2011

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Acquisition #13: SAP's $3-billion cloud(y) adventure

Ahmed's Universe

'PARIS (UPDATED Feb. 27, 2012) Unless you are superstitious (which I am not since my grandmother always told me it brought bad luck to be superstitious) you will be thrilled with the news that the biggest HR software company in the world decided last weekend to buy SuccessFactors (SFSF), one of the up-and-coming web-based vendors, in this year''s 13th M&A deal.

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Common Interview Questions and What They Mean

Talent Culture

Have you ever wondered why an interviewer asks certain interview questions? Some of the questions seem so vague and random that it can be hard to figure out the logic behind the interview process. What’s right? What’s wrong? What does the hiring manager really want to hear? Below is a quick guide to the translations for some of the most common interview questions.

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Why Hiring a Recruiting Professional Can Be a Good Business Decision

Insperity

Paying for hiring mistakes is extremely time-consuming and expensive. For instance, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it can cost a company $14,000 or more to replace one employee. To avoid such costly mistakes, hiring a recruiting professional can help you not only avoid making the wrong hiring decisions, but also minimize the legal liabilities associated with hiring employees.

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9 things employees want from their managers (and 5 things they don’t)

Business Management Daily

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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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Notes from a good conference in a tacky town

Ahmed's Universe

'Can you tell the original one (which I can see from my Paris home) from the fake one which graced the view from my Mandalay Bay hotel room? LAS VEGAS In my book High-Tech Planet I called a chapter “The tackiest town on earth” because most of the action took place in Dubai. Now that I have been to Las Vegas I have to revise my judgment: Sin City wins top honors (at least the runner up for the title has the Persian Gulf as an exotic background.

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A wedding in the Land of White Moors

Ahmed's Universe

'The groom (and blogger''s brother) with his bride who is dressed, hand-hennaed and bejeweled according to centuries-old traditions NOUAKCHOTT Apart from the gift of life, I shall always be grateful to my parents for having brought me up in a multicultural family. And you can''t get any more wildly multicultural than my family: my mother was born in Paris into a Romanian family and at age 2 was taken to the old country when WWII broke out.

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PeopleSoft vs Workday - Old vs New

Ahmed's Universe

'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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Shakespeare and the debt crisis

Ahmed's Universe

'PARIS In Shakespeare''s most famous play, Hamlet , one of the characters, Laertes, is about to embark for Paris and receives from his father some wise advice: Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Hamlet , Act I , Sc. 3, 75-77. Had our rulers heeded this sound advice proffered by the Bard half a millennium ago we would have been spared the disastrous budget crisis which many countries are suffering from.

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The jobs crisis hits home ? literally

Ahmed's Universe

'Rio de Janeiro police about to enter a favela? No, their Parisian counterparts entering my apartment building to confront a hostage taker PARIS For someone whose main activity deals with workforce management, the surreal situation I found myself in this week couldn''t have brought any closer the main HR issue facing Europe and the United States: high and increasing unemployment figures.

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6 Steps to a Better Compensation Strategy

Compensation is one of your biggest expenses as a business, but it is also your biggest investment in your people and your culture. A great compensation strategy can be an incredible asset that supports your business goals and lays a foundation of trust between your company and your employees. Whether you already have a compensation strategy in place or you’re building one from scratch, this guide will help you level up your approach through these 6 steps: 1.

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Can Infor's acquisition of Lawson deliver on great HR technology?

Ahmed's Universe

'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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The unbearable dullness of the Academy Awards

Ahmed's Universe

'RIO DE JANEIRO One of life''s g reatest mysteries is how come that Hollywood, which churns out some of the best entertainment for the world to consume, consistently fails with the annual Academy Awards presentation. The show is a long, tedi ous, boring affair that drags on for hours. I stopped watching it in the last millennium as I could think of other "pleasures" to inflict on myself, for example corporate PowerPoint presentations (which unfortunately come minus the glamour of Tinseltown.

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Changing Careers: Look Before You Leap | CareerSolvers

Talent Culture

Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Monday, April 18th, 2011 Changing Careers: Look Before You Leap This month’s Career Collective post offers advice for career changers. You can find additional suggestions from my esteemed colleagues at the end of this post. I frequently talk to people who want to change careers.

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Seven Tips for Networking During the Holiday Season

Talent Culture

Today I enjoyed reading Penelope Trunk’s post, December is a Great Time for Your Career , because she dispels some common myths about searching for a job in December and her post puts a candid (and humorous) spin on the holiday season. Here are some of my recommendations for things you can do during the holiday season to beef up your network and start meaningful career conversations in the New Year.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Networking Your Way to Your Next Job

Talent Culture

Networking is the exchange of information and the cultivation of productive and authentic relationships. Some people would rather go to the dentist than go to a networking meeting or event. Many avoid it altogether throughout their careers and find themselves in a bind when they are in a job searchand aren’t connected to anyone who can help. Flossing your teeth daily is proactive and preventive dental care.

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Yes, Facebook Can Help You Find Your Next Job

Talent Culture

Everyday I counsel job seekers on how to leverage social media to accelerate their job search. And I’m happy to report that over the last year, more and more people are using LinkedIn as a way to stay in touch with people and build new relationships. But when I ask clients if they use Facebook, 9 times out of 10 the reply is, “Well, I have a Facebook account, but I only use it to keep up with personal relationships, not for job search.” Why is it that people think the two are m

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Should LinkedIn Be Afraid of BeKnown?

Talent Culture

Monster.com just launched a new Facebook application called BeKnown that lets users create a separate professional identity profile while on the Facebook platform. You may be thinking, “I already have a LinkedIn profile for professional networking. Why do I need another one?&# While it’s true that most professionals have been using LinkedIn as their main professional networking site, LinkedIn only has one million users compared to Facebook’s seven million.

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8 Things Recruiters Want Job Seekers to Know

Talent Culture

I chat with recruiters frequently and I often ask them this question: “If you could tell job seekers one thing, what would it be?” Here are their top responses. Be transparent. If there is a gap on your resume, explain it on the document itself. If you don’t explain the reason for the gap, we will draw our own conclusions. Use a chronological format over a functional format.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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Six Tips for Following Up After the Interview

Talent Culture

The time in between an interview and decisions for the next round of interviews can feel like an eternity when you are anxious to move your job search forward. But what can you do in conjunction with the interview process to follow up strategically and intelligently? Here are a few suggestions. 1. During the interview, ask when the hiring manager plans to conduct the next round of interviews or make the job offer.

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Career Tools to Check Out in 2011 | CareerSolvers

Talent Culture

Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Monday, January 3rd, 2011 Career Tools to Check Out in 2011 This month’s Career Collective topic is trends, tools, and hiring practices for 2011. I love writing about career tools that help job seekers keep informed. Here are a few of my favorites. TweetMyJOBS Imagine having job leads delivered directly to your computer or smart phone just seconds after they are posted by employers.

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Is It Time For Your Resume Checkup?

Talent Culture

This month my Career Collective colleagues are discussing tactics for giving your job search strategy a mid-year checkup. My tips for a resume checkup are below. Be sure to check out the sage advice of my colleagues as well by following the links at the end of this post. You can also view my video on resume tips for $100K+ professionals here. In today’s challenging economy, job seekers will need to implement a strong self-marketing campaign in order to get noticed in a crowded job search space.

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Don't get caught with an old school resume | CareerSolvers

Talent Culture

Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 Don’t Get Caught With an Old School Resume This month’s Career Collective topic is Job-Hunting Rules to Break: Outdated Job-Search Beliefs. I come across so many outdated concepts in resume writing that seem to be “passed down from generation to generation&# of job seekers, so I thought this was a good time to dispel some common resume writing myths once and for all.

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5 Trends to Help Your Organization Boost Job Satisfaction and Productivity

Treating your workforce as the organization’s top priority improves customer satisfaction and revenue growth and can boost job satisfaction and productivity. Read about five trends that are helping organizations around the country improve their people’s career well-being.

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Seven Things You Don’t Want to Have on Your Resume

Talent Culture

While every job seeker is unique, here are some general items I recommend leaving off of your resume to achieve optimal results. 1. Objectives. Most hiring managers I talk to are not interested in reading resume objectives. Frequently objectives sound very cliched and they rarely communicate what a candidate can do for an employer. Instead, use a professional summary that outlines your competencies and proves how you can help solve business problems. 2.

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Cool Tool for Job Search: BranchOut

Talent Culture

Since its launch this year, BranchOut , a professional networking platform on Facebook, has been growing steadily. Before BranchOut, many job seekers were reluctant to use Facebook as a job search tool because of all the personal information that could be displayed. BranchOut leverages the power of the Facebook network, but the BranchOut profile only shows work history, education, and positive endorsements to business contacts.

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What are Resume Keywords?

Talent Culture

We’ve all searched for something online by typing in a word or phrase that closely resembles the type of information we are looking for. We find information and make decisions about products and services via these types of searches. Employers use a similar method to find the applicants that best match their open positions. Many companies rely on applicant tracking software to source candidates.

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Your Digital Dirt May Have Just Gotten Messier

Talent Culture

I’ve been writing about employers who Google candidates prior to interviewing them or hiring them for some time, but the stakes on using information found online to make a hiring decision just got higher. AOL recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission recently granted background check company Social Intelligence permission to search information from people’s social networking sites as part of routine background checks, stating the checks are in compliance with the Fair Credi

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Fertility Benefits for Every Age: A HR Roadmap from Gen Z to Baby Boomers

Speaker: Lauri Armstrong, SHRM-SCP - Sr. Director, People Operations at Carrot Fertility

Today’s workforce includes multiple generations of employees all looking for something different from their benefits package. While meeting these disparate needs can be challenging, a comprehensive fertility benefit can support everyone from junior staffers learning about their fertility health to senior leadership managing menopause and low testosterone symptoms.