HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: ADP Surpasses 40,000 Human Capital Management Clients

April 15, 2013

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Companies of all Sizes Increasingly Select ADP’s Unified Human Capital Management Platforms to Help Navigate Health Care Reform and Other Business Challenges

ADP®, a leading provider of human capital management services, recently announced that more than 40,000 organizations have selected its cloud-based, human capital management (HCM) platforms. ADP’s unified HCM platforms not only give employers the sophisticated workforce management tools needed to help run their businesses with data-driven information, but they also help businesses manage complexity and comply with the Affordable Care Act and related regulations in the United States.

“As more components of Health Care Reform go into effect, companies with U.S. employees must evaluate and address the complex compliance issues brought on by this law,” said Regina Lee, Division President, ADP. “ADP helps to take the worry out of regulation by arming employers with all-in-one HCM systems that link core elements of human resources used to report, manage and help to stay in compliance with new mandates.”

ADP’s HCM platforms help businesses effectively manage all of their core HCM functions – from payroll and benefits administration to talent management – on a single platform.

“ADP pulls together all my HR needs into one single, easy-to-use solution,” said Desiree Bunch, Vice President of Human Resources at Public Health Solutions, a New York-based nonprofit organization that develops, implements and advocates dynamic solutions to prevent disease and improve community health. “This year we were able to easily issue our Summary of Benefits and Coverage to all employees under the Affordable Care Act. Having a flexible solution backed by a company with a long-standing history of successfully managing regulatory change gives us comfort.”

By adopting a unified HCM platform, such as ADP Workforce Now® for midsized organizations, ADP Vantage HCM® for large organizations or ADP’s GlobalView® for multinational organizations, employers gain greater visibility into their businesses.  This increased visibility can lead to a competitive advantage as employers use these insights to mitigate risk, drive employee productivity and optimize talent management processes.

More information about ADP’s fast-growing HCM portfolio can be found at www.adp.com/solutions.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology News: Ultimate Software Named to List of Top Companies That Promote and Foster Ethical Business Practices

April 15, 2013

HRchitect includes Ultimate Software in our list of top HRIS vendors that organizations should consider. If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR, Talent Management and Workforce Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, recently announced that the company has been named as a top leader in ethical businesses policies in a Good Business: 10 Companies with Ethical Corporate Policies, an article posted on Minyanville.com, an Emmy Award-winning destination site for the professional and active trading and investing audience with more than 1.3 million unique visitors and 8 to 10 million visitors per month.

There are plenty of companies that hold themselves to a higher standard and show respect for the world around them, said Anthony Shields, writer for Minyanville.com.   From having the best employee benefits to the championing of education and the environment, this list honors the companies with stellar moral practices.

Ultimate was singled out for its treatment of its employees such as 100% free healthcare and complete coverage for all dependents as well as a great deal of diversity in its hiring practices. In addition to Ultimate, other businesses on the list included Ultimate customers Google and NuStar Energy as well as Microsoft, Starbucks, Goldman Sachs, Intel, and Salesforce.com. Ultimate also received recognition earlier this year when it was ranked #9 on FORTUNE’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.

According to Scott Scherr, CEO, president, and founder of Ultimate Software, the company was built and continues to stand on a philosophical foundation of putting people first and doing the right thing.  We encourage our employees to respect and earn the trust of others, said Scherr.

We believe that because we treat our employees well, they will in turn treat our customers well. Our customers continually confirm that our people-centric philosophy has brought significant value to their organizations and their workforce. We are proud that our company is fulfilling our commitment to our employees and our thousands of customers, and we are very happy to have received this recognition from Minyanville.com.

To read the full article on Good Business: 10 Companies with Ethical Corporate Policies, visit www.minyanville.com/sectors/consumer/articles/Good-Business253A-Corporations-with-Great-Ethical/2/16/2013/id/48045#ixzz2OlJ3p8ro

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Saba Announces Anticipated Delisting from NASDAQ Global Select Market

April 15, 2013

HRchitect includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Saba appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. Matt Lafata with HRchitect attended the 2010 Saba Global Summit and Analyst Day in Boston, MA. Matt Lafata & Tiffany Appleby attended the Saba Global Sales Rally FY12 & FY13 in Redwood Shores, CA, the Saba Global Summit 2012 in Miami, FL and the Global Summit and Analyst Day 2013 in San Francisco, CA.

Provides Update on Business Momentum; Secures Bank Extension 

Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, today announced that it has determined that it will be unable to regain compliance with the Company’s SEC filing requirements for continued listing of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market by the previously reported April 4, 2013 deadline set by The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). As previously reported, the Company is not current in its periodic report filing requirements with the SEC as a result of the Company’s pending restatement of prior financial results.

While the Company has been working diligently to complete the restatement and regain compliance with its reporting requirements, the Company has determined that it will be unable to achieve these objectives prior to the April 4, 2013 deadline. The Company has made significant progress toward completion of the restatement, including the determination of completion dates for our consulting services arrangements. The finalization of these completion dates is needed to recognize revenue from such arrangements on contract completion, rather than on a proportional performance basis, and complete the restatement.

The Company anticipates that the impact of the restatement on its financial statements:

  • will change the time period during which the affected revenues, including a portion of the Company’s cloud-based subscription services, were recognized, generally shifting the timing of such revenues to later periods;
  • will not result in changes in the cumulative revenue to be recognized over the duration of the Company’s contractual arrangements; and
  • will not result in changes in cumulative cash flow from operations.

The Company intends to complete the restatement and regain compliance with its filing requirements as soon as practicable. In connection with becoming current in its SEC filing requirements, the Company intends to apply for prompt readmission to the NASDAQ Global Select Market so that it can trade on that market as early as possible after regaining compliance with the listing requirements. Although the Company has set a revised objective to complete the restatement process in the next few months, there are some inherent uncertainties in the amount of time required to complete the work and there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in meeting this timing goal.

The Company anticipates that its shares of common stock will be delisted from the NASDAQ Global Select Market later this week. Following the suspension of trading in the Company’s common stock on NASDAQ, the Company expects that its shares will trade on the OTC Markets – OTC Pink Tier while the Company works to finalize the restatement. The Company’s trading symbol will remain SABA. For quotes or additional information on OTC Markets and the OTC Pink Tier, you may visit www.otcmarkets.com.

Business Update

The Company is not in a position to report its financial results for fiscal year 2012 ended May 31, 2012 and the third quarter of fiscal year 2013 ended February 28, 2013. However, with respect to certain metrics not expected to be impacted by the restatement, the Company is providing the following guidance:

  • In the first three quarters of fiscal year 2013 (ended February 28, 2013), cloud bookings (the annual contract value of cloud arrangements) grew 23% over the respective nine-month period a year ago, while cloud billings (cloud revenue plus the change in cloud deferred revenue) remained relatively flat
  • Cloud renewal rates for the first nine months of 2013 remained in excess of 90%
  • Signed 146 new customers in the first nine months of fiscal year 2013, already exceeding the 141 new customers added in fiscal year 2012
  • Reached over 10.6 million cloud subscribers
  • Approximately $12.1 million in cash (after aggregate payments of approximately $7.6 million associated with the accounting review and restatement) and $25 million in debt at the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2013
  • Cash flow from operations, excluding costs associated with the accounting review and restructuring, was approximately breakeven for the nine months ended February 28, 2013, and is expected to be approximately breakeven for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2013

The Company continues to innovate and introduce to the market new products and new versions of existing products. The Company’s recent product innovations include:

  • Saba People Cloud with major innovations around e-Commerce and Formal Learning
  • Saba Enterprise Release 7 with major innovation in unifying Saba Assessment
  • Saba Meeting 8
  • Saba HCS Winter 2013
  • Saba Enterprise Mobile (first release of app ioS)
  • Saba Meeting Mobile (ios and android)
  • Saba People Cloud Mobile (ios and android)

Credit Facility Extension

The Company also announced that it has entered into a letter agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) dated as of March 29, 2013 pursuant to which Wells Fargo extended to April 30, 2013 the time for the Company to comply with certain terms of the Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo dated as of June 27, 2011, primarily relating to the delayed SEC filings and the pending restatement of the Company’s prior financial results.

Conference Call

Saba will host a conference call and live webcast on Friday, April 5, 2013 commencing at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time to discuss the status of the restatement. To join the call, please dial 1.800.230.1059 or +1.612.234.9959. The access code for the conference call is 287627. To listen to the live webcast, please go to the Investor Relations page of the Saba web site at http://investor.saba.com and click on the Live Webcast icon.

A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after its conclusion. The replay dial-in number is +1.800.475.6701 or +1.320.365.3844. The access code for the conference call replay is 287627. The replay can also be accessed from the Investor Relations page of the Saba web site at http://investor.saba.com and will be available through May 5, 2013.

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If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: SilkRoad Teams with Nobscot to Offer New Hire Surveys to RedCarpet Customers

April 12, 2013

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Partnership Will Help RedCarpet Users Identify Onboarding & Recruiting Trouble Spots

SilkRoad, a leading global provider of cloud-based social talent management software, recently announced a partnership with HR survey/analytics authority Nobscot Corporation designed to combine the power of SilkRoad’s RedCarpet® HR onboarding system with Nobscot’s automated FirstDays new hire/quality of hire surveys to help companies optimize their HR and recruitment policies and procedures.

RedCarpet customers can now use FirstDays as well as Nobscot’s WebExit exit interview management system to identify and correct irritants that can cause costly employee attrition. In addition, FirstDays and WebExit customers can now use RedCarpet to help solve the problems identified by the Nobscot surveys.

RedCarpet automates new hire orientation and onboarding processes while also managing employee transitions such as promotions, transfers and offboarding. Content ranging from welcome messages and new employee forms to schedules, training and other supporting materials is delivered through a customizable employee portal, streamlining HR operations.

FirstDays online surveys measure the new hire experience in areas ranging from the recruitment process to the work environment, pinpoint the causes of ‘quick quits’ (new hires that leave in the first 90 days), and poll supervisors about the new hire quality. WebExit automates the exit interview process and provides detailed insights into reasons for employee turnover.

By utilizing the SilkRoad and Nobscot products in tandem, companies will be able to:

  • Receive continuous feedback about new hires’ RedCarpet experience, providing a roadmap for improving company information provided in the RedCarpet portal.
  • Address problems uncovered in FirstDays and WebExit surveys by utilizing the tools provided by RedCarpet.
  • Access applications from both companies with a single login, enabling easy switching between RedCarpet and FirstDays/WebExit accounts.
  • Trigger FirstDays and WebExit surveys from RedCarpet, including time-saving automatic population of employee data into the both survey systems.

“The mission of our RedCarpet software solution is to help companies improve their onboarding, recruiting and retention strategies. Nobscot’s new hire and exit interview survey platforms complement that objective perfectly,” said Flip Filipowski, Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of SilkRoad. “This partnership gives our customers valuable new tools for measuring employee satisfaction, evaluating new hire quality, and combating turnover.”

“Using our new hire, quality-of-hire and exit surveys in conjunction with SilkRoad’s RedCarpet platform will shed light on problems ranging from mistaken expectations about the job and company to unwelcoming co-workers, weak on-the-job training and other reasons for early attrition,” said Beth N. Carvin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nobscot. “Identifying these kinds of problems is the first step to correcting them and paving the way for increased employee retention.”

No in-house software installation is required to use FirstDays or WebExit, all questions are customizable to meet individual company needs, and survey results can be examined by department, division, location, gender and other parameters as well as companywide with a click. Deployment and customization assistance are provided by Nobscot HR and technology professionals.

For more information on the benefits of utilizing RedCarpet and FirstDays and/or WebExit together, email info@nobscot.com or bizdev@silkroad.com. Nobscot and SilkRoad invite you to attend a free webinar, “Re-Thinking Offboarding: Using Exit Interview Data to Slash Unwanted Turnover,” on April 11, 2013, at 2pm EST. This upcoming webinar will explore a data-driven strategic approach to exit interview management, and Beth N. Carvin will reveal best practices and tools that will help you make the most of your exit data and significantly reduce the turnover of high-potential, diverse and other critical employees.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: SumTotal Unveils elixHR, the Industry’s First Comprehensive Single Source of Truth for People Data

April 12, 2013

HRchitect includes SumTotal Systems in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Next-Generation Platform Links and Extends Disparate Human Resources (HR) Information to Enable Talent Expansion; Eliminates the Need for Costly HRIS Consolidation

At the company’s recent TotalConnection 2013 customer conference, SumTotal® Systems, LLC, unveiled its ground-breaking elixHR Platform™, the industry’s first virtual single source of truth for an organization’s HR data. Hailed by leading industry analysts as “game-changing,” elixHR is the only software platform that allows organizations to extend and link disparate HR information and processes, as well as external systems and information, to access comprehensive employee data, processes and analytics. As the foundation of SumTotal’s Talent Expansion™ strategy and applications, elixHR delivers pervasive learn, work and talent capabilities across internal and external systems and applications to ensure that employees have immediate access to the tools they need to be better at their jobs while they are doing them.

According to Paul Hamerman, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, Inc., in the October 2012 report entitled Manage Master Data About Your People, “The majority of organizations maintain complex and dynamic human resources data across multiple, disparate, and poorly integrated applications. This lack of a single trusted view of employee data drives a variety of operational and business process inefficiencies and can introduce unnecessary risk into your organization, including risks to data privacy, data security, and financial controls, like payroll and benefits.”

“Organizations have invested significant amounts of time and money implementing multiple systems to help them manage employee information and improve workforce productivity, yet today, most organizations cannot access a global view of their talent,” said Hardeep Gulati, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Products at SumTotal. “SumTotal’s elixHR platform addresses these challenges by essentially enabling a comprehensive view of employee data and making it possible for organizations to access and analyze information to put the right talent initiatives in place to develop and expand their talent to meet their strategic business objectives.”

“SumTotal elixHR provides immediate ROI for companies, like Praxair, that have multiple business and HR systems in place,” said Marc Franciosa, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Praxair, the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest in the world. “This powerful platform and its virtual system of record have allowed us to continue to get value out of our existing solutions, without the need to rip and replace, while we focus on more strategic areas of our HR transformation.”

By enabling master data management across all HCM processes and information, elixHR delivers high quality employee data, allowing organizations to make faster and more informed decisions about their workforce while reducing operational risks and compliance exposure.

The features and functionality provided through SumTotal’s elixHR platform offer unparalleled business value and benefits, including:

  • Easy integration with other systems including SharePoint, ERPs, CRMs, payroll and HRIS, as well as popular third-party information sources like LinkedIn®, eliminating the need to rip and replace existing systems and delivering significantly faster ROI on an organization’s HR technology investments.
  • Unified portal and portlets that drive superior user adoption and productivity by placing people information and actions where people already work, outside of the SumTotal environment.
  • Embedded workforce analytics and planning capabilities that pull employee information from wherever it is needed for analysis, driving better decisions at the point of action.
  • Comprehensive talent profiles and global employee directory and org charting capabilities that cut across all applications, even those outside of the SumTotal footprint, to provide a unified view of an organization’s people and their knowledge, skills and abilities.
  • Development planning, competency, and job model frameworks as foundational system elements that enable truly integrated talent processes and expand organizations’ people talent.
  • Next-generation mobile and social features that deliver pervasive, real-time access to knowledge sharing and learning and workforce management processes.
  • Fail-safe compliance that helps global organizations operating in heavily regulated environments comply with the most complex certification and regulatory requirements. Battle tested by some of the world’s most complex global organizations, SumTotal elixHR forms the seamless backbone of an organization’s people systems.

Availability

The elixHR platform is available immediately with SumTotal Talent, Work, and Learn applications.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect HRtechnology Vendor News: Randstad Sourceright Introduces RPO-Integrated Assessment Program

April 10, 2013

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Consultative Approach, Strategic Alignment and Deep Provider Network Drive Candidate Quality and Predictability with a Unique RPO Focus

Randstad Sourceright, a global talent leader, recently announced details of its Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Integrated Assessment Program.  Designed to provide strategic capability beyond single-purpose and ad-hoc utilization of assessments to support given roles, the program provides a comprehensive approach to ensure that assessments drive measurable value in addressing overall talent acquisition and business needs for each client.

A key to the program’s effectiveness is the focused combination of three strategic elements. These include consultative support through dedicated assessment experts; an RPO alignment strategy to ensure that assessments directly address business goals, metrics and reporting needs; and an industry leading assessment network drawing from the strengths of today’s top providers.  As an integrated process in the RPO relationship, assessment strategy is driven by a continuous review and improvement framework, helping to ensure that the assessment strategy evolves to increase predictability of candidate fit and quality against changing business and market needs.

“Through our RPO-Integrated Assessment Program, Randstad Sourceright continues to reinforce the strategic approach that drives all aspects of our RPO solutions,” said Brooke Mellor, Director of Randstad Sourceright’s Assessments Center of Expertise. “By leveraging our deep expertise, a great assessment provider network and a strategic process-driven approach, Randstad Sourceright provides clients with an advantage in achieving and maintaining candidate quality with better predictability.”

“A focus on business impact is central to all facets of our RPO solutions, and assessments are no exception,” said Rebecca Callahan, Randstad Sourceright’s president of RPO. “Through our Assessments COE, Randstad Sourceright is proud to reinforce its commitment to translating RPO value into a business and talent advantage for our clients around the world.”

The RPO-Integrated Assessment program was developed and implemented by Randstad Sourceright’s Assessment Center of Expertise (COE), one of the four primary COEs implemented by Randstad Sourceright over the past two years. The Assessment COE is dedicated to improving candidate quality and effectiveness by centralizing knowledge, guidance and expertise in assessment utilization and ensuring that clients have the right assessment solution for their talent and business needs.

Randstad Sourceright’s enhanced assessment capabilities are preconfigured with its RPO solution as part of its best practices methodology. The global talent leader will help its clients determine the skillsets they require of their candidates and ensure they identify the individuals who will add value to their organizations. Adding a layer of standardization to screening practices, the assessments ensure consistent and objective evaluation of candidates’ skills, fit and capabilities to improve compliance with regulatory requirements.

Randstad Sourceright’s COEs are led by industry experts and thought leaders in key areas of talent acquisition, providing the structure, mission and focus needed to drive continuous improvement and ensure quality results for clients around the world. The company’s primary COEs include: Sourcing and Recruiting; Employment Branding and Social Media; Assessments; and Compliance and Diversity.  To learn more visit:

http://www.randstadsourceright.com/solutions/recruitment-process-outsourcing-rpo/rpo-centers-of-expertise/

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Halogen Software Files Preliminary Prospectus For Initial Public Offering

April 10, 2013

HRchitect includes Halogen in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Halogen Software Inc. (“Halogen”), a leading provider of comprehensive software-as-a-service (“SaaS)” talent management solutions, recently announced that it has filed a preliminary prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada in connection with a proposed initial public offering of its common shares. A copy of this preliminary prospectus will be available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

The offering is being co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., with the remaining syndicate of underwriters being Raymond James Ltd., Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation and National Bank Financial Inc.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Technomedia Strengthens Market Position for 2013 with Several New Customer Wins

April 10, 2013

Matt Lafata attended Technomedia’s Analyst Day in Orlando, FL in March 2013. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the Human Capital Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Company Closes 2012 with Strong Profitability and Significant Operational Results 

Technomedia, a leader in Talent Management solutions, closed its 2012 fiscal year with several new client announcements, putting the company in a solid financial position to support additional growth plans in 2013. In spite of the economic hardships facing many companies, Technomedia continued its legacy of profitability in 2012, achieving growth of more than 40 percent compared to previous years.

As part of its growth strategy in 2013, Technomedia plans to add resources to its commercial teams and research and development initiatives, as well as expand its global operations and develop a deeper and more robust network of integration partners. The talent management solution provider expects to maintain its strong performance in the coming year, following the recent addition of several large-scale, high-profile clients to its roster across the EMEA and North American regions, including Scotiabank, RATP, Cambia Health Solutions, GRTGaz, Gefco and ActionLink.

To further drive organizational growth, Technomedia intends to capitalize on its investments made in 2012, most notably in terms of recruiting new professionals who can help the company advance its goals. Today, Technomedia employs more than 200 people worldwide and plans to increase staff throughout the company in the year ahead.

“Last year, a big focus was placed on research and development, which is instrumental to Technomedia’s growth strategy. Innovating at a faster pace and offering solutions that are more adaptable to our clients’ needs are what really motivate us,” said Dwaine Maltais, executive vice president and general manager of U.S. Operations for Technomedia. “This is also why we have opened offices in Hong Kong and Germany – to ensure we remain close to our customers as we expand our international footprint.”

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Ready. Aim. Hire: Fourth Annual Jobvite Summit to Be Held May 1-3 in San Francisco

April 9, 2013

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first.  After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Leader in social recruiting software announces user conference; opens call for presenters

Jobvite, the leading recruiting software platform for the social web, recently announced its fourth annual user conference, Jobvite Summit 2013: Ready. Aim. Hire, will be held at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins in San Francisco, May 1-3, 2013. The two-day Summit will bring together the best and brightest in recruiting, for participants to discover the innovative tactics needed to fortify recruitment strategies, arm themselves with best practices and win the war for talent.

A Pre-Summit Workshop will take place on May 1, from 9am – 4:30pm, where attendees will participate in expert, hands-on training and tutorials on Jobvite products and gain further understanding of social recruiting. They will be able to explore new user interface features such as employee access management, interview scheduling and feedback with calendar integration and more. Participants will also have the opportunity to take the Jobvite Hire Certification exam, including one-on-one assistance with Jobvite experts.

“At last year’s Summit, Jobvite successfully inspired an understanding of recruiting in a socially networked world,” says Jobvite CEO Dan Finnigan, who will kick off Summit 2013 with a keynote address. “This year we plan to showcase the most efficient ways to land the highest quality talent, by teaching best-in-class recruiting techniques, offering participants the opportunity to network with industry thought leaders and peers, and share effective methods to drive overall employee engagement.”

This year’s Jobvite Summit agenda will include:

  • Jobvite Demo Center, offering attendees an up-close look at Jobvite solutions in action
  • Keynote presentations from some of the industry’s leading HR professionals
  • Jobvite partner showcase highlighting solutions and best practices
  • Networking lunches and roundtables with HR thought leaders, partners and Jobvite experts
  • Over 15 breakout sessions featuring expanded learning tracks including: Advanced Topics in ATS; Beginner Topics in ATS and Strategic Sourcing

Registration for the Jobvite Summit 2013: Ready. Aim. Hire. is now open. With limited space, to ensure participation and early bird rates, register today. Due to the popularity of the Pre-Summit Workshop, all seats will be reserved for Summit 2013 attendees.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: ADP Recognized For Learning And Development Excellence By Chief Learning Officer Magazine

April 9, 2013

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Company Ranked Among Top 30 on “LearningElite” List for 2013

ADP ®, a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) services, recently announced that it has been named to Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite list for 2013, which recognizes organizations for excellence in learning and development programs aimed at external clients as well as internal employees.  ADP was ranked 28th among the 52 organizations recognized on this year’s list.

Each year, Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite program honors the best organizations for learning and development.  The robust, peer-developed benchmarking program recognizes those organizations that employ exemplary workforce development strategies to deliver significant business results that benefit their organization, industry and the learning and development field.

“ADP’s training and development programs assist our clients in driving their businesses forward, and also assist our associates to optimize their professional development and career path,” said Carrie Beckstrom, Vice President, Learning and Performance at ADP.  “Through our broad array of performance consulting services, and innovative learning solutions, we help our clients enhance their overall business performance.  Our training programs also help our associates to constantly grow their knowledge and skill sets.  Having our learning and development offerings recognized as best in class by Chief Learning Officer magazine is a distinct honor.”

Developed under the guidance of a group of chief learning officers and senior learning and development practitioners, Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite program is based upon five dimensions: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact (internal) and business performance results (external).  The dimensions serve as an integrated framework for managing a learning organization.  The program utilizes best practices in evaluation to establish those elite organizations based upon impact, size and industry served.

For more information about Chief Learning Officer magazine’s LearningElite program, please visit http://clomedia.com/learning-elite.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Ultimate Software’s UltiPro Supports Substantial Growth and Streamlines Complex Reporting for Healthcare Organization

April 9, 2013

HRchitect includes Ultimate Software in our list of top HRIS vendors that organizations should consider. If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR, Talent Management and Workforce Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, recently announced that Healogics, Inc., the largest provider of wound care and related disease management in the U.S., is facilitating growth, improving complex workforce reporting, and streamlining its human capital management by leveraging the cloud-based UltiPro solution.

After executives at Healogics finalized an acquisition between the market leaders in November 2011, Payroll Manager Aimee Morgan began integrating the new employees into the company’s processes, including UltiPro. Morgan had joined the healthcare company five years earlier and assisted with the migration to UltiPro from a payroll service bureau. In 2007, Healogics had deployed UltiPro for core HR and payroll in approximately 90 days and then rolled out the solution’s functionality for recruitment, onboarding, performance management, salary planning, and time and attendance. Based on Ultimate’s proven track record with its support services, Morgan knew she could quickly assimilate the new employees into the UltiPro solution.

“With the recent acquisition, we increased our employee base by 50% and had all the new employees live on UltiPro in about 30 days, which is an immense achievement for us,” said Morgan. “UltiPro played an important role in helping us manage the transition smoothly, and today we’re the largest provider of wound care and related disease management in the U.S. We knew we could count on Ultimate Software and UltiPro for the right technology and the right support during this critical period of expansion.”

Healogics has complex HCM requirements related to its unique business model, which includes thousands of employees in more than 500 of its Wound Care Centers® as well as contract workers, temporary workers, and hospital employees. With a diverse workforce in a range of categories, the company needs to develop strategic workforce analytics on each of its locations to make important business decisions that impact the bottom line.

“Because of UltiPro’s flexibility and configurability, we can include all the individuals who work at our Wound Care Centers in our HCM solution—not just the 2,000 employees on our payroll,” said Morgan. “Because UltiPro provides us with high levels of visibility and accuracy, our teams can identify how many nurses it takes to run a specific Wound Care Center and we can report on every person who is working at each of our facilities. We also can give non-employees access to our UltiPro portal that includes a range of company information, which is very helpful in delivering communications to everyone across our organization.”

Because people-related information is unified in UltiPro, Healogics can easily gather critical business intelligence for people-focused decision making. “With UltiPro, we can quickly report on and deliver the average turnover by location or role, and instantly pull up whatever metrics we need to make sure that our operations are efficient and productive and that we have the best people in place,” said Morgan. “The configurability, ease of use, and power of UltiPro enables us to make an impact on our entire business.”

To streamline administration, Healogics is leveraging UltiPro to automate many processes that used to require significant paper usage, hours of manually intensive effort, and other resources that were costly and inefficient. With UltiPro, workflow processes like managing time and attendance are faster and more accurate than ever.

“Everyone, including our CEO, uses UltiPro to manage their time, and we’ve had such a positive response from our employees and managers,” said Morgan. “Within 20 minutes of being hired, new hires can have a time sheet. And if something changes for an employee, like he or she moves to a different team or terminates, we immediately see the change made in every area across the solution, which eliminates redundant data entry and the potential for errors. With UltiPro, we’ve achieved huge gains in efficiencies.”

According to Morgan, Ultimate’s customer service also ranks very highly. “Ultimate’s customer service is fantastic. Ultimate’s people are very knowledgeable, responsive, and friendly,” said Morgan. “Everyone I’ve met at Ultimate Software is ready to help and support us. You can tell Ultimate’s employees are happy to work for the company.”

“We’re very glad that we are adding value to Healogics and contributing to the success of its overall business,” said Greg Swick, chief sales officer at Ultimate Software. “The HR and payroll teams have done a wonderful job in setting up UltiPro to meet its unique business requirements, and they are truly taking advantage of UltiPro’s power and flexibility to add strategic value, automate and streamline processes, and improve the employee experience for the company’s thousands of employees.”

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Cornerstone OnDemand Expands Presence in Public Sector to Drive Continued Momentum

April 8, 2013

HRchitect includes Cornerstone OnDemand in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Charles Coy participated in the HRchitect WebMingle on January 16, 2009 and again on December 8, 2011. HRchitect attended and sponsored Cornerstone’s user conference in 2009 and 2010.

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Cornerstone helps address critical talent management challenges within government and education organizations and agencies

Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based talent management software solutions, cites growth in the public sector market and sees opportunity to capture more market share as a result of the public sector’s rapidly growing need for efficient and effective talent management strategies and increased adoption of cloud technologies.

While all organizations are facing challenges associated with the skills gap and loss of senior leadership due to retirement, the public sector has a particularly critical need for an aligned strategy that strengthens workforce retention, recruitment and readiness, and incorporates the necessary workforce planning approaches to maintain continuity of their talent.

Cornerstone serves organizations of the public sector, including agencies and contractors of the federal government, state and local government, K-12 education and higher education. Organizations using Cornerstone’s integrated talent management solution, including platforms for recruiting, learning and development, performance management and succession planning, include the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), Emory University, San Francisco Unified School District, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, among others.

“We have seen tremendous momentum as more and more public sector entities use our talent management solutions to address distinct challenges relating to recruiting, learning and development, compliance training, performance management, and succession planning,” said Patrick Devlin, Vice President of Public Sector for Cornerstone OnDemand. “Government and education organizations are choosing Cornerstone because our suite has been cloud-based since inception, and all the various modules we provide work together seamlessly without the need for complex and expensive integrations.”

Driven by government-led initiatives such as “Cloud First” and FedRAMP, the public sector is moving to adopt SaaS technologies to simplify and streamline processes and create cost reductions. In turn, the Cornerstone integrated suite not only helps public sector clients realize time and money savings in the cloud; it also enables these organizations to scale and become more agile by providing a way to identify talent needs, and to develop and engage their new and existing workforce for the long-term.

The flexibility and scalability of the cloud model appealed to the State of Nebraska’s state personnel team, who decided to invest in Cornerstone’s integrated talent management suite in 2010, including solutions for learning and development, performance management and succession planning.

“Using the Cornerstone system, we’ve been able to standardize HR processes across the state and gain a more holistic view of our talent management initiatives across all employees and divisions so that we can make more meaningful decisions about our workforce,” said Dovi Mueller, HR administrator for the State of Nebraska. “Our employees now have convenient access to the training they need to better perform in their roles or advance their careers with the state. And we expect to see increased connectivity between agencies because the system’s social tools allow them to collaborate and share information in a way they had never been able to do before.”

To read more about Cornerstone’s talent management solutions for the public sector, visit http://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/global-business/industries/public. Also check out added commentary on the Cornerstone blog from Patrick Devlin on the talent management issues facing public sector organizations.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: SilkRoad Partners with OpenSesame to Deliver Personalized eLearning Solution

April 8, 2013

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

GreenLight Offers Real-Time Access to More Than 21,000 eLearning Courses through Online Marketplace

SilkRoad, a leading global provider of cloud-based social talent management software, has teamed up with OpenSesame to provide an innovative new way to access eLearning content. The new partnership gives SilkRoad’s GreenLight® learning management system (LMS) customers instant access to OpenSesame’s online marketplace, which makes purchasing training content from the world’s most reputable providers as easy as purchasing a song in iTunes. As a result, employers are able to meet critical training needs while keeping employees engaged and interested with a social, web-based LMS.

Matching today’s on-demand culture, SilkRoad’s partnership with OpenSesame eliminates the archaic method of buying entire training libraries that sit unused by employees. It allows for more personalized and tailored training packages that help organizations focus on critical training initiatives to drive business objectives.

“OpenSesame gives companies the freedom and flexibility they need to develop employees and save money by buying only the necessary courses. Similar to how iTunes changed the music industry, we see OpenSesame changing the online courseware space,” said Chris Lennon, director of product management, SilkRoad. “We’re excited to make this pioneering eLearning marketplace available within GreenLight.”

“One of OpenSesame’s goals is to remove all of the headache and hassle that usually comes with working with multiple content vendors. No longer will our customers have to feel stuck between their content provider and their LMS provider when content doesn’t work,” said Tom Turnbull, vice president of business development, OpenSesame. “With our proprietary technology, we assure that all courses will work with SilkRoad’s GreenLight.”

The new partnership provides an innovative model for advanced workforce training, providing seamless access to SCORM compliant eLearning while providing companies the advantage of:

  • A 72-course bundle – Customers can access a collection of courses that address comprehensive training needs including: Microsoft Office, compliance and safety and leadership skills.
  • A mobile-ready solution – Through GreenLight, HTML 5 based courses are easily accessible on an employee’s mobile device.
  • Employee empowerment – Employees are motivated to drive their own careers by viewing new and completed learning opportunities within their overall development plan.
  • 21,000 courses from leading publishers – Customers have access to additional courses from over 260 leading content publishers via OpenSesame’s marketplace, eliminating the need to go through multiple vendors and ensuring that additional IT support isn’t required to make courses work within the GreenLight® LMS.
  • Integrated reporting – Courses are tracked and reported within GreenLight to provide a clear picture and measurement of the impact of training.

“A marketplace for learning content is a novel idea that will change the way companies build their training programs,” said Line Penfound, Human Resources Manager at DST Consulting Engineers. “Having the ability to quickly find and put into practice the courses that make sense for our employees without the hassle of IT customizations grants us the timeliness we need to keep our workforce agile and ahead of the competition.”

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: HealthcareSource Reference Assessments Streamline Hiring and Improve Reference Checking Process for Leading U.S. Healthcare Organizations

April 8, 2013

HRchitect includes HealthcareSource in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Michael DiPietro, VP of Marketing & Product Management with HealthcareSource appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 20, 2010 & August 30, 2012. If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!

Automated reference checking maximizes HR efficiency and eliminates administrative burden of candidate reference checks; next release to further improve usability

HealthcareSource®, the leading provider of talent management solutions for the healthcare industry announced today that in its first year of availability more than 50 healthcare organizations are using the HealthcareSource Reference AssessmentSM, a cloud-based solution that automates and applies behavioral science to the employment reference checking process for healthcare organizations. The solution is just one component of the HealthcareSource Quality Talent SuiteTM of solutions that automates and improves talent management processes such as: candidate sourcing, screening, hiring and onboarding, and employee performance and development.

HealthcareSource Reference Assessment automates the reference checking process by enabling candidates to electronically invite references to respond to a brief online anonymous survey regarding the candidate’s behaviors. The results are evaluated using validated behavioral-based science to predict the behavioral fit of the candidate for the job family. The results include dramatic time-savings for HR, higher response rates on references, and lower turnover as a result of better behavioral information. The entire process is managed online and can be used standalone or in conjunction with other HealthcareSource solutions.

“We started using HealthcareSource Reference Assessment when we realized that in order to acquire the best talent, we had to change our methods and improve candidate screening processes,” says Kymberly Gillespie, Manager of Human Resources at WVU Healthcare. “Automated reference checking has totally changed our way of thinking. We are now able to use the references to help us make a final decision, rather than just completing reference calls as part of the hiring formality. And to get up and running, the support and guidance from the HealthcareSource implementation team and trainers has been second to none.”

“By giving references a private, secure method of responding to reference requests, we’re getting far more detailed information about candidates than we did via phone references,” says Jessica Burchett, Human Resources Manager at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation. “We’re using the HealthcareSource Reference Assessment for all of our hiring now and the results are better, more accurate references.”

The next release of HealthcareSource Reference Assessment will improve usability for HR professionals by making it easier to find the information they need to know such as distinguishing ratings of peers vs. managers and easily accessing the candidate reference status. HealthcareSource Reference Assessment is fully integrated with the HealthcareSource Position Manager® applicant tracking solution.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

 

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: First Advantage Appoints Mark Parise Chief Executive Officer and President

April 8, 2013

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

New Leader Brings Extensive Global Experience to Combined Organization

First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and the leading global provider of screening analytics and identity solutions, recentoy announced that Mark Parise has been appointed as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer and President. In this role, Parise will leverage his background in delivering global information and analytical solutions to accelerate First Advantage’s growth and enhance its client experience. Parise succeeds Jack Freker, who has served as CEO of First Advantage since 2011. Freker will work in his new role with the Symphony Technology Group focused on identifying and operating future acquisitions.

Prior to joining First Advantage, Parise had a successful 10-year career with the global marketing information and analytics leader Symphony IRI Group, also a Symphony Technology Group portfolio company, and widely recognized business transformation success.  Parise was President of IRI where he served in this role for 5 years and prior to that held a number of senior executive roles in both the US and Europe.  Previous to IRI, Parise had a 20-year career in the financial services industry holding general management and senior executive positions in market leading companies including GE Capital, Chase Manhattan Bank and Experian. He graduated from Quincy University with a B.S. in Management, and completed the Executive Leadership Development and Master Black Belt programs at GE.

“Mark Parise is an accomplished global leader with a proven track record, who is focused on client-centric, innovative approaches to driving transformational business success,” said Romesh Wadhwani, Chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group. “He is highly qualified to lead the new combined company through the next stages of its aggressive global growth strategy.”

First Advantage recently combined its business with LexisNexis’ resident and background screening services group.  The combined company is now the global leader in providing companies a broad range of solutions designed to provide employers and property owners/managers the high-value workforce and tenants they need to succeed and win in the market.

“The newly combined organization has now established itself as the global leader in the screening market, delivering the most extensive platform and the broadest country footprint,” said Parise, “I’m very excited to have the opportunity to join this exceptional leadership team and continue to drive innovation and best-in-class solutions to our clients.  I would also like to thank Jack Freker who has been instrumental leading the transformation of First Advantage and setting the stage for the acquisition of LexisNexis Screening Solutions.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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