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

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Taleo Launches the World’s Largest Talent Management Community; New “Talent Grid” Combines the Power of Cloud Computing and Social Networking…from Taleo

September 13, 2009

 
Three New Exchanges Connect Over 175 Million Candidates, 4,100 Customers, Millions of Users and Dozens of Partners in Thriving Talent Management Ecosystem

HRchitect featured Taleo 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 vendors that businesses should consider. Taleo participated in the Talent Management Systems panel and Talent Acquisition Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. Al Campa, Chief Marketing Officer with Taleo will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 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.

Less than a year after announcing its Cloud Community strategy, Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), today delivers on that vision with the launch of its Talent Grid.   A set of three online exchanges, the Talent Grid provides a forum for Taleo customers, partners and job seekers to discuss and share best and “next” practices, discover innovative solutions and interact to match up the world’s top jobs with the best talent.

The first and only cloud-based community of its kind, the Talent Grid offers Taleo customers unprecedented value and the ability to drive superior business performance.  This is made possible by harnessing the power of collaboration.  By pairing social networking with Talent Management, Taleo’s Talent Grid will bring together thousands, perhaps millions, to recruit talent, seek jobs, share knowledge, solve problems and offer insights. 

The Talent Grid includes: the Knowledge Exchange, an online customer community; the Solution Exchange, a partner ecosystem; and the Talent Exchange, a marketplace where candidates and companies can connect. All three communities are built on and connected by a collaborative Web 2.0 framework. The Talent Grid is accessible as a convenient extension of Taleo’s on-demand Talent Management software solutions for enterprise, medium-sized and small businesses. 

“At Taleo, we recognize the power of great Talent Management to transform and lead business performance,” said Michael Gregoire, Chairman and CEO of Taleo.  “Beyond innovative software, the true catalyst for putting Talent Management at the center of business change will come from the world’s domain experts.  We are delighted to galvanize the world’s largest Talent Management ecosystem of experts—our customers, partners, employees and candidates.  Together, we have built a Talent Grid that will empower businesses of all sizes to transform their workforces and their business performance.”

Knowledge Exchange:  Social Network for Talent Management
Taleo’s new online customer community brings together Talent Management best practices, metrics, methodologies and domain expertise from customers and experts in dozens of industries around the world. The Knowledge Exchange facilitates customers’ ability to share and discuss a wide range of talent management topics, product ideas and best practices, and tomorrow’s next practices, in a quick social manner. In pilot since April, the Knowledge Exchange is already buzzing with customer interaction, networking and idea generation from early participants who’ve driven hundreds of active discussions, uploaded content, presentations, videos and even shared sample code.  

“The Knowledge Exchange has already saved us five support calls at TeleTech.”  Brenda Reid, Director, Global Talent Acquisition, TeleTech

“This is addictive,” Amanda Anderson, Manager of Recruitment Technology, Hyatt Hotels

Solution Exchange:  Applications Marketplace for Talent Solutions
Taleo’s powerful integration platform and large ecosystem of “pre-integrated” partner solutions offers customers the ability to rapidly extend the value of their Taleo investment with a highly diverse set of products and services including sourcing, compliance, assessment, learning, tax credit screening, background checks, and various emerging technologies.  Taleo’s Solution Exchange provides a marketplace where customers can quickly explore, evaluate, demo, compare and activate solutions that extend the value of their Taleo products–without ever leaving the site.  Debuting with more than 70 solutions at launch, the Solution Exchange is available for Taleo customers and partners today. Early participants say:

“Taleo’s vision and execution with the Solution Exchange is compelling. It’s a great environment for collaboration and the primary reason we’re investing with Taleo first.”  Mark Newman, CEO and Founder of HireVue

 “The ability for us to rapidly turn on pre-integrated solutions without the time and costs involved with custom integration and professional services engagements is of significant value to us.” Customer, Ken MacFerrin, Director, Global Staffing and Talent, InfoPrint Solutions Company

Talent Exchange:  Candidate Sourcing Marketplace
The Taleo Talent Exchange is a collaborative online marketplace where candidates and companies connect.  The Talent Exchange has the potential to bring together more than 500,000 new jobs and 13 millions applicants each quarter into one community.  Here, companies can highlight job openings and source opt-in candidates directly to their Taleo Recruiting solution.  Likewise, candidates can create a Universal Profile  — a robust, differentiating experience summary – that they can share across prospective Taleo employers on the Talent Grid. The Talent Exchange is available today for candidates and customers.  

“Recruiting the best talent to deliver exceptional service is crucial to our success.  We have talked about ways to “trade talent” within our own resort community before, so we are excited to learn about and implement the new Talent Exchange.  We think it’s tremendously innovative.” Kyle Martin, Manager of Talent Acquisition, Vail Resorts 

“This might very well become a one-stop shop for job-seeking needs,” Consulting industry candidate 

Why Taleo 
Taleo’s open, cloud-based technology platform, unified talent management solution, and unique scale provide the technical foundation and critical mass required to power the Talent Grid. Key assets underpinning the Talent Grid include:
 
• 175 million candidates
• 500,000 new job postings per quarter
• 4,100 global customers, including 46 of the Fortune 100
• 2.9 million users
• 70 partners
• Open integration platform
• World’s most scalable cloud-based technology infrastructure 

Plug Into the Talent Grid
Access is available at no cost to Taleo customers. Keynotes, working sessions and plenty of live access to the Talent Grid will be showcased Sept. 14-17 at Taleo’s annual user conference, TaleoWORLD in Las Vegas. For more information, visit: GRID.TALEO.COM.

For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.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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SilkRoad technology: Sponsored Report Highlights Use of Social Networking Tools…from SilkRoad

July 10, 2009

 

SilkRoad technology-Sponsored Report Highlights Reduced Training Costs, Greater New Hire Engagement Through Use of Social Networking Tools — Complimentary copy of report made possible in part by SilkRoad sponsorship

HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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 vendors that businesses should consider. SilkRoad participated in the Onboarding Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009 where they were crowned the winner. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 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.

Organizations using blogs, wikis, internal social networks and other online collaboration tools throughout the talent management lifecycle demonstrated a 39 percent reduction in training costs while improving engagement and quality of hire by 33 percent according to a recent Aberdeen Group study sponsored in part by SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions. The study, “HR Executive’s Guide to Web 2.0: Cracking the Code for Talent Management” provides a roadmap to Web 2.0 tools and examines how leading organizations achieve success by using social networking technologies throughout the talent management lifecycle.

Aberdeen interviewed well over 500 organizations for the study and found organizations utilizing Web 2.0 tools were twice as likely to achieve Aberdeen’s Best-in-Class designation. The report found 55 percent of all organizations that achieved the Best-in-Class designation utilized Web 2.0 tools to facilitate knowledge transfer and 36 percent used the tools to connect employees with colleagues within the organization. Social networking strategies used include company forums, employee communities, enterprise social networking, and employee profile pages.

“Organizations utilizing key social networking tools internally, such as employee forums/discussion groups and internal employee communities achieved a 37% year-over-year improvement in engagement – over three times the improvement seen by organizations not utilizing these technologies,” said Mollie Lombardi, research analyst, human capital management at Aberdeen and co-author of the report.

A complimentary copy of the Aberdeen report has been made available in part by SilkRoad at: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=6070.

“This report proves that keeping talent engaged, from their first encounter with the company through training and beyond, can significantly impact the quality of hires. It also can dramatically reduce training costs,” said SilkRoad technology CEO, Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski. “We always welcome the opportunity to participate in a study with Aberdeen and help make valuable information available to other organizations, allowing them to better recruit and retain the best employees for their teams.”

SilkRoad provides its clients – which include 62 of the Fortune 500 group of companies – with comprehensive talent management solutions. These integrated solutions manage the entire employee life cycle, cutting millions of dollars in human resources costs. With its award-winning Life Suite™, SilkRoad assists companies to attract best-fit talent, manage onboarding & employee transitions, maximize employee performance, provide a centralized learning management system, and deliver accurate information with employee intranets and content management systems.

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com

 
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UNBOUND Technologies Selects Recruiting Software from Newton for Applicant Tracking…from Newton Software

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.

UNBOUND Technologies offers marketers an unparalleled understanding of consumers and influencers inside the social networking ecosystem. UNBOUND enables users to fully grasp the size, depth and scope of the social media landscape, allowing marketers to discover and engage consumers where they learn, communicate and interact – online via social networks.

Because of the insights created by UNBOUND’s totally unique data, detailing how more than 260 million users utilize and organize on social networks, marketers can generate new ideas and provoke conversations.  With UNBOUND’s service companies can analyze the impact of their marketing and advertising messages and spend to influence brand profiles and buying behavior.

UNBOUND’s competitive drive to be the pioneer and market leader in social network intelligence has created exciting career opportunities for qualified candidates. Recruiting software from Newton Software allows UNBOUND to be organized, proactive and efficient so they can acquire the best talent easier and more consistently than less-prepared competitors.

“The social networking space is rife with opportunities and moving very quickly. It is critical that we attract the right talent and maintain a dynamic, efficient recruiting program. Newton’s built in workflow keeps our process on track and allows us to monitor our program in real time”, says Brian Killen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

For more information on UNBOUND Technologies, please visit www.unboundtech.com. For more information on Newton Software, please visit www.newtonsoftware.com

 
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ADP Teams With Cornerstone OnDemand to Optimize Employer Talent Management Solutions Worldwide…from ADP

May 11, 2009

 

Offerings Enable Employers to Most Effectively Manage and Develop Their Workforce

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. Cornerstone OnDemand competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Management Systems in November 2008, where they were crowned the winner. Charles Coy from Cornerstone OnDemand also participated in the HRchitect WebMingle in January 2009.

ADP Employer Services, a leading provider of HR, payroll and benefits administration services, today announced the launch of a comprehensive suite of talent management solutions to the marketplace through its relationship with leading talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand. This marks the expansion of ADP’s global talent management solutions by offering best-in-class performance, succession management, learning, compensation and enterprise social networking, along with powerful reporting and analytics.

“The market is demanding a robust, global talent management solution set that complements and enhances employers’ current HR and payroll solutions,” said Regina Lee, President, ADP National Account Services and Employer Services International. “Our clients’ most valuable asset is their human capital. This relationship with Cornerstone OnDemand helps us significantly improve the HR experience and workforce programs for our clients and their employees.”

Cornerstone OnDemand’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based platform offers a scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-use talent management solution for enabling high-impact success around employee collaboration, development and performance. Employers operating around the world can take advantage of this comprehensive talent management solution immediately.

“We are elated to partner with ADP to expand the global delivery of our talent management software suite,” said Adam Miller, President and CEO, Cornerstone OnDemand. “Coupling the industry’s best talent management solutions with the industry leader in the space is a game-changer for the marketplace. Cornerstone’s unique approach, which integrates learning, performance and social networking solutions, will help ADP’s clients maximize business impact by providing those organizations with the tools they need to empower their people and foster a high-performing, engaged and productive workforce.”

Benefits of the new talent management solution include:

 

  • Performance management: enables employers to align individual goals with departmental objectives and organizational strategy to ensure that workforce activity is translated into positive business results.
  • Succession planning: handles workforce and employee succession management through automated career profiling, team building, internal recruiting and comprehensive succession planning capabilities, as well as identifying promising talent and critical roles within organizations to ensure that the right people are promoted to the right positions.
  • Learning management: allows businesses to strategically and cost-effectively create, manage, and deliver personalized training that brings together targeted, fully blended learning programs for all members of the organization.
  • Compensation management: provides the tools to allow organizations to reward the behaviors and outcomes they desire most.
  • Social networking: enables more effective on-boarding, workplace collaboration, improves employee performance, and drives innovation from customer and partner communities by fostering social (informal) learning, organizational memory, professional networking, and better communication across the organization’s employee base and the extended enterprise.

For more information, please contact ADP at 1-800-CALLADP.

For more information on Cornerstone OnDemand, please visit www.cornerstoneondemand.com

 
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theHRshow 2009 Goes Virtual

April 15, 2009

 

HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting, and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, has confirmed that theHRshow 2009 is going virtual and has been extended to a three day event.

 

“As we continue to be in one of the most challenging business environments in recent memory, we’ve decided to postpone theHRshow on-site conference until early 2010 AND create a virtual event in place of the currently scheduled 2009 event,” stated Matt Lafata, Conference Chair for theHRshow and the Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for HRchitect.

 

Today’s economic conditions are forcing people to make smarter HR technology decisions than ever before. As a result, theHRshow was created by industry experts and senior level practitioners who know what kind of challenges HR and HRIS professionals face on a daily basis. theHRshow will include 18 virtual sessions and four moderated panel discussions of invaluable information on the puzzling world of HR Technology over a three day period. Best of all, this will all be made available FREE of charge to the HR community through the generosity of our sponsors.

Multiple tracks of sessions will take place on June 11 and June 12 around:

·         Talent Acquisition including Onboarding, Assessments, Background checking, and more

·         Talent Management including Compensation, Performance Management, Workforce Planning, and more

·         Emerging Trends and Technologies including Social Networking, Web 2.0, HCM portals, and more

·         HCM Strategy

·         Managing HR Systems

·         Professional Development

 

Four panel discussions will take place on June 10 from leading vendors in the areas of Onboarding Systems, Talent Management Systems, HR Systems, and Learning Management Systems.

“HRchitect has attended three HR related trade shows this year and each has had a fraction of the attendance they had in 2008, added Tiffany Appleby, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications for HRchitect and theHRshow. “In looking forward to upcoming shows, we are hearing the same thing that attendance is expected to be down by 50% or more. We want to be sensitive to HR professionals in these trying times while providing a tremendous resource at the same time.”

 

theHRshow 2009 virtual conference will sessions are innovative, thought-provoking and will appeal to many different groups of people who play any role in the use of talent management and/or HR systems. The world class list of presenters and leading vendors participating in the panels have been carefully selected over the past few months. HR professionals can visit www.thehrshow2009.com to see a list of sessions and register online.

 

“As the HR community knows from your past dealings with HRchitect, we don’t settle for second best in anything we do,” stated Lafata. “There are simply too many organizations cutting travel budgets for shows in 2009 so we believe it is in everybody’s best interest to provide a first-class virtual conference this June and delay the on-site conference itself until early 2010 so it can truly be the largest regional HR technology conference in the industry, as advertised.”

 

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Softscape Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant of Leading Industry Analyst Report…from Softscape

February 13, 2009

 

Softscape’s Single, Most Complete People Management Platform Solves Business Issues for Cost Containment, Restructuring, Mergers, and Compliance

 

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.

 

Softscape, the global leader in complete people management software, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant of the ‘Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software’ report. Gartner’s comprehensive report evaluates employee performance management software vendors, assessing the vendor’s ability to execute and the completeness of their vision.

 

According to the Gartner report, “Visionaries have been advanced in promoting the latest trends (for example, user experience) driving EPM solutions.” Softscape believes that its positioning in the visionaries quadrant further validates the company’s strong history as an innovative leader in the human capital management (HCM) market.

 

Having pioneered talent management over a decade ago, Softscape has consistently introduced forward thinking technology to offer customers the most complete people management solution in a single platform. Softscape provides the HR foundation which includes a core talent-based employee system of record, as well as the key capabilities to manage performance, development, compensation, succession planning, learning, 360 feedback, incentive compensation, hiring and recruiting, survey management, social networking, and workforce analytics. As a leader in the industry, Softscape offers superior customer care and support, and maintains the industry’s highest customer satisfaction and retention rate of ninety eight percent (98% ).

 

“In our opinion, being in the visionaries quadrant is more than just providing advanced and superior products to customers. It is fundamentally about providing customers with demonstrable, bottom-line results,” said Dave Watkins, CEO and co-founder of Softscape. “With our fourteen-year proven history and deep understanding of customer needs, Softscape has helped some of the most successful global organizations solve real business issues to drive performance, productivity, and workforce efficiencies. Consistently recognized as a leader by industry luminaries, analysts, and our customers, we continue to forge new innovations in our products, as well as in how we care for our customers.”

 

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

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myStaffingPro Optimizes Client Career Portals…from HR Services, Inc.

February 5, 2009

 

myStaffingPro, a leader in applicant tracking, announces the release of optimized career portals for customers. Under the guidance of search engine optimization expert Joel Cheesman of Cheezhead, myStaffingPro’s redesign will offer career portal templates that adhere to search engine optimization best practices.

HRSEO expert Joel Cheesman of Cheezhead.com said, “It’s refreshing to see an applicant tracking solution implement some basic SEO principles into its service. It should benefit their clients in numerous ways, including driving relevant candidate flow in a cost-efficient manner.”

The enhancements include a search engine-friendly list of openings, “alt” tags for all images, and the ability to track visitors with Google Analytics.

The optimized career portals enable search engines to crawl the site and index the openings. Once indexed, potential applicants can then search for a client’s job openings through a search engine. To maximize exposure, myStaffingPro creates the client’s job opening list with filters by position title, location, and category. Career Portal optimization improves the client’s online visibility by listing openings in the engine’s search results.

Customers can track their SEO success with Google Analytics and measure traffic sources, and the percentage of visitors who apply for a position. With these tools, customers of myStaffingPro can benefit from the new recruiting strategies that are available with SEO and social networking. The career portal enhancements enable clients to expand their recruiting opportunities from paid job boards to search engines, job aggregators and social networks.

 

For more information on myStaffingPro, please visit www.mystaffingpro.com

 
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