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Entries from December 2008

A Small Nugget from My Client Inquiries

December 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Gartner offers a variety of services to our high technology and telecom provider (aka vendor) clients.  One element of those services is called Customer Insights.  We mine the data to understand end user client inquiry trends.  At this point, we can analyze the data at the overall HCM level (it is very interesting to see [...]

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Looking Towards 2009 for HCM Software

December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It is good to be posting again.  I have been swamped with the march towards year end for my day job (as well as battling some sort of flu bug/virus that many others have been battling).  The Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software will be completed soon (thanks Thomas for pushing it forward when [...]

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Links 12/20/2008

December 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Human Resource Executive Online – Story
Bill always has an interesting take on things. There is some good back story here on Authoria as well.
tags: HCM, talentmanagement

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Links 12/16/2008

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

SHRM, Kennedy, & Blowing Up Human Resources « Punk Rock Human Resources
Interesting thoughts on where HR organizations should (and should not) focus.
tags: HCM

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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SaaS Revenue Recognition

December 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Let me put the disclaimers in up front.  The following is my personal opinion.  It is not an official Gartner position.  In addition, I am not an accountant.  This is also a bit of a rant (so my apologies in advance).
Taleo announced on November 10, 2008 that its Deloitte & Touche LLP, the company’s independent [...]

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Where Has the Time Gone?

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

You may have noticed that I have not been posting much recently (other than links posts — more on that in a moment).  The main reason is that I have had to focus on my day job.  Thomas and I are putting the finishing touches on the new Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management (EPM) [...]

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Links 12/13/2008

December 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Finding Alternatives to Downsizing : ERE.net
This is a good interview with interesting case examples of strategies to avoid layoffs.
tags: E-Recruitment

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Links 12/10/2008

December 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Gen-Probe Proves Companies can With Through People | Performance and Talent Management Blog
Interesting case study for performance management.
tags: EPM, talentmanagement, genprobe

Taleo Blog – Talent Management Solutions – Numbers, Data, and Intelligence
Some good links and thoughts on workforce metrics and analytics.
tags: workforceanalytics, hcm, talentmanagement

When to spend cash in a SaaS business | Software as Services
Interesting perspective [...]

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Links 12/06/2008

December 6th, 2008 · No Comments

NFP: -533,000 | The Big Picture
Some sobering details on job loss in the economy. From a talent management perspective though, it does give some indications of priorities for different industries.
tags: E-Recruitment, talentmanagement

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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