Report from Occupy HR Technology Movement

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Marc Effron, by Marc Effron
“The demonstrators claim that the 99% of people who use HR enterprise technology are unfairly controlled by the 1% who design and sell it. They’re demanding an immediate redistribution of power to the end user. Excuse me, sir?”
 

HRExaminer v2.44

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser
Why SaaS Will Take Over the World by Colin Kingsbury As the chief executive of a SaaS provider of talent management systems, I might reasonably be expected to disagree strongly with John’s recent three-piece j’accuse, revisiting the pitfalls of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). In fact, I more or less agree with the substance of all of it. […]
 

Kenexa

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Reviews, by John Sumser
When I headed to Dallas for the Kenexa Analysts’ Summit, my expectations were pretty low. Imagine my surprise when I walked away from last week’s analyst summit with a powerfully positive view of the firm. Here’s why.
 

Branding 2012

Topics: HR Scoop, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
The key to 21st Century marketing effectiveness is a combination of intimacy and search engine friendliness. A surprise branding challenger emerged at last month’s Recruiting Innovation Summit.
 

Why SaaS Will Take Over the World by Colin Kingsbury

Topics: Colin Kingsbury, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Colin Kingsbury
As the chief executive of a SaaS provider of talent management systems, I might reasonably be expected to disagree strongly with John’s recent three-piece j’accuse, revisiting the pitfalls of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). In fact, I more or less agree with the substance of all of it. But that doesn’t matter because SaaS is still going to take over the world, and I’ll explain why.
 

Reaching Wayback: Stay Tuned to Stay Ahead

It’s hard to explain how different the world looks when you shift your focus. What seems subtle or obvious at first become the foundations of a whole new way of seeing things. Things change when you change the way you look at them.
 

HRExaminer v2.43

Is there any there there in mobile recruiting?
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A Great Place To Work For Everyone

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
I have a hundred “Why Virgin America is great” stories. Here are a couple from recent travels that highlight what it’s like to work on a Virgin America flight for the customer and employees.
 

Good Time

It’s hard to have great conversations in social media. What I’m noticing is that very little social technology is actually social. Mostly it’s about the collection and distribution of data. That’s not inherently bad. It’s just that the present and future have so much more to offer.
 

New HR & Social Technology Report Bundle

The pre-order period closed yesterday for the new HRxAnalysts report The 2012 Index of Social Technology in HR & Recruiting. Thanks for your orders (see end of this post for how you can take part in our new report bundle detailed below). New: Today we’re announcing a new pre-order report bundle for $695 that saves […]