Jul 26th, 2010
10 days ago I posted a somewhat provocative post questioning whether enterprise software was dead. Based on the results of the Gartner Executive Program 2010 CIO Survey, Enterprise Software experienced a dramatic decline in the list of top priorities of CIOs who where included in the survey. After a fairly steady #2 in the list [...]
Jul 16th, 2010
Big software, like ERP solutions from vendors like SAP and Oracle are what most large business use to run their operations. From supply chain logistics controlling how much product to order, from which supplier, at what price to human resources management solutions which help organizations keep track of their inventory of talent and produce payroll [...]
Jun 29th, 2010
As much as I would have liked to have posted this entry earlier, I’ve been trying to catch up after three quick days in Vegas for the Oracle HCM Users Group conference at the Mirage Hotel. This was the second year in a row that I’ve had an opportunity to attend OHUG and continue to [...]
Jun 22nd, 2010
For years recruiters have been looking for the best way to reach those who are not actively looking for a job – passive candidates. For some reason that I don’t always agree with, the passive candidate is perceived to be more valuable than those who are actively seeking a job. There is a sociological theory [...]
Just a quick note to my readers to invite you to find me if you’ll be at the Oracle HCM Users Group in Las Vegas next week. I along with two incredibly talented individuals from CDW will be presenting on how to use PeopleSoft’s position management functionality to help better enable talent management processes. Our [...]
Jun 8th, 2010
Editor’s note – This post is targeted largely to my readers in the United States, but might be applicable elsewhere based on the quality of the mobile carrier in your country that supports the Apple iPhone Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few days, you probably heard that Apple announced their fourth [...]
This week I’ve decided to devote the entire week of new and creative ways in which HR can take advantage of emerging technologies. To help demonstrate the point, today I wanted to talk about Four Square, a rapidly growing location-based social networking tool which rewards users with “badges” for checking-into locations more frequently. While some [...]
Jun 1st, 2010
I’ve been running this blog since October of 2009, so just a hair under 8 months. In that time I’ve averaged about one post a week. While not as frequent as some of my fellow HR bloggers, it is still a respectable pace – and one that isn’t always easy to maintain along with a [...]