Michael Specht

Last night at around 5.30pm I received a call from Penny Elmslie, the marketing manager at NGA.Net about two topics that they were very excited about. First was they had started a blog, second they had purchased a company.
While the first piece of news is not that earth shattering for some, I personally feel it is great [...]

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For the last 12 years CedarCrestone has been conducting research into how organisations are using technology to support their HR functions, the resulting report is a must read for anyone involved in the HR Technology industry.
Once again it is time for the survey and I really encourage all of my readers who are part of [...]

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The team at Navigo, distributors of OrgPlus, have released their 2010 reasearch report into HR technology usage by larger organisations in Australia, you can get your copy of the report at http://hrtechreport.com.au.
The report is an interesting read focusing more on organisation’s satisfaction with their solutions than looking at overall trend in usage. Having said that [...]

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I have been thinking a lot about how complex the overall HR technology landscape has become in the last five years.
Traditional time and attendance vendors now do all things (Kronos), applicant tracking vendors now do performance management (take your pick of vendors), learning management vendors now do compensation (Plateau ) and competitors are now the [...]

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I was updating my feeds today and decided I had better add the news/press/media release for a number of local vendors. I had not done this earlier as last I had looked most did not provide RSS feeds, I had hoped this situation had changed.
Unfortunately I was wrong.
Of the 12 vendors I check before writing this post [...]

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