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Bersin Research Bulletin - Peoplefluent: Talent Management Pioneer

In this Bersin research bulletin, we discuss Peoplefluent – a major player in the market built from the pioneering work of Authoria, Peopleclick and Aquire organizations. Today the company is one of the larger software providers in the market (with revenues of approximately $100 million), and offers a wide range of solutions which span from employee communications through highvolume recruiting, workforce analysis and planning, contingent workforce management, compliance and diversity, and mobile talent management.

Total Workforce. Total Impact.

Identify the critical roles that drive your business, accurately evaluate the capabilities of individuals in your workforce, determine if the talent you require is available internally or needs to be sourced externally, ensure workforce compliance and diversity, and establish leadership and retention plans for your top performers. Total workforce talent management with Peoplefluent comprises empowering talent evolution, managing the total workforce, and driving decisions using predictive information.

Decision Views for Business Performance

The performance of any business is directly linked to the strategic decisions made by executives and managers within that organization. The majority of those decisions require a clear view of the talent within the organization and their ability to carry out business strategy and achieve organizational goals. Putting your talent management data in the hands of key decision-makers – when they need it – has been difficult if not impossible before now. Finally, senior managers and executives get visual answers to strategic talent management questions in order to build their business.

Improve Your Quality of Hire

As global market growth improves and hiring accelerates, organizations must not only capture and measure quality of hire across multiple dimensions, but also continuously improve quality of hire over time. This requires visibility beyond just traditional measures like time to fill a single position or even cost to hire by source. Move beyond traditional recruiting metrics to find out if your hiring is actually improving your business.

Succession Fluency

Peoplefluent has been offering succession capabilities for over a decade, including the “version 10” succession product that announces its fifteenth SaaS version for customer availability in September 2011. The Peoplefluent Succession solution already includes the easiest to use capabilities available in the market for creating Talent Profiles, succession slates, career plans, career paths and Decision Views for flexible analytics and reporting.

Compensation Analysis: The OFCCP’s Three-Tiered Audit Strategy

by Murray S. Simpson, PhD
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) audits the compensation practices of a federal contractor using a three-tiered strategy. This paper explains each tier of the OFCCP’s audit strategy, examines the uncertainties for federal contractors associated with each tier, and assesses the extent to which the analysis conducted for each tier is statistically and legally meaningful.

Questions the Government is Asking about your Employment Tests: Do you have the Answers?

by Lisa Harpe, PhD
Federal agencies responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination regulations, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), have turned their attention to employment testing. Both agencies employ experts responsible for evaluating the validity of employment tests. Both agencies have settled major employment testing cases in the last few years. The OFCCP routinely asks about employment tests during audits of federal contractors. The EEOC held a special committee meeting on testing in May 2006 and published a fact sheet on testing in December 2007. So what do they want to know?

Performance Management: It’s a Lot More Than Annual Appraisals

If you think performance management begins and ends with the annual performance review, think again. Annual performance appraisals have a place, to be sure. But if performance appraisals are the sum total of your performance management process, you’re missing out on a major opportunity to develop, assess, motivate, and promote talent.

Survive or Thrive: The Talent Management Imperative in Healthcare

In an economic downturn, budgets are shrinking and, in many cases, headcount is likely to be cut. This is never a pleasant exercise, but if you're well prepared, you’ll be able to deliver the required cost reductions while minimizing the impact on the business. You’ll also put your organization in a strong position when a more favorable environment returns. Download this white paper for many best practices for building the right talent management plan now, before you’re likely to make mistakes.

IDC Analyst Connection: Managing Talent in the Emerging Workforce

As a result of the recent economic environment, many organizations have focused on talent and workforce issues as never before. To effectively reduce their workforces and still maintain compliance with legislation, organizations need insight into the true costs of labor as well as the ability to identify high performers. Talent management systems were used by many organizations to provide such insight. With many organizations augmenting their full-time workforce with a mix of contingent and freelance workers, they are turning to talent management systems to help manage an increasingly complex workforce. This paper answers five questions posed to IDC on behalf of Peopleclick Authoria customers.