Outsourcing Buzz Blog » HR Outsourcing http://www.outsourcing-buzz-blog.com Perspectives on Trends in Outsourcing Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:08:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 What to expect from your HR technology in 2015 http://www.outsourcing-buzz-blog.com/2011/10/what-to-expect-from-your-hr-technology-in-2015.html http://www.outsourcing-buzz-blog.com/2011/10/what-to-expect-from-your-hr-technology-in-2015.html#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:35:18 +0000 Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Editor http://www.outsourcing-buzz-blog.com/?p=2219 What will the future bring in terms of HR technology? Jason Averbrook, co-founder and CEO of Knowledge Infusion, and Naomi Lee Bloom, managing partner, Bloom & Wallace, attempted to define that future during the second annual “Great Technology Debate” at the HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas on October 4.

Here are some nuggets from the lively 90-minute discussion. N.B: Their sage insights are universal, applying to technology in general.

About HR data and analytics:

Bloom: “We have a bunch of sludge sitting at the bottom of our databases. HR has postponed the inevitable. But now is… Read the rest

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Two weeks ago I joined 13,999 other HR professionals from 73 countries to attend the SHRM (Society of Human Resource Managers) annual conference. I had no idea how pervasive outsourcing is to this crucial business process. My epiphany: Outsourcing provides the underpinning of the HR process today worldwide.

For example, a session by Gary Kushner called “The Changing Nature of Work: Five Global Trends… Read the rest

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How? Maheedharan says HR executives today must have “a laser focus on talent development and… Read the rest

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Two SaaS recruiting tools to be aware of: Evolv and PeopleMatter.

Evolv  is science-based talent intelligence software that goes beyond job-matching according to skills. It matches applicants to job types based on behaviors, motivation, and workstyle.  The company claims its SaaS tool reduces attrition by 20-30 percent and improves operating margins by 20 percent. Its $15.75 million in VC funding will be used to expand to global markets.

PeopleMatter was launched in September after acquiring the software assets of Columbia-based Acadia… Read the rest

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I spoke with Angela Hills, Executive Vice President of Pinstripe, a leading recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) service provider, about the considerations companies should keep in mind when they turn to a third party to manage through the recruitment process. 

Q: What are the biggest needs companies currently face in their recruitment efforts? 

Hills: We are seeing an increased focus on global solutions. As companies expand globally and… Read the rest

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In addition, 22 percent of the survey participants in companies with 100+ employees reported they plan to use cloud services in the second half of 2010.

These statistics are among several findings in a global survey of 1,500 IT professionals at SMBs.

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Even if your business is not already a client of TalentFusion or Fulbright Executive Search, this is important news in the outsourcing world. Pamela Fulbright, founder of Fulbright Executive Search, explains why:

“The industry is migrating towards an RPO model for most recruitment business.”

Fulbright has been in business for over twenty years, delivering executive level retained search services to Fortune 1000 firms around the world, with a focus on the US… Read the rest

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ADP, a leading provider of HR, payroll and benefits administration services, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Workscape, Inc., a leading provider of integrated benefits and compensation solutions and services. 

Based in Marlborough, Mass., Workscape serves a broad client base, including numerous Fortune 250 companies, and provides solutions to more than 3.5 million users with services deployed in over 180 countries, 48 currencies and 70 languages. 

According… Read the rest

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REMEMBER WHEN?

You probably won’t be surprised to see that ACS’s acquisition of ExcellerateHRO from HP (announced earlier this week) made the list. But it’s not because of what it signifies in the human resources market for ACS. It’s because this is a classic specimen that should remind us of the need for ensuring an outsourcing contract is flexible (if not short-term) to allow for exiting a contract sooner than anticipated. That’s not to say that customers now shifted from HP… Read the rest

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Measuring time and cost to hire, turnover, vacancy rates, overtime, and other indicators is a focal point of the firm’s talent acquisition system.

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