a-service HCM vendor's proposed initial public stock offering.
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Tracking True Cost of Lost Productivity Remains a Challenge
Large, sophisticated employers are struggling to track and measure how much the lost productivity resulting from employee absences and presenteeism costs their companies.
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HR, Your Input Is Needed
As companies look for ways to spur collaboration and efficiency, they are naturally drawn to software tools that break down barriers and foster better communication—and human resources needs to be leading this transformation, experts say.
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Working to Disrupt the HR Software Marketplace
The acquisition of work management tools could change the human resources software landscape.
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IBM Leaps Into HR Software With Kenexa Acquisition
Big Blue sees deal with talent management firm as part of 'big data,' social business strategy.
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Measuring ROI Tops Executives' List of Social Media Challenges
Finding knowledgeable staff to execute social media tasks ranked as the second-most cited hurdle.
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Data Bank Focus: Bring Your Own Device to Work
Survey after survey conducted by information technology firms confirms that employee use of personal devices in the workplace is widespread and that most organizations are embracing this "consumerization of IT." A recent survey of 605 U.S.
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The Pulse of the Industry
Companies are opening their wallets for HR software products, but more than 40 percent have had a disappointing HR tech implementation. Find out more at HR Tech Week June 5-6.
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Battle of the Giants!
Curious about how Oracle and SAP's recent talent management acquisitions shift the vendor landscape? Come hear executives from both HR software titans discuss industry consolidation at the upcoming HR Tech Week virtual conference, June 5 and 6.
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What the Future Holds for SuccessFactors and SAP Customers
SAP executives have laid out a future that blends SAP and SuccessFactors' applications in human resources.
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How to Find the Right IT Help
Is outsourcing your IT upkeep right for your company—and if so, how can you find the right consultant? Here are some key questions to consider.
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Workforce Wins Prestigious Business Honors
Workforce Management won a Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for senior editor Ed Frauenheim's in-depth look at the growing controversy over who owns social media contacts.
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Don't Delete That Tweet
As more companies jump on Facebook and Twitter, tech vendors including Synmantec, Smarsh and HootSuite are expanding their social media archiving offerings.
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The CYA Report: The Great Apple Debate
The CYA Report podcast is a partnership between Workforce Management and Fistful of Talent. In this edition, Managing Editor Rick Bell and Senior Editor Ed Frauenheim debate Apple Inc. and the working conditions in China.
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Staffing a Chief Worry for Health Care IT
A Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey found that almost 90 percent of respondents plan to complete their conversion to the new federally mandated ICD-10 medical codes used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures by the Oct. 31, 2013, deadline.
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2012 HR Technology Forecast
The new year will usher in more cloud-based apps, 'bring your own device' policies and merger and acquisition deals for tech vendors.
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HCM Vendor Scene Heats Up
Industry watchers predict a year of HR tech vendor deals in the wake of SAP's SuccessFactors acquisition.
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Retiring Minds Want to Know: Technology Helps Assess Retirement Benefits
Interactive online tools such as videos, chats and blogs designed to encourage employees to invest more than the default minimum in their 401(k) plans have become increasingly common.
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Lack of Understanding Hampers Value Plan Participation
One expert says that the majority of human resources managers still rely upon software solutions that are 25 years old or more.
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Is ‘Giganomics' the Future of Your Online Workforce?
Gigwalk is the latest entry in the slowly growing field of online labor exchanges. Services like this only may work well for certain kinds of jobs and tasks, but if the fit is right, it offers an opportunity for predictable and high-quality work.
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New Tool Gauges Cost Benefits When Hiring Disabled Workers
The tool focuses on three federal tax incentive programs: the Work Opportunity Credit, which can provide a maximum $2,400 tax credit; the Disabled Access Credit, which helps small businesses defray the cost of providing special equipment; and the Architectural Barrier Removal Tax Deduction, which...
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Managing a Field Service Technology Upgrade
For a smooth transition, work with a partner, know your goals and test software on old work orders.
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Field (Service) of Dreams
More companies are equipping their field-service workers with mobile devices, GPS and Web-based apps, and seeing lower costs and higher productivity as a result.
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Video Interviewing Cuts Costs, but Bias Worries Linger
One recruiter says that since incorporating online interviews she has cut spending from about $10,000 per search to roughly $500. Yet an employment lawyer advises clients to proceed with caution when using it.
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Aon Hewitt CEOs Discuss Future Plans for Firm
One year ago, Aon Corp. completed its $4.9 billion acquisition of Hewitt Associates Inc., Aon's largest acquisition and the biggest deal ever involving a benefits consultant.
