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April 10, 2008
Vol 6  No 7 

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When recruiting sits at the core of the business, best practices call for accurate workforce projections and a culture of continuous improvement.

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Firms Re-Evaluate Reliability of Vendor Management System Suppliers

The catalyst for the new review of VMS providers is the recent collapse of Ensemble Chimes Global, the largest player in the VMS space.

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HR SERVICE
Percentage of HR leaders naming issue as a top HR service delivery issue, Q4 2006 and Q4 2007

  2006 2007
Streamline processes/systems 10% 35%
Recruiting/staffing services/ systems 24 31
Talent/performance systems 14 30
Upgrading HR system 39 24
Manager  self-service 23 23
Accuracy of data 9 18
Employee self-service 23 17
New HR system 5 15
Compensation/benefit services/systems 31 14
Cost 6 13
Note: Survey of 275 HR executives.
Source: Towers Perrin

HR PAY
Median total targeted cash compensation for HR jobs, technology and life science companies, 2008

  Directors Managers
Recruiting $175,500 $109,600
Compensation/benefits analysis 157,600 102,900
Training/development 154,000 100,300
HR generalists 135,400 94,000
Source: Culpepper
 

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