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Archives for December, 2008


A Small Nugget from My Client Inquiries

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 30, 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

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 29, 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

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 20, 2008  |  Comments Off

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

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 16, 2008  |  Comments Off

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

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 15, 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 [...]

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Where Has the Time Gone?

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 15, 2008  |  Comments Off

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

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 13, 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

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 10, 2008  |  Comments Off

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 [...]

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Links 12/06/2008

by Jim Holincheck  |  December 6, 2008  |  Comments Off

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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