HRExaminer v6.20

Recruiters increasingly find themselves wrestling with the balance between quality versus quantity in the hiring process. In this week’s feature article, Teela Jackson issues a call-to-action. Business & Recruiting Leaders Rise Up: Quality versus Quantity!

Have you been Thinking About Scale in Enterprise HR Software? John Sumser has, and finds that making any serious Enterprise Software viable is like seasoning a cast iron skillet. Usage makes it better.

In this week’s edition of Five Links: Near Futures, John Sumser casts an eye towards the data that’s flooding our work and private life.

On Episode 21 of HR Tech Weekly, Stacey and John discuss the Sierra-Cedar Annual HR Systems Survey, GuideSpark ENGAGE 2015, ADP DataCloud, Skillsoft’s Annual Perspectives Meeting, and the ATD Annual Conference.

In episode 96 of HR Examiner Radio, join special host Heather Bussing, editor of The HRExaminer, as she turns the tables on regular host John Sumser to interview him on the latest study from KeyInterval Research.


 

Business & Recruiting Leaders Rise Up: Quality versus Quantity

“There is no way you can have a competitive advantage and out-recruit your competitors on talent when you have commoditized the recruiting function.” – Teela Jackson
 

Thinking About Scale

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Making any serious Enterprise Software viable is like seasoning a cast iron skillet. Usage makes it better. It’s as if there were an equivalent of Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours for Enterprise software and the ecosystems that involve it.
 

Five Links: Near Futures

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Do you know anyone who feels like they have a handle on the data that’s flooding their work and private life? Today’s links look at some of the ways that people are coping.
 

HRExaminer v6.19

It ain’t rocket science. It’s love, people. Love. In this week’s feature, Jason Seiden explains Why Tomorrow’s Leaders Will Come from HR, and why it’s all about love.

In Not a Number, John Sumser weighs a simple truth about recruiting: Your effectiveness depends on how you feel about yourself and others.

In this week’s edition of Five Links, John Sumser focuses on the role that data, methods, and tracking are playing in the business of recruiting and managing people.

On Episode 20 of HR Tech Weekly, Stacey and John discuss the Cornerstone Convergence annual users conference, the Cornerstone Edge announcement, and the GuideSpark ENGAGE2015 event.

In episode 95 of HR Examiner Radio, John Sumser talks with Ann Wyatt, Regional Vice President at Health Fitness Corporation.

At KeyInterval Research, John Sumser attended the GuideSpark ENGAGE2015 event in San Francisco and brought back five gems to share with you.


 

Five Links: Data, Methods and Tracking

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
John Sumser has five links on the role that data, methods, and tracking are playing in the business of recruiting and managing people.
 

Not a Number

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
All of the sourcing and record keeping programs in the world won’t begin to compensate for a recruiting process that treats potential candidates as objects.
 

HRExaminer v6.18

In our feature this week our resident well-credentialed rule breaker, Dr. Todd Dewett, stops by The HRExaminer to talk about The Innovation Rule.

Ten states have constitutional rights of privacy. Heather Bussing evaluates a recent court case about requiring employees to use mobile apps in, Do Your Apps Violate Employee Privacy?

The types and quantities of data have grown beyond our current capacity to understand them. Here our Five Links on Data from John Sumser that might clear some things up for you.

On Episode 19 HR Tech Weekly Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss Oracle, Microsoft’s potential bid for Salesforce, the IBM-Kenexa partnership with SAP-SuccessFactors, and Zenefits, the 2-year-old that’s worth $4.5 billion.

In episode 94 of HR Examiner Radio, John Sumser speaks with Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer at SCM World.

At KeyInterval Research John Sumser recently attended the 2015 Oracle HCM Analyst Day. Here are five nuggets from the day. Read Five Nuggets: Oracle HCM Analysts’ Day?
 

Do Your Apps Violate Employee Privacy?

Topics: Data, Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Privacy, by Heather Bussing
If a company is requiring employees to install an app on their personal phones, then the employer should not be entitled to any information about the employee’s off-duty conduct.
 

Five Links: Data

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Where HR was the librarian and guardian of personnel information in the past, the types and quantities of that data have grown beyond HR’s current capacity to understand.