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Special Report on HR Technology: Talent Tools Still Essential

  

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1. Special Report: HR Technology: Talent Management Software-—Style Over Substance
The latest talent management products—modeled on organizational charts and baseball-card-style representations of employees—certainly have an appealing look, but skeptics dismiss the software as a fad that does little to boost effectiveness.

2. Vendor Viability Looming Larger
The economic downturn raises the stakes on the viability of talent management software vendors. Even big fish in the pond, such as Kenexa or Taleo, could be acquisition targets.

3. No Bells or Whistles Allowed


4. When HR IT Goes Bad
Unfortunately for the Los Angeles Unified School District, almost anything that could go wrong with its human resources payroll system upgrade did, leading to millions of dollars in overpayments and underpayments to teachers and other employees and ultimately a financial settlement from its HR IT contractor. Here’s how to avoid such an experience.

5. An HR Software Revolution?
SuccessFactors chief executive Lars Dalgaard leads one of the fastest-growing firms in one of the fastest-growing corners of the software industry—talent management. But to Dalgaard, SuccessFactors is about more than a product; it’s nothing short of a revolution.


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During the downturn, firms continue to need talent management products to make smarter job cuts, maximize employee performance and keep tabs on the people they’ll need to thrive as the economy recovers.
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