February, 2010

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SuccessFactors Lays down the Analytics Gauntlet: Acquires Inform (InfoHRM)

Josh Bersin

Today SuccessFactors announced plans to acquire InfoHRM (renamed Inform Business Impact ) – a small but very well established leader in the area of HR and Talent Analytics and Workforce Planning. We believe this acquisition is very significant for the talent and HR systems marketplace: it now establishes SuccessFactors as the emerging leader in the.

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The Value of Lessons Learned

Conversation Matters

In common usage the term LL means, something I learned through an experience I’ve had that will cause me to act differently in the future. We learn lessons in obvious ways, for example, we ask someone for help, to which they agree, and then find they don’t come through – lesson: “I won’t ask her for help again.” And in more subtle ways, as when over time we feel we’ve finally mastered how to produce the quality of report that a demanding editor or boss wants - lesson: “Okay, now I see what I nee

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Bad Grades

Evil HR Lady

i found ur id on;line and found that u ans evil hr question. i am struck with a question in interview of "why my grades are so low". and also cant find an ans where a positive mindset is going to be created in mind of the interviewer. i am a law graduate. You know why you can't come up with a positive answer? Because your grades are low because you don't care one whit about them.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 5 Ways to Avoid Freaking Out About.

45 Things

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5 Ways to Avoid Freaking Out About Networking Hear that? That growling noise? Thats the sound of dozens of career experts venting their frustrations over how many job seekers still refuse to accept they must network if they want to find a job.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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The Rypple Effect

Working Girl

'I follow several talent management blogs that discuss how to be a better manager and there are some great ideas out there. Problem is, bad managers probably aren''t the ones reading up on how to be a great leader. But for those of you who actually are thinking about how to be the best leader you can be, Rypple may be a great new way to put theory into practice.

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Skillsoft goes Private. E-Learning Market has Matured.

Josh Bersin

Today Skillsoft announced that the company is being acquired by a private equity firm for approximately $1.1 billion. This acquisition price reflects a 14% premium over the public share price and a. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Business Trends Content Development Enterprise Learning Learning Programs e-learning skillsoft.

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Organizational Studies that Don't Just Sit on the Shelf: Participatory Action Research

Conversation Matters

Organizational studies don’t have a very good track record for making a difference in organizations. There are lots of reasons for this. Sometimes the findings offend a high level official so the study never sees the light of day. Other times the client who asked for the study just isn’t in a position to do anything about the findings. Sometimes the findings are not credible, or are too abstract – lots of reasons but in the end, all too frequently, the recommendations are never carry out.

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Exempt Holiday Pay

Evil HR Lady

Our company has 6-paid holidays a year. However, because of our industry we are required to work most of them with the option of being paid for them on top of the hours worked or hold the day and take it at another time (non-exempt employees). My question is this – if an exempt employee works on the holiday: 1. Do we have to pay them on top of their normal salary and/or 2.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 6 Questions to Increase your.

45 Things

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, February 1, 2010 6 Questions to Increase your Accountability Muscle Some days I feel like I can hardly keep up with all the public figures behaving badly. Behaving badly and then lying about it. Then, apologizing for behaving so badly.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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REVIEWSNAP ANNOUNCES RECORD GROWTH IN 2009, TRIPLING ITS CLIENT BASE

Reviewsnap

'ReviewSNAP , a leading supplier of Web-based performance management , announced today that 2009 was a groundbreaking year for the company with their key business initiatives and milestones that were successfully accomplished, including tripling its client base and increasing its revenue by 300 percent in just one year. The ReviewSNAP application is the industry''s first online performance review system that allows small- to medium-size businesses and nonprofits access to automate and streamline

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3 High-Value Tips for Leaders to Break Out of Comfort Zone

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 3 High-Value Tips for Leaders to Break Out of Comfort Zone Cozy environment and excellent facilities in your cabin/cubicle can make you feel super-comfortable. It is a physical comfort zone that we create around ourselves. Our desk becomes a place where discussions happen. Where papers are pushed. If you are someone who ‘does things’, sticking to your desk all the day long is still fine because you get paid to do the stuff.

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SuccessFactors Lays down the Analytics Gauntlet: Acquires Inform (InfoHRM)

Josh Bersin

Today SuccessFactors announced plans to acquire InfoHRM (renamed Inform Business Impact) – a small but very well established leader in the area of HR and Talent Analytics and Workforce. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: HR Systems Measurement Talent Strategy Workforce Planning hewitt ibm infohrm inform knowledge advisors mercer orca eyes successfactors.

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All Day Long

True Faith HR

'Every Thursday, I receive the latest issue of The New Yorker and I quickly turn to the table of contents to see this week’s set of contributing authors. I usually look for two names: Malcolm Gladwell and Atul Gawande. While Gladwell, I believe, needs no introduction, Gawande is an endocrinologist who writes frequently on the topic of health care. However, like Gladwell, he also often writes on decision-making.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Exempt Holiday Pay

Evil HR Lady

Our company has 6-paid holidays a year. However, because of our industry we are required to work most of them with the option of being paid for them on top of the hours worked or hold the day and take it at another time (non-exempt employees). My question is this – if an exempt employee works on the holiday: 1. Do we have to pay them on top of their normal salary and/or 2.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How to Hang on to a New Job

45 Things

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 24, 2010 How to Hang on to a New Job I know many people hate networking. Hate. It. They feel uncomfortable promoting themselves to others, and many wont even do it when theyre desperate for a job.

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ReviewSNAP Launches New Site Design!

Reviewsnap

'As of this morning ReviewSNAP launched its new site design. The look of our application hasn''t changed, but the look of our homepage and sub pages has taken on a completely different look. Check out the new look of ReviewSNAP !

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February Leadership Development Carnival

Working Girl

'Don''t miss out on the latest collection of great advice for developing leaders hosted by our good friends over at Talented Apps !

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Learning from the Toyota Debacle: The Need for Transparency

Josh Bersin

Toyota, one of the most revered brands in the world, has crashed to earth in the last few weeks due to its slow and weak response to a variety of gas pedal and braking system product defects. Most. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Business Trends Corporate Culture Innovation toyota toyota production system transparency.

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Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources Here are SEVEN most prominent thoughts that stuck me this week about managing “human” resources. These thoughts can be useful if you are a business owner, a human resources professional, a project manager or a leader at any level in an organization: ‘Human Resources’ are more ‘human’ and less ‘resources’.

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Firing Thoughts

Evil HR Lady

Have you ever had to fire someone? I came across this podcast from This American Life, called Human Resources. In the opening sequence there is a sample firing. I think the guy does a pretty good job, but I prefer a much more direct approach. Of course, there was a fade out, so I don't know everything he said. But, you should listen to it anyway. The next story is about the "Rubber Room" in New York City, where teachers are sent to sit and still get paid while the district is determining their f

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Should You Tell How Much Money You Make?

45 Things

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Should You Tell How Much Money You Make? People have very strong opinions about whether its OK to talk about salaries, so when this survey from Glassdoor.com crossed my desk, I knew I had to explore it further.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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The Purpose of 360 Degree Feedback

Reviewsnap

'A common question that we hear is "should we use 360 degree feedback to do that or performance reviews ?" Well, that depends on what you are doing. Are managers expected to conduct performance reviews on their employees? Is this an official review? Or do you want multiple raters? Is this just a benchmark and not the official review? Are you wanting to create a feedback mechanism for coaching purposes?

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Optimism

Workday

'I am generally an optimistic person, and looking ahead at 2010 things feel pretty good. Conversations with HR and IT professionals are more upbeat than they’ve been in a long time. And even though analyst predictions for IT spending are only looking a little better than last year, companies seem to be back to planning and starting projects.

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Why you should come to IMPACT 2010: The Business of Talent

Josh Bersin

On April 6-8, 2010, in St. Petersburg Florida, we will be hosting our third-annual Research Conference on Enterprise Learning and Talent Management: IMPACT 2010. The lineup for this year’s. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Enterprise Learning Talent Management impact IMPACT 2010.

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A Round Up of My Writing in February 2010

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in February 2010 February was an amazing month for me personally – lot of new exploration, new experiences (good and bad, bad left me with some good lessons) and new ideas. January and February have been months of deliberate blogging for me where I religiously wrote three posts a week.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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Standing Up For Yourself

Evil HR Lady

I am the HR Assistant at a decent-sized (160+ employees) company. Due to reasons I cannot discuss, the HR Director was suddenly terminated a few months ago. After a little over a month of keeping the department afloat by myself, we found a new director and I was happy. Today, however, my new boss contacted our benefits administrators to make a change to the effective end date of benefits when people are terminated.

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Pardon My French

Working Girl

'but this struck a giggle nerve.

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Performance Review Research

Reviewsnap

'Freestyle PR of Des Moines, IA is running a quick survey on performance reviews and would like as many participants as possible. Click here to participate in the survey.

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