HRsmart Releases Version 11.3 of its Unified Enterprise Talent Management Suite…from HRsmart

November 21, 2010

 

Driven by the desire to provide its clients with the best solutions and the latest in HR compliance technology

HRchitect featured HRsmart in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. 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!

HRsmart, winner of the HR Technology Conference vendor shootout and the only HR software company with a fully unified Talent Management Suite, announces the release of Talent Management Enterprise Version 11.3.

Our clients keep challenging us to find ways to identify and retain top quality talent. We responded with several enhancements including user-friendly analytics, social networking and employee development tools. We made these new enhancements easy to use by improving the dashboard experience.

Expansion of our social networking tools enables clients to leverage LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other similar social networking sites as recruiting tools within the solution.

Early client reviews have picked the 9-Box Matrix as the most important and progressive addition. Users can now filter attrition analytics, and avoid the risk of losing additional key personnel, because they are more visible and manageable.

“With over 1300 client implementations in over 30 countries, real-time intelligence gathering and the agility to develop solutions in response to what is learned, is what characterizes thriving organizations”, said Hanny Shehadeh, Chief Product Officer at HRsmart. “With a direct line into product management, our clients continue to consistently drive our product enhancements.”

Below are some of the highlights of the new release.

Highlights of Version 11.3

The newest version enables companies to quickly identify and rank the best fit candidates for a position through dynamic user-defined criteria. Now, reports such as Quality of Applicants and Quality of Hires enable data-driven qualitative and quantitative sourcing decisions. New dashboard widgets enable managers to quickly identify competency gaps and create development plans with minimal effort. System-suggested context-sensitive resources are presented to the manager to pick from. Vice presidents of HR will particularly like the incredible attrition analytics included in the Career Development and Succession planning module. The new analytics tool was designed with a particular focus on the HR generalist and line manager user experience. DBAs will appreciate the built-in flexibility to quickly drill down to data sources, create filters & charts, and retrieve any data element from all modules.

Highlights of the new enhancements to HRsmart’s Unified Architecture (HUA) platform include:

Analytics:
Starting with five new, built-in reports, all standard reports are being converted to a newly designed reporting engine which enables clients to run, filter, edit, copy, share, chart, and export results. All tables, charts, & graphs, are drill-down capable.

Highlights of the new enhancements to HRsmart’s Applicant Tracking Module include:

New Dashboard Widgets:
Introduction of additional real-time dashboard reports to improve recruiting activities: Recent Requisitions, My New Resume Submissions, My Candidates, and a Mini-Calendar.

Monster Resume Search Enhancements:
The search form now includes the ability to enter OFCCP reference details, search by board (Monster.com or Monster & Diversity), and language skills. Results can be sorted by location, date, or keyword. The result screen and mini-view have been enhanced to include highlighting, improved job seeker type identification, and filters. Users can add candidates to requisitions, send printable batches, and route resumes. Search Agents can now include Monster-specific searches.

Social Network Profiles:
Users are now able to search for job seekers on various social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Blogger, and Google) and then save the links in the job seekers’ profiles within the Resume Dashboard.

Global Diversity Reporting:
New reports have been created to enable required diversity data reporting by country.

Highlights of the new enhancements to HRsmart’s Employee Performance Management Module include:

New Dashboard Widget:
A new dashboard widget enables managers to track the progress of their employees’ performance goals. Managers can quickly identify whether an employee’s goals are on target, past due, or have not been set.

Highlights of the new enhancements to HRsmart’s Career Development & Succession Planning Module include:

Attrition Analytics Displayed on 9-Box Matrix:
The 9-Box Matrix already displays the potential and performance of employees by organizational unit, management hierarchy, location, and job family. A user can now choose to display attrition analytics utilizing the same filters. Whether voluntary or involuntary, this innovation offers unprecedented insight into the caliber of the talent lost through attrition.

Create Development Plans for a Successor or a Pool of Talent:
Succession plan collaborators can now create development plans for one successor and easily copy it to other individuals or an entire Pool. Development Plan owners can track the successors’ progress and completion.

Auto-Suggestion of Development Plan Resources:
Upon choosing a desired competency or skill to focus on, the system automatically suggests context-sensitive courses, library resources, and mentors the manager can select from to complete the development plan.

New Gap Analysis U/I:
The gap analysis U/I is now graphical and tabular. This allows the user to easily and quickly determine where the gaps in competencies and skills are. The graph displays competencies and skills required of the job compared to those attained by the employee. The gap analysis display also reports other skills and competencies the employee has attained even if they are not required by the selected job.

New Domino List U/I:
The new user interface has been enhanced to resemble the structure of an organizational chart allowing users to more easily identify where gaps in succession planning may exist, with the ability to drill-down through the entire list.

For more information about HRsmart and the new release, please visit www.hrsmart.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect


Softscape Named a Category Leader in Customer Satisfaction for Global Enterprises

December 31, 2009

 

Bersin & Associates Recognizes Softscape for its Leadership in Total Customer Implementation Satisfaction

HRchitect featured Softscape in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Softscape, an innovator powering complete people management solutions, today announced further industry validation of its talent management software and support for large global enterprises. In a report recently issued by leading industry analyst firm Bersin & Associates, Softscape was recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction. 

Bersin & Associates’ Talent Management Systems 2010: A Comprehensive Study of Customer Experience with Talent Management Systems, focuses on identifying specific product, vendor and implementation factors that drive success for end user customers. In the report, Softscape’s HR platform is noted as a category leader specifically in total customer implementation satisfaction for global enterprises.

“Softscape’s long term partnerships with customers, some over a decade, are rooted in our unwavering dedication to their satisfaction and improving their bottom-line business results” said Dave Watkins, Softscape CEO and co-founder. “We consistently reinvest into expanding our customer care programs and localized service centers to ensure customers receive the dedicated support they need to achieve their objectives. Our industry high 98% customer retention rate is testament to our achievement.”

According to the report, “Global enterprise companies have sophisticated IT organizations and evaluate their ERP vendors, as well as standalone software providers. They often look at the talent management system as a “platform” that will be integrated with many legacy applications, security and portal systems, and various other employee directories and collaboration tools.” The report continued, “As large, global organizations seek to increase the sharing of talent globally and to align all employees with the business goals, they require systems to support consistent processes, data and reporting enterprise wide. Only a few talent management suites offer comprehensive support to accommodate complex global implementations today.”

Softscape’s customers represent large, multi-national enterprises with complex needs, and average over 38,000 employees. As one of the only vendors with fully integrated core human resources management (HRMS) in a talent management system, Softscape provides customers with a single platform to manage the complete employee life cycle. Softscape connects all HR and talent functions, including performance and goal management, succession, career development, 360 feedback, learning, compensation, incentives & rewards, recruiting & hiring, on-boarding, workforce planning, social networking, and core HR records. By providing one platform and interface into all these functions, customers achieve unprecedented analytic insight into their workforces and operations to improve business decision making.

For more information about Softscape’s solutions, please visit http://www.softscape.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect


Softscape Increases Global Talent Visibility…from Softscape

June 24, 2009

 

Softscape Increases Global Talent Visibility with Latest People Management Software Release

HRchitect includes Softscape in its list of Talent Management Systems that businesses should consider. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Softscape, the global leader in people management software, today announced the latest version of its top rated Softscape Apex software, offering the industry’s most flexible and configurable HR platform to help customers increase global talent visibility and better manage every aspect of the employee lifecycle. The Company’s latest innovation includes hundreds of new features and represents the new system of record standard for human resources to improve operational efficiencies, meet regulatory compliance, and reduce total cost of ownership, all in a single platform.

“In this economic environment, it’s critical for HR organizations to squeeze the most out of their technology investments,” said Leighanne Levensaler, principle analyst, Bersin & Associates. “By giving its customers a way to easily configure their applications, Softscape can help customers more quickly adapt to economic, regulatory, or global changes while reducing the overhead costs related to deploying, managing, and upgrading their talent management systems.”

New advancements to Softscape’s comprehensive HR solution span every suite within the platform, including hiring and recruiting, performance management, compensation management, incentive management, succession and talent planning, 360 feedback, learning management, career development, collaboration and social networking, workforce analytics, and core HR management. Softscape represents one of the few vendors that offer this level of breadth and depth of functionality in a single, inherently connected platform that provides a real system of record for all employee information.

A sampling of other new features includes.

·         Bench Strength Developer

·         Candidate Filter Management

·         Candidate Accelerator

·         Compensation Compliance Management

·         Compensation Process Dynamics

·         Benchmark Management

·         Employee Engagement Accelerator

·         Dynamic Talent Pool Management

·         Drag & Drop Talent Explorer

·         Configurable GUI Themes

·         Expanded Currency Support with Variable Scope Control

·         Multi-sequential Batch Processing

·         Synchronized Datamart with Auto Reporting

·         Advanced Log Management

·         Upgrade Management Wizards

·         Report Navigator for Easily Accessing Hundreds of Standard Reports

·         …and hundreds of other new enhancements

In addition, Softscape’s expanded Talent Planning functions enable the creation of dynamic talent pools supported by in-depth search and security features to provide HR and line executives with unparalleled visibility into their bench strength, workforce plans, and overall demand pipeline. Coupled with enhanced reporting capabilities, including expanded report navigation & previews, and extended Microsoft Excel integration, executives and managers can use an easy-to-use interface to achieve a truly global view of their workforce.

“You can’t fix what you can’t see, and once you solve the visibility challenge you’re able to focus on growing your business,” said Dave Watkins, Softscape CEO and co-founder. “Increasing an organization’s ability to quickly and easily view every aspect of how their workforce is operating, their efficiencies, weakness, and gaps for improvement is what makes strong companies flourish and under-optimized organizations grow. With the most global experience in core HR management, Softscape is helping some of the world’s largest global enterprises get the most from their workforces and their people management investments.”

Additional capabilities of Softscape Apex 2009 focus on helping customers improve IT productivity, while simplifying technology deployments and reducing administrative costs. New wizards and user aids make it easier for customers themselves to make changes to the entire system on-the-fly, whereby significantly reducing the need for support and maintenance.

Softscape Apex 2009 R1 is available today. For more information about Softscape’s solutions, please visit www.softscape.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect


HRsmart Partners with Oxus, Launches Talent Management Solutions in China…from HRsmart

November 26, 2008

 

HRsmart, a leading global provider of talent management software solutions, announced today it has selected Oxus to launch its technology in China.

 

HRchitect featured HRsmart in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider.

 

HRsmart, a leading global provider of talent management software solutions, announced today it has selected Oxus, a recruitment and candidate management company headquartered in Beijing, to launch its technology in China. Oxus will be implementing and supporting HRsmart’s talent management applications in the Chinese market.

 

As part of this partnership, Oxus will be able to provide its clients with the latest advancements in e-recruitment as well as a full suite of talent management solutions that is new to companies in China. These fully hosted online or network-delivered applications include Applicant Tracking, Online Recruitment, Performance Management, Learning Management, Career Development, Succession Planning, Employee Referral and Job Distribution.

 

Oxus helps China-based organizations engage talent through the creation of branded employment offerings and market them through search engines, social media, career portals and other targeted channels. By providing applicant tracking and talent management technologies, assessments, measurement and training services, Oxus provides strategic recruitment consulting, recruitment 2.0 training and technical solutions that help clients manage recruitment campaigns and deal with candidate response. Oxus’ growing list of clients includes McDonald’s, Microsoft, Intel and Caterpillar.

 

For more information on HRsmart, please visit www.hrsmart.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect


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