Ahmed's Universe

MAY 25, 2011

'ROME ( Updated March 5, 2012 ) While in the Eternal City to evangelize European HR leaders on the joys of a modern HR system at a Talent and Mobility Conference , I was asked by the Head of HR of an Italian bank running PeopleSoft and considering alternatives to present to their board of directors the pros and cons of PeopleSoft versus Workday. Here is the takeaway I left the board members with at the end of my presentation: PeopleSoft has over 3,000 customers , and the number is decreasing* ?

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Business Management Daily

MAY 24, 2011

Different employees crave different things from their managers. Here’s practical advice you can give the bosses in your organization. You’ll help them focus on the managerial qualities that matter most to employees—and forget about the window dressing workers don’t care about. The post 9 things employees want from their managers (and 5 things they don’t) appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Talent Culture

MAY 25, 2011

Etiquette regarding sending a thank you letter following the job interview continues to baffle job seekers. Here are the most common questions I get regarding thank you letters. Do hiring authorities really read thank you letters? What information should be included in the letter? How long should it be? Should I send a thank you letter via email or snail mail?

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Ahmed's Universe

MAY 3, 2011

'PARIS The compulsive blogger that I am is going to be quite busy with the dizzying speed of M&A activity in the HR technology space. In a lively LinkedIn discussion (registration is required) it was reported that serial acquirer Infor, which last week bought Lawson, had great plans to consolidate its multiple offerings, maybe à la Oracle Fusion.

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MAY 5, 2011

Every year before Mother’s Day, a few annual surveys come out about working mothers. Salary.com has the What’s Mom Worth? salary wizard which calculates how much someone would be paid for all of the jobs moms do (teacher, cook, chauffeur, etc) and reminds moms that all the work they do is worth a six-figure salary even though they never actually see a dime.

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