Kronos Introduces New Mobile Applications…from Kronos

February 2, 2011

 

HRchitect includes Kronos in our list of Talent Acquisition Systems 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!

Kronos Incorporated recently announced revolutionary new mobile applications as the next step in its vision for the next generation of workforce management. Kronos® mobile applications improve productivity by making it easier for managers and employees to complete a wide range of workforce related tasks using a variety of mobile devices.

News Facts

Kronos mobile applications give employees and managers flexibility in how they interact with each other and provide an anytime, anyplace, instant connection to the Kronos Workforce Central® suite. For employees this translates into easy access to critical aspects of their working life from the mobile devices they already use and are familiar with. For managers it means more time to focus on running their operation.

  • Workforce Mobile™ Manager allows managers to use their mobile devices to monitor operations, to resolve exceptions, and to respond quickly to employee requests, such as approving timecards and granting time-off requests.
  • Workforce Mobile™ Employee enables employees to track their work in real time, leading to the automatic creation of timely and accurate timesheets. Employees can quickly and easily review information such as schedules and timecards. They can request time off and, if appropriate, punch-in and out from remote work locations.

Kronos mobile applications are designed around how people naturally communicate in today’s fast-paced world. They are delivered as native applications for the Android™, iPhone®, BlackBerry®, and iPad® tablet, providing a familiar user experience in each environment. A Java-based option is also available which runs on a wide range of mobile devices. 

Supporting Quotes

  • Peter George, chief technology officer, Kronos
    “Today’s workforce enthusiastically embraces cellular phones, smart phones, and tablets for everyday activities. Workforce Mobile adds workforce management applications to the essential toolkit of a well-equipped modern workforce.”
  • Josh Bersin, CEO and president, Bersin & Associates
    “There are now more than one billion mobile phones in the world. Workforce management applications like employee scheduling, time and attendance, and absence management are natural extensions for a mobile environment. By pioneering this solution, Kronos will help companies around the world more accurately and efficiently manage their workforce.”
  • Lisa Rowan, program director of HR, learning, and talent research, IDC
    “Kronos has recognized that the world we live and work in is becoming a largely mobile one with more than 85 percent of Americans now owning a cell phone. The company’s new mobile applications will make it easier for managers to communicate with employees and represents a big step forward in the world of workforce management solutions.”
  • Mark Smith, CEO and executive vice president of research, Ventana Research
    “The importance of providing mobile access to manager and employees has changed dramatically with the growth of smart phones and tablets used by individuals of all ages. It is essential that you provide simple access to applications like Kronos is doing with its new mobile versions and engage the workforce to increase productivity but also the performance of them too.”

For more information on Kronos, please visit www.kronos.com
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SumTotal Systems Acquires Softscape…from SumTotal Systems

September 20, 2010

 

HR Technology Pioneers Join Forces to Become the Industry’s Most Innovative, Most Experienced, and Most Complete Talent Management Solution Provider

HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems 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 and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. 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. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!

SumTotal® Systems, Inc., a global leader in complete talent management solutions, today announced that it has acquired Softscape. This brings together industry pioneers with a strong history of innovation and combines proven leadership to address the needs of global enterprises. SumTotal will provide the most comprehensive talent management solution available in the industry to its more than 1,800 customers and 25 million users worldwide, including 43% of the Fortune 500.

“With the acquisition of Softscape, SumTotal has created the absolute industry leader in complete talent management software,” said John Borgerding, President of SumTotal Systems. “Now our solution is years ahead of any other provider and we have the deepest domain expertise in the industry with the global infrastructure to deliver comprehensive solutions and services to our customers.”

Softscape was the first company to incorporate integrated talent management into its business strategy, and because of its vision and head start in the HR software industry, the company had developed many advanced features not found in other solutions. SumTotal will now deliver to the market a complete talent management solution that covers all strategic HR functions including learning, performance, compensation, succession, social collaboration, hiring, planning, analytics, and a core HR system of record.

“This acquisition creates a major new force in talent management software,” said Josh Bersin, CEO and President of Bersin & Associates. “Our research shows that 75% of all HR systems buyers now want an integrated talent management platform. The days of ‘standalone’ HR silos and fragmented solutions are slowly coming to an end, and as a result of this acquisition SumTotal is addressing customers’ demand for a single vendor that’s capable of delivering an end-to-end solution.”

“Both Softscape and SumTotal share a vision to help organizations improve operational efficiencies and workforce effectiveness. We are passionate, creative, and customer-centric with a focus on further expanding an end-to-end software platform for all aspects of HR,” said Richard Watkins, Chief Technology Officer at Softscape. “The synergies across our two organizations and technology leadership will allow us to support customers on a whole new level.” 

With both companies’ product platforms being built on a similar architecture, the synergies in technologies will allow for easier integration of products and faster deployment to customers who are looking for a complete HR solution from a single vendor. To support the company’s growing customer base, SumTotal will now have over 700 employees worldwide and offices in United States, Europe, India, Thailand, China, Japan, and Australia.

“We have been a customer of both SumTotal and Softscape for many years and we strongly believe the joining of these two companies will lead to a comprehensive talent management solution for Johnson Controls,” said Monte J. Nuckols, VP Global Applications at Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI). “We have long thought that no best-of-breed solution could sustain for the long term. With this news, it is clear that SumTotal is thinking long term and that the extensive reach of their solution will deliver greater value at a reduced risk for the market. We look forward to continuing our relationship and leveraging their solutions to meet Johnson Controls’ needs.”

For additional details regarding the acquisition, please visit: www.sumtotalsystems.com/softscape.
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StepStone Solutions closes MrTed acquisition – expands capability to address global talent acquisition market…from StepStone

August 27, 2010

 

HRchitect includes StepStone 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. We have 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 here to help!

StepStone Solutions, a global leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Talent Management solutions, has completed the acquisition of privately-owned e-recruitment software provider MrTed. The acquisition adds over 130 customers to StepStone Solutions’ existing customer base of 1,500 global businesses, including names such as France Telecom, Heineken, SGS, Alexander Mann Solutions, Wolters Kluwer, and Randstad. The acquisition accelerates StepStone Solutions’ global growth, extends its product set and widens its existing SaaS capability. For more information see www.stepstonesolutions.com

MrTed’s highly regarded MrTedTalentLink product, a fully SaaS-based offering, is recognised for a high level of innovation and flexibility in its architecture, which allows it to be rapidly configured to support individual user requirements within the context of a standardised, SaaS-based corporate environment.  As such it delivers both high levels of  user satisfaction and operational efficiency while remaining cost-effective to deploy and manage in the largest, multi-national enterprise talent acquisition projects. MrTedTalentLink has earned top marks from industry analysts. Gartner Group,  positioned MrTed in the “Visionaries” quadrant of its 2009 Magic Quadrant for e-Recruitment Software.  In its 2009 and soon-to-be-published 2010 studies of talent acquisition systems, Bersin & Associates highlights MrTedTalentLink’s advanced cloud architecture, application portability and dynamic user interface.

“Our immediate experience of working with the MrTed team, customers and products has been very rewarding, with a strong similarity in our cultures and processes,” said StepStone Solutions CEO, Matthew Parker. “The increase that MrTed brings in many areas of capability, combined with the global reach, customer base and market expertise of StepStone Solutions, give us an unmatched ability to serve customers of all types and sizes in every market including Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US.”

“This acquisition makes absolute sense,” said Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory firm focused on enterprise talent management and learning.  “Combined, these two companies have significant global market share.  We estimate that the talent acquisition market will continue to grow by about 10% over the next year, with much of that growth coming from global expansion.  Stepstone Solutions is well positioned to capitalise on this opportunity.”

The MrTedTalentLink product will continue to be developed, marketed and fully supported under the ownership of StepStone Solutions.

“I’m delighted that MrTedTalentLink, our staff and customers have found such a great home under the StepStone Solutions brand,” said Jerome Ternynck, MrTed’s former CEO, who will continue to work with StepStone Solutions in an advisory capacity. “Our customers should be particularly pleased as this acquisition will enhance the value they will get from their investment in MrTedTalentLink through the greater resources of a major player like StepStone Solutions.”

For more information please visit www.stepstonesolutions.com
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Authoria and Peopleclick Combine in $100 Million Transaction to Create Largest Private Company in the Talent Management Arena

January 5, 2010

 

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.

As further evidence of its commitment to the Human Capital Management marketplace, Bedford Funding, a private equity firm with $800 million in available capital specializing in investments in the software and IT sector, today announced its $100 million acquisition of Peopleclick, the leading provider of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Compliance and Diversity solutions. Peopleclick will join with Authoria, an existing Bedford Funding portfolio company which was the industry’s first provider of fully-integrated Talent Management solutions. The combination of these two leading independent brands, which will now operate under the Peopleclick Authoria (The Company) name, brings an unmatched suite of Talent Management software, services and consulting solutions to enterprise businesses around the world. Charles S. Jones, Managing Partner of Bedford Funding, will assume the role of Chairman and CEO of Peopleclick Authoria, effective immediately.

“Enterprise customers who are addressing increasing global workforce complexity and managing thousands, or even tens of thousands, of employees expect deep software functionality in the specific Talent Management disciplines they are enabling, whether it be recruiting, compensation, performance management, succession planning, compliance or vendor management. That said, with every silo or multi-silo function purchase, all enterprise customers come to the table with a long-term vision for a full suite of compatible and integrated Talent Management solutions so they can successfully apply a range of employee data toward desired business outcomes,” said Mr. Jones. “We are excited to now provide current and prospective customers the powerful combination of two leading brands and two deeply innovative and comprehensive suite providers in Talent Acquisition and Talent Management. With this integration we are delivering the first best-of-breed suite available in the market from one single-source vendor.”

Peopleclick Authoria is currently serving nearly 60 percent of the Fortune 100 and has proven expertise in meeting the needs of large global customers. The combined company has expressly committed to the ongoing support of all product lines offered by Authoria and Peopleclick prior to the union, and it will deliver key integration and innovation elements in order to provide broader capability for existing customers and one of the most comprehensive talent lifecycle solutions for new customers.

“Peopleclick Authoria represents the union of two strong players in the fast-growing Talent Management systems market,” said Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates. “Both companies are product and market leaders in their segments, and together they bring scale and depth of management to drive growth and even greater customer value.”

All aspects of the Peopleclick business, including the Vendor Management System and the Compliance and Diversity businesses, will be integrated, along with the Talent Acquisition products, into a comprehensive Talent Management offering with Authoria’s existing suite. The Compliance and Diversity business previously within Peopleclick, combined with the full suite of post-hire talent management capabilities, is at the forefront of supporting the diverse workforce priorities and regulatory compliance initiatives of global customers for both companies. By extending customers’ ability to effectively control their contingent workforces, Peopleclick Authoria’s Vendor Management System offers customers the ability to fully manage the talent acquisition process — whether such talent is permanently added to an organization or considered on a contingent basis — to meet critical staffing and organizational performance needs within budget.

The full spectrum of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management products available through Peopleclick Authoria will continue to be sold independently or as part of a suite offering, and the Company will be delivering an Appreciation Program, which will reward the purchase of expanded suite functionality with discounted packaged pricing models, in the coming months to existing customers of both companies. In further support of customer initiatives in the coming year, the Company has made additional investments in the engineering and services groups to optimize the delivery of new functionality and integrations to customers in the U.S. through four data centers and eight offices spread across North America and internationally through an E.U. data center and locations in India, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

“As a customer of both Authoria and Peopleclick, I can already see how this will make an immediate impact on Talent Management,” said Brandy Fulton, VP of HR Operations, Citrix. “Recruiting really is the portal through which all employees pass and combining the rich functionality of Peopleclick’s offerings with Authoria’s comprehensive Talent Management suite closes the loop between Talent Acquisition and performance, compensation and succession. I enjoy working with, and have the greatest respect for, both Peopleclick and Authoria, and I look forward to seeing the products and functionality the combined organization will bring to the market.”

Mr. Jones, who has spent much of his career as an operating executive for a wide range of large public international companies and small growth-driven private companies, has a reputation for innovation and customer-centric growth strategies. He has a proven and highly successful track record in integrating software companies, identifying key inflection points of differentiation and unleashing the inherent value to the market. His desire to run this combined business is a powerful commitment to customers and a meaningful endorsement of his understanding of the importance of integrated Talent Management solutions for enterprise companies around the world.

Before becoming Managing Partner of Bedford Funding, Mr. Jones was Chairman and then CEO of Markham, Ontario-based Geac Computer Corporation, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed software company with annual revenues approaching U.S. $500 million. During Mr. Jones’s tenure, he transformed the Geac business with two large public-company acquisitions and built an innovative and market leading business intelligence software enterprise focused on the financial value chain. On October 1, 2001, The Wall Street Journal named Geac the number one performing global stock. In 2004, Mr. Jones was named on the top 25 list of CEOs in Canada and, in 2005, on the top 10 list of CEOs in Canada by Canada’s National Post newspaper.

Ron Kupferman, former Chairman and CEO of Peopleclick, and Jim McDevitt, former CEO of Authoria, will both operate as Vice Chairmen, working on Business Development activities in their respective markets.

Peopleclick currently serves more than 2,100 clients in 214 countries and territories, including 54 Fortune 100, and has strong vertical market presence in retail and health care, while recognizing employer preference for hourly or part-time employment in an increasingly regulated workplace environment. The organization was recently placed in the “Leaders” Quadrant of Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant” for E-Recruitment Software* based on its vision and ability to execute. Peopleclick also received the highest Market Readiness score of any vendor in The Aberdeen(TM) AXIS on Talent Acquisition report based on its ability to support its current installed base and bring new, award-winning products to market, among other key performance indicators.

About Peopleclick Authoria

Peopleclick Authoria is transforming Talent Management through best-of-breed technology and expertise. With a deep focus on business intelligence and analytics, the company’s technology gives clients the actionable insight required to make strategic decisions that drive better business results. Nearly 60 percent of the Fortune 100 use Peopleclick Authoria Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity solutions to manage salaried, hourly and contingent labor across their organization. These solutions manage the entire talent lifecycle from recruiting to on-boarding and through the ongoing management of each individual’s career while helping organizations measure, analyze and empower their existing workforce. Both founded separately in 1997, the two human capital management companies joined together in 2010 to form Peopleclick Authoria. The Company’s solutions currently support more than 2,400 organizations ranging in size from large, global corporations to small and medium-sized businesses in more than 214 countries and territories around the world.

About Bedford Funding

Bedford Funding is a private equity firm specializing in investment opportunities in the consolidating and fragmented technology sector with an initial focus in the software and IT services sector. The firm offers extensive strategic operating and financial management expertise and advice with the intention of providing exceptional performance and financial returns for its portfolio companies and its investors. Bedford Funding serves the IT and investment communities worldwide from its headquarters located in White Plains, NY.

For more information on this transaction, please visit www.PeopleclickAuthoria.com.
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Learn.com, Announces Record Breaking Q3 2009 and Year to Date New Client Acquisition, Revenue, and Partnerships as the Company Approaches its 11th Year of Service to Clients…from Learn.com

November 11, 2009

 

The World’s Largest Cloud LMS Provider Named Best in Industry for 4 Consecutive Years

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning 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. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in cloud delivered workforce development and productivity, today announced that the company’s business performance shattered historical records in 2009. The company not only has signed a record number of new clients but the year to date through Q3 2009 has been the best sales bookings period in company history. More importantly, Learn.com was able to achieve this impressive growth while still maintaining positive net income and cash flow on a GAAP basis, an uncommon accomplishment in the Learning and Talent Management space. This strong performance across every metric underscores the value Learn.com brings to its clients and validates Learn.com’s best-in-class platform and pure cloud computing business model.

“During the most challenging economic period of the past 80 years, Learn.com was able to accelerate its growth by continuing to demonstrate its significant and unparalleled value proposition to new clients. Learn.com has always been the most innovative company in our space and once again we were pioneers by launching our Guaranteed ROI pledge to our clients. More and more clients were able to prove the many facets of hard and soft dollar savings and ROI using Learn.com. The results are irrefutable – training is how organizations realize excellence in execution. One watershed study points to firms’ investment in training as being the single most powerful predictor of stock price. Our unyielding dedication to client success and satisfaction using Learn.com products and people has paid dividends for our clients and in return, for Learn.com. While most of our competitors were downsizing this year, Learn.com added 25% more in net new headcount, and we are continuing to increase our employee base to maintain our peerless service to our clients. Even more satisfying than our great results is the positive impact Learn.com has had for our clients,” said Jim Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Learn.com.

Beyond deepening current strategic partnerships with some of the world’s biggest names new relationships were forged with Taleo (Nasdaq:TLEO), and others. These relationships further demonstrate that Learn.com improves business results and adds significant value to our partners’ ecosystems. These well planned partnerships allow Learn.com to penetrate new channels as well as provide Learn.com clients a one-stop-shop for pre-hire to retire solutions, with unmatched value, depth of functionality and ease of use.

“Our latest research shows that employee development is one of the most vital elements in a high-performing organization today,” said Josh Bersin, CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading industry research and advisory services firm. “Taleo’s partnership with Learn.com now enables the company to offer a complete solution for corporate learning management.”

The relationship with Taleo brings together the unequivocal market leaders in our respective categories to provide the only pre-hire to retire unified talent management platform with a global footprint and world class capabilities and flexibility.

Another milestone was Learn.com’s launching of the World Wide Content Exchange and the Learn.com Personal Edition (http://my.Learn.com) which has over 30 structured job profiles with skills and curricula mapped to assist the US workforce in skill retraining in an unprecedented time of skill shift in the US Economy. Now any person in the world can access over 30,000 web based courses, live on line courses, college degree programs, accredited courseware for the Healthcare and manufacturing sector as well as course authoring and sharing.

Other YTD 2009 Accomplishments
• Again voted the best Enterprise Learning Management (LMS) system by the 50,000 readers of ELearning! Magazine (3rd Consecutive Year)
• Voted best Talent Management System by the 50,000 readers of ELearning! Magazine
• Over 95% Client Renewal Rates
• Opened and staffed an office in London, UK
• Announced Planned Cloud Computing Center in Amsterdam to support EMEA clients
• Enhanced the Learn.com Report Exchange to enable clients to share and download free custom reports they can share across their Learn.com applications
• Invested heavily in a state-of-the-art redundant infrastructure and state-of-the-art SAS 70 facility for its Cloud Computing clients – more speed, power and redundancy
• Added 224,000 subscribers with just one new client

Learn.com also added and expanded relationships with Enterprise clients such as: Pete’s Coffee, Sykes Enterprises, CKE Enterprises, Vermeer Corporation, Smith & Nephew, Intuit, Verigy, Orica USA, St. Jude Children’s Research, US Department of Commerce, Classic Residence by Hyatt, Cartier, Michelin North America, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, General Services Administration (GSA), Jackson Hewitt, Extra Space Storage, and hundreds of others.

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 

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Kenexa Recognized as a Talent Management Systems Leader in Bersin & Associates Research…from Kenexa

November 11, 2009

 

Market Study by Leading Research Firm Acknowledges Kenexa’s Sophisticated Analytics Tools, Strong Integration of Assessments

HRchitect featured Kenexa in our May 2008 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. Kenexa participated in the Talent Management Systems panel and the Talent Acquisition Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow event. Ron Hanscome, VP of Product Strategy with Kenexa appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 26, 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.

Kenexa (NASDAQ:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced it has been recognized as a market leader in the recently released Talent Management Systems 2010: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Solution Provider Profiles. The study, conducted by Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition, is a comprehensive market review and buyers’ guide for talent management software systems.

The report found that, despite the recession, the talent management systems market has thrived over the last year and vendors have seen significant growth. Based on market data and information provided by vendors, Bersin & Associates project that the market will expand by 15 percent over the coming year. The report also found that the market is crowded with many providers with similar solutions. The key differentiator that drove overall satisfaction was the customer experience, including partnership relationships with vendors and customer service. According to Bersin, organizations are no longer willing to sacrifice functionality in order to standardize technology and are expecting more from their providers.

“We are pleased to have been recognized in Bersin’s research. Kenexa’s industry-leading applications are built using innovative technology and driven by customer requirements, giving our clients what they need on an integrated platform. This, along with our commitment to Extreme Service, is what sets Kenexa apart from the competition and has sustained our growth in this economy,” commented Rudy Karsan, Kenexa’s CEO.

“Our goal is to address the real business impact of these systems and identify the market leaders. Despite the economic recession, the talent management software market continues to outpace new spending on core human resource management software. While it is still a very competitive market, the real market leaders are starting to emerge,” said Josh Bersin, president, Bersin and Associates.

Out of 24 companies profiled, Kenexa ranked No. 4 in market share by revenue and by number of enterprise customers.

Kenexa offers Integrated Talent Management (ITM) to facilitate each step of the employee lifecycle. The SaaS-based applications are unified through common services and enable clients to have access to continuous upgrades, expert functionality and streamlined customer support for single point solutions or across multiple Kenexa applications delivering holistic talent management.

The Bersin & Associates study particularly acknowledged the strength of Kenexa’s sophisticated reporting and analytics tools and the integration of its market-leading psychometric assessments. 

Karsan concluded, “By leveraging the expertise of our more than 100 industrial organizational (I/O) psychologists, HR researchers and recruiters, as well as the best practices we’ve learned from more than 20 years in the industry, Kenexa enables organizations to not just deploy technology but to maximize its business value.”

The 400-plus-page study is based on detailed briefings and product demonstrations provided by 24 vendors; completed surveys from 460 HR, learning and development, and information technology professionals; and more than 40 interviews with HR and talent leaders.

For more details about the study, please visit www.bersin.com/tmsystems.  

For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com

 

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Learn.com named as a Leading Talent Management Provider…from Learn.com

October 12, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning 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. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity announced today that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition, named the company a leading provider in its latest study, Talent Management Systems 2010: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Solution Provider Profiles. The study also highlights Learn.com’s development innovation; compliments the company’s completeness of vision and newest product modules, SkillScore and MyProfile.

According to the study, “Learn.com has consistently been one of the fastest-growing and financially solvent companies in the learning management market. Today the company offers a broad set of features for performance management, career and succession management, compensation management, and recruitment management in one product – the LearnCenter platform. A talent management system, the LearnCenter platform rests on a single database to manage employee profiles, competencies, jobs, organizational hierarchies and content across all of the talent management process. We believe that the Learn.com is well-suited for U.S.-based organization that would like an integrated LMS, LCMS, collaboration and performance management solution. The product’s ease of implementation and ease of use are appealing to organizations with limited IT and HR administration teams. “

“LearnCenter is well-suited for organizations of all sizes requiring an integrated performance management solution,” said Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates.

“The recent partnership between Taleo and Learn.com, will bring together Taleo Development competitive performance management product and today’s 100% SaaS, primary “go to market partner”, Learn.com,” Bersin stated in his blog titled Taleo 10. “The Learn.com partnership is likely to go well.”

According to the Bersin & Associates study, “Learn.com has experienced a high growth rate within the last year and has gained significant market share, and Learn.com is in the top 10 providers in market share by revenue.” Also highlighted in the study are Learn.com’s advanced social tools to support informal and social learning in enable employees to easily share knowledge, collaborate with co-workers and leverage personal networks. According to the study, “The use of social tools is important in preparing for the next-generation solution provides with the growing use of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.”

Learn.com is also named among the vendors with a strong internal development effort, continuously enhancing the platform to ensure better integration with other modules and more features. According to the study, “Internal development allows the solutions provider to focus on building high-valued integration points, integration workflow and process management, and designing a streamlined user experience.”

Currently, Learn.com offers strong profile management allowing users to update their own profiles on a field by field basis, with users will also able to control data viewing by role. This will streamline succession planning, modeling performance and focusing on true skills and work history. Learn.com also offers its own collaboration tool, the WebRoom, making the LearnCenter platform a unique system.

To access the full Bersin & Associates Report visit the Bersin & Associates website, www.bersin.com.

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Bersin & Associates Completes In-Depth Research Bulletin on the Buyer’s Need for an Adaptive LMS…from Learn.com

September 8, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning 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. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced recently that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, has completed an in-depth research bulletin, titled The Latest in Enterprise Learning & Talent Management – Learn.com: Update on a Fast Growing LMS Company. In this bulletin, Josh Bersin, President and Founder of Bersin & Associates examines the changing market for learning management systems, and discusses how Learn.com has evolved its strategy to continue its growth and success.

Bersin & Associates, a leading authority for the LMS and HR systems market, highlights one major customer satisfaction issue in this bulletin (Volume 4, Issue 31) that continues to come up – the need for an “Adaptable LMS”.  The research points to the challenge of automating training and knowledge-related business processes, which is compounded by the fact that most companies have unique training processes and business requirements and each tracks its own key performance indicators. As a result of these challenges, LMS systems have had to deal with hundreds of configuration options, customizations and customer driven changes. The research suggests that this is the single biggest challenge buyers have in their LMS implementation and deployment process and that almost all LMS systems receive poor marks in these areas.

“LMS systems have had to deal with hundreds of configuration options, customizations and customer driven changes. Vendors have struggled with this for years and, even today, the single biggest challenge buyers have in their LMS implementation is the customization of the system to meet their particular business requirements. This is where Learn.com has some unique advantages,” said Josh Bersin, President and Founder of Bersin & Associates.

The Bersin & Associates Research Bulletin highlights some of Learn.com’s Adaptability Advantages as: 

-      The Learn.com platform is a true SaaS platform, enabling customers to login, customize the system, administer their environment and manage the system without the need to implement any in-house software. All customers run on the same “version” of the platform in a “multitenant” environment. Learn.com benefits from this since all of the company’s customers run on the same version of the LMS software.

-      The user experience is fully configurable (CSS-enabled)

-      The platform includes content management, collaboration and other generalized tools that go beyond learning. This means that the platform is really an end-to-end “portal system” in addition to an LMS.

-      The platform has a unique capability to build “sub-LearnCenters” in a tree-like structure. This means that, once an organization implements Learn.com, they can build “sub-portals” which can either inherit all the setup and configuration options or operate with a totally different look, feel, workflow and set of business rules – all without ever having to customize the software source code.

“Since Learn.com is the only LMS that provides such extreme flexibility without the need for custom programming, our clients get a custom solution in less time, for less cost, with greater reliability and scalability.  The more than 2,500 system administrators of our Global clients agree that Learn.com’s extreme adaptability to any business need for both internal and external audiences is a major contributor to their successful initiatives.  The bottom line is simple – our clients get better results,” said Jim Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Learn.com.    

To download a copy of this report please visit www.learn.com/adaptive

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Plateau Talent Gateway Harness the Power of Social Media/Networking to Deliver Business Value…from Plateau

September 4, 2009

 

New Offering Provides a Broad Set of Collaboration Tools that Allow Customers to Maximize their Talent Management Investments and Initiatives

HRchitect featured Plateau 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 and Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 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.

Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management, announced the availability of Plateau Talent Gateway, the industry’s first comprehensive set of flexible, portable web-based communication, social, and knowledge-sharing tools that customers can utilize to make talent management more accessible and available across the enterprise. By embedding the most current and relevant social networking, portal, content, and Web 2.0 tools and making them available to users directly from within the product, Plateau Talent Gateway allows organizations to drive workforce productivity and innovation, facilitate information-sharing and employee collaboration and extend formal, informal and just-in-time learning initiatives across the enterprise.

“Plateau Talent Gateway is a natural extension of our current product set and validates Plateau’s commitment to delivering thoughtful and practical solutions that allow our customers to extract maximum value from their existing talent management assets,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “Social networking technologies are significantly impacting the way people interact in the workplace, from creating online communities and sharing knowledge, to locating subject matter experts. With the Talent Gateway, we have introduced a solution that allows customers to easily transform those powerful tools into solutions that address real workforce issues like employee on-boarding, job transitioning, project collaboration, and informal learning. By making it possible for customers to harness the power of social networking in the workplace, we are increasing the value of their talent management investments.”

Tangible Benefits
Delivered as part of Plateau’s core Talent Management Suite, Plateau Talent Gateway provides a rich set of collaboration and social networking tools that customers can utilize to realize a number of direct benefits, including: 

  • Increased innovation – Plateau Talent Gateway provides a venue where employees and partners can find experts, share knowledge and connect on key topics. Dedicated sites can be easily created and configured to serve virtually any purpose – from employee on-boarding to new product launches and project team creation. All sites can all be configured, personalized and managed by end-users.
  • Improved productivity – Forrester Research estimates that: “Formal learning works for 20% of learning needs, while informal learning handles the other 80%.” Recognizing that the majority of learning occurs outside of formal learning programs, Plateau Talent Gateway provides an environment where user-driven content can be shared, enhanced, commented on and rated, with the goal of increasing workforce efficiency and productivity. Users can quickly post questions, documents, best practices, and easily locate experts and information to make them more productive. This comprehensive informal learning functionality complements and extends the powerful formal learning capabilities found in the Plateau Talent Management Suite.
  • Greater collaboration and knowledge transfer – With the economy slowing the hiring rate at many companies, employers are being required to do more with less and are having to cross-train employees to take on expanded responsibilities. Plateau Talent Gateway provides access to extensive collaboration and social networking tools that can be used to facilitate job transitioning and project collaboration. Its end-user driven environment is designed to capture all forms of best practices, facilitate discussion forums, create online communities and locate experts.

“When looking for a system to support social learning – or any other corporate community – it is important to select a system that can support an evolving strategy. With its underlying portal technology, open architecture, and generous set of out-of-the-box portlets and web services, Plateau’s new Talent Gateway is the very definition of flexibility,” said Josh Bersin, CEO and president of Bersin & Associates. “Plateau customers now have the option to build a true learning and talent portal – a friendly, one-stop face for their learning and talent platform. Or, they can bring learning and talent processes to any other platform in the organization’s infrastructure – closer to where work happens.”

Standards-based Portlets
End-users can quickly and easily organize the Plateau Talent Gateway by utilizing more than 80 drag-and-drop communication tools including blogs, message boards, wikis, discussion groups, digital asset libraries, document libraries, and RSS feeds made available through configurable portlets.

Plateau Talent Gateway is built to the JSR 268 specification, which allows users to deploy the portlets in the Plateau Talent Gateway and in any other Java-based portal that supports this standard. They can also embed JSR 268-compliant portals in the Talent Gateway. This standards-based approach simplifies development and promotes asset reuse, underscoring Plateau’s commitment to delivering flexible and open solutions that expedite time to market and reduce maintenance costs.

For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

 
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Plateau Announces Keynote Speakers for Insights 2009…from Plateau

August 28, 2009

 

Leading Talent Management Analyst Josh Bersin Joins HR Leaders From DCP Midstream and Bio-Rad to Present at Plateau’s Premier Talent Management Event

HRchitect featured Plateau 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 and Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 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.

Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class, SaaS-based talent management software, solutions and services, today announced keynote speakers for Insights 2009, the company’s 14th annual user conference to be held September 21-24, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.

Josh Bersin, CEO and president of Bersin & Associates, will kick off this year’s event, themed “Building Bridges to Talent Management: Leveraging Human Capital to Achieve a High Performing Workforce,” with a keynote titled, “Seven Strategies for Building a People-Performance Organization.” This presentation will focus on key strategies for building business value through talent and learning and will include specific examples of how organizations can implement similar strategies. During this keynote, Bersin will also discuss highlights from his recent research, including “The Talent Management Factbook” and “High-Impact Learning Practices.”

Additional Insights 2009 keynotes include:

“DCP Midstream energizes its workforce for success”
Jim Marchiori, DCP Midstream, Director, Organization Capability, Learning & Development, Organization Change Management

As one of the nation’s largest natural gas gatherers and processors and one of the largest natural gas liquids producer and marketers in the United States, part of DCP Midstream’s success is dependent on developing its employees to reach career goals and empowering them to manage their own professional growth. Marchiori will discuss how DCP Midstream motivates its employees by rewarding outstanding individual performance, rewarding outstanding corporate performance and rewarding personal growth, and how DCP Midstream uses Plateau’s Talent Management Suite to bring this philosophy together to manage everything from mandatory compliance training and career development training to tying performance to compensation.

“Building Bridges: From Learning Management to Integrated Talent Management“
Colleen Corey, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Corporate Human Resources Director

With more than 6500 employees, Bio-Rad Laboratories is a leading multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products. During this keynote, Corey, corporate human resources director for Bio-Rad, will discuss how automating Learning Management in one of their businesses dovetailed with the company’s broader Talent Management strategy. Corey will discuss the importance of managing talent holistically and how automation is key to delivering a comprehensive strategy from a corporate priority standpoint.

Insights 2009 offers a wide range of sessions tailored to Plateau’s customers, partners and industry experts on talent management best practices, including the importance of constructing and implementing a comprehensive talent management strategy that focuses on linking employee skills with organizational goals and priorities. In addition to the customer keynotes, HR leaders from Plateau customer organizations, including Genzyme, Thomson Reuters, Rolls-Royce, Boston Scientific, Idaho Power, Southern Nuclear, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, National Science Foundation, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Department of Labor and Defense Logistics Agency, will present case studies demonstrating how their use of Plateau’s learning and talent management solutions is generating tangible business value for their organizations. Attendees are also encouraged to attend technical and business breakout sessions and hands-on educational labs to learn how they can maximize their current talent management investments to meet immediate and long-term business goals amid today’s challenging business conditions.

View the full agenda and register for the event at http://www.plateau.com/insights/. For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

 
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Saba Announces Agenda for Its Upcoming Global Users Conference, People 2009 – Saba Global Summit…from Saba

August 27, 2009

 

80 Conference Sessions, Keynotes, Pre-Conference Training Workshops, and Daily Networking Events for Customers to Share Best Practices and Optimize Their Use of Saba Solutions

HRchitect featured Saba 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 and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. Saba will compete in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems on September 4, 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.

Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced a robust agenda for its upcoming global users conference — People 2009 – Saba Global Summit — including content-rich sessions, industry thought-leader keynotes, and hands-on training workshops. Saba’s annual gathering of customers, partners, and industry luminaries will be held October 19-22, 2009, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. Saba customers and partners attending this event will receive valuable training and information that can help them optimize their existing Saba investments as well as implement best practices to enhance organizational performance through industry-leading people management.

During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to hear the latest market trends from industry thought leaders, interact with fellow executives from leading companies worldwide, and obtain valuable information and training on the latest Saba solutions. Customers will also have an opportunity to see and test-drive the new products that Saba plans to unveil at the event, along with the latest releases of its unified people platform, including learning, talent management, and collaboration innovations.

Latest Agenda Highlights at People 2009 – Saba Global Summit include:

Industry keynote speakers, including:

  • Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer, the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and author or co-author of 13 management books, including The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First, The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge Into Action, Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People and others.
  • Sundar Nagarathnam, Vice President of NetApp University at NetApp, which was ranked the number one best company to work for by Fortune Magazine.
  • Josh Bersin, CEO and President of Bersin & Associates, a leading resource for learning and HR decision makers seeking the latest trends and insights on enterprise learning and talent management.

80 educational breakout sessions, featuring a wide range of business and technology topics— which include more than 50 customers scheduled to share case-studies and insights about their Saba people platform implementations.

A special pre-conference training workshop, with nine new, hands-on training sessions conducted by Saba University. These popular training sessions are available to all People 2009 attendees at no extra charge.

Valuable conference networking opportunities, including Saba’s annual customer appreciation event that will offer a private viewing at San Francisco’s world-renowned Academy of Sciences. 

This year’s event also features the annual Saba Customer Excellence Awards, which recognize Saba customers who have delivered high-impact business results for their organization with Saba. Customers are encouraged to submit award nominations at Saba Customer Excellence Awards by Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Winners will be recognized during the conference in October.

“Saba’s global user conference is the premier forum for the Saba community to gather and learn how they can create the new, game-changing opportunities in people management for their organizations that will drive the next wave of innovation and business transformation,” said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO for Saba. “We look forward to empowering the Saba community with best-practices that will help them create a performance-driven culture that connects and engages teams to achieve organizational goals.”

For a complete People 2009 – Saba Global Summit agenda and to register, please visit http://www.sabapeople.com

For more information on Saba, please visit www.saba.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Partnership with Talent2 Expands Cornerstone OnDemand’s Presence in Asia-Pacific Region…from Cornerstone OnDemand

August 15, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Cornerstone OnDemand 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 and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Charles Coy participated in the HRchitect WebMingle on January 16, 2009. Cornerstone OnDemand participated in the Talent Management Systems Beauty Pageant in December 2008, where they were crowned the winner. Cornerstone OnDemand also participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow event. 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.

To support its continued global expansion, Cornerstone OnDemand announced it is partnering with Talent2, the leading talent management and HR outsourcing firm in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Talent2 will resell Cornerstone’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based talent management suite – including solutions for learning management, compliance, employee performance management, onboarding, succession planning, compensation, enterprise social networking, and more – in markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

Josh Bersin, president of industry analyst firm Bersin & Associates, estimates that the size of the global talent management systems market will reach $2.4 billion in 2010. “We would put the APAC market at close to $250 million today and project the growth rate to be about three times the rate of the U.S. and Europe, primarily because the economies there are growing at a much faster pace,” commented Bersin.

“More companies in the Asia Pacific region are looking to invest in SaaS solutions for talent management because the total operational cost of traditional, on-premise software is too high,” said Adam Miller, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. “Partnering with Talent2, which has a strong presence in APAC, allows Cornerstone to immediately take advantage of these new market opportunities. Our formidable network of strategic alliances worldwide, combined with the success of our team in EMEA, continue to play a key role in the rapid expansion of Cornerstone’s global footprint.”

Headquartered in Australia, Talent2 specializes in helping organizations with HR staffing and talent management needs. The company’s outsourcing services include executive search and recruitment, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), payroll, and consulting and learning. Clients include blue-chip companies such as Coles Group Ltd., Johnson & Johnson Pacific, Unisys, QBE Insurance and Telstra, as well as many Australian universities and government departments.

“Our strategic relationship with a talent management software category leader such as Cornerstone OnDemand is a perfect complement to Talent2’s existing learning and HR applications portfolio,” said Peter Goldrick, Asia-Pacific General Manager for Talent2’s Optimise division. “In the past year, we have seen significant growing interest and demand for integrated talent management software in markets such as Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. With Cornerstone, we are now able to offer our clients a comprehensive, best-in-class learning and talent management software solution as an integral component of our Learning Outsourcing and talent management services.”

For more information about Cornerstone OnDemand, visit www.cornerstoneondemand.com.

 
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Josh Bersin to Present Research Findings on What Drives Success for Today’s HR and Learning Professionals…from Bersin and Associates

July 15, 2009

 

Public webinar to be based on highlights of new Bersin & Associates report, The Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals

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.

Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management, today announced it will offer a free webinar, “Highlights from the New (and First) Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals.” The webinar will be presented by Josh Bersin, president, on Thursday, July 16, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. ET. To register, go to http://events.interwise.com/?p=501972&t=7&s=bersin.

During this webinar, Bersin will share findings from Bersin & Associates’ recently published study, The Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals, an in-depth analysis of the demographics and characteristics of today’s HR and learning profession. Based on key findings of a survey of more than 1,300 HR and learning professionals, the webinar will help attendees gain insight into which skills and experiences translate into professional success. The session also will include statistics and trends in these and other areas: career development, professional skills and competencies, compensation, and career satisfaction and progression.

“This study was designed with the particular goal of helping HR and L&D professionals and executives understand what really drives career success,” said Josh Bersin. “This webinar is an excellent opportunity for HR and L&D professionals – as well as business leaders and others who work with them – to see not only how they compare to peers worldwide in terms of skills and experience but the biggest challenges they face in organizations today.”

The Factbook can be downloaded for free by visiting http://marketing.bersin.com/HR_Career_Factbook.html.

Following are representative findings: 

  • HR and learning professionals are highly motivated by a desire to help people, improve their organizations, and gain the respect of their organizations. Compensation is a relatively low driver of job satisfaction in most areas of the profession.
  • Experience, rather than education, is the biggest differentiator between executives and practitioners in the HR and learning profession. Most executives have line-of-business experience and emphasize skills such as planning, communication, and budgeting.
  • The profession is comprised of highly educated individuals. Thirty-four percent of respondents have bachelor’s degrees, 51% have master’s degrees, and 7% have doctorate degrees. Generally, individuals are highly tenured. More than 40% have fifteen or more years in the profession; 66% have ten years or more. Sixty-two percent of individuals in the profession are female; yet senior HR and learning executives are more likely to be male.
  • Average compensation ranges $67,381 for those with two to five years of experience to $115,200 for those with 15 or more years of experience. Managers can expect to earn 7% more than non-managers, directors can expect to earn 42% more than managers, and vice presidents and other senior executives can expect to earn 25 to 30% more than directors. But, it’s important to note that compensation is near the bottom of the list of motivators for those in the HR and learning profession.
  • Professionals highly value talent management software, learning management software, assessment solutions, and executive coaches as important support resources for their organizations. Applicant tracking systems, HR technology consultants, and strategic HR consultants were rated lowest in perceived value.

For more information on Bersin & Associates, please visit www.bersin.com

 
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Career Factbook Offered Courtesy of Bersin & Associates…from Bersin & Associates

July 10, 2009

 

Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals Offered Courtesy of Bersin & Associates

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.

Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused on enterprise learning and talent management, today announced the publication of The Career Factbook for HR and Learning Professionals. The Factbook is an in-depth analysis of the demographics and characteristics of today’s human resources and learning profession. This study was designed with the particular goal of helping HR and L&D professionals and executives understand what really drives success, job satisfaction, career growth, compensation, and engagement. The Factbook can be downloaded for free by visiting http://marketing.bersin.com/HR_Career_Factbook.html.

Professionals can use the data in this report to compare themselves and team members to professionals worldwide and to learn what skills and experiences translate into professional success. The findings will help professionals: advance their HR careers by better understanding the career progression and different paths of HR and learning professionals and executives; identify professional development needs by role and career level; compare compensation in HR and L&D roles; and educate business leaders and others who work with HR and learning professionals about the profession.

“It’s not surprising that the HR and learning profession is under great stress, given downsizing and restructuring taking place throughout business today,” said Josh Bersin, president. “Surprisingly, the biggest challenge facing HR and L&D leaders is not a lack of resources, but rather, the lack of support and engagement from business leaders. The biggest challenge to the profession is building strong business alignment, credibility throughout the enterprise, and business acumen within the HR and L&D ranks.”

The Factbook is based on data provided by approximately 1,300 survey respondents. Bersin & Associates estimates that approximately 1.2 million employees in the United States work in jobs related to corporate HR and learning.

Following are representative findings: 

·         HR and learning professionals are highly motivated by a desire to help people, improve their organizations, and gain the respect of their organizations. Compensation is a relatively low driver of job satisfaction in most areas of the profession. 

·         Experience, rather than education, is the biggest differentiator between executives and practitioners in the HR and learning profession. Most executives have line-of-business experience and emphasize skills such as planning, communication, and budgeting. 

·         The profession is comprised of highly educated individuals. Thirty-four percent of respondents have bachelor’s degrees, 51% have master’s degrees, and 7% have doctorate degrees. Generally, individuals are highly tenured. More than 40% have fifteen or more years in the profession; 66% have ten years or more. Sixty-two percent of individuals in the profession are female; yet senior HR and learning executives are more likely to be male. 

·         Average compensation ranges $67,381 for those with two to five years of experience to $115,200 for those with 15 or more years of experience. Managers can expect to earn 7% more than non-managers, directors can expect to earn 42% more than managers, and vice presidents and other senior executives can expect to earn 25 to 30% more than directors. But, it’s important to note that compensation is near the bottom of the list of motivators for those in the HR and learning profession. 

·         Professionals highly value talent management software, learning management software, assessment solutions, and executive coaches as important support resources for their organizations. Applicant tracking systems, HR technology consultants, and strategic HR consultants were rated lowest in perceived value.

For more information on Bersin & Associates, please visit www.bersin.com

 
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World’s first research-based benchmarking tool coaches HR on how to build a successful talent strategy…from StepStone

June 9, 2009

 

HRchitect featured StepStone 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. 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.

A free, research-based benchmarking tool (www.talentstrategyassessment.com) demystifying talent management for public and private sector organizations wanting a health check in the discipline has been launched today. The tool has been jointly developed by StepStone, the leading provider of human capital management solutions, and Bersin & Associates, an industry research and advisory services company dedicated to enterprise learning and talent management strategies. With this benchmarking tool, HR executives can quickly assess how their organizations’ talent strategies compare to those of other organizations – and pinpoint potential strengths and weaknesses.

“This is the first time an independent research based, assessment tool has been built around talent strategy for use by HR professionals around the world, highly relevant in these challenging economic times. The tool is aimed at developing the most successful talent management strategy possible – one born out of best practice and the right level of governance,” explains StepStone’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jim Cassidy.

StepStone’s interactive tool is available now and covers 19 assessment areas of a comprehensive talent management strategy, including data management, talent processes, communication and alignment with the business. Additionally, the tool also evaluates key areas of recruitment and employee performance such as internal mobility, succession planning, benefits packages and employer branding.

“Whilst the current economic conditions demand transformative business changes in all industry sectors, most companies are woefully behind in their talent strategies.  Consequently, organizations make layoff, staff reduction, and other important talent decisions in the dark,” said Josh Bersin, president, Bersin & Associates.

The self diagnosis tool compares a user’s answers against best-practice benchmarks, and provides tiered summary scorecards which identify and analyze organizations’ effectiveness in each area.

This innovative online resource goes beyond the initial personalized scorecard, and allows participants to delve into an in-depth report which provides specific guidance and talent strategy recommendations. It also presents the opportunity to discuss the results further at a Talent Strategy Discovery Session with representatives from StepStone.

For more information on StepStone, please visit www.stepstone.com

 
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