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Alight Solutions Boosts Global Presence & Cloud HR Capability with Acquisition of NGA HR
Aug 30, 2019, by Elizabeth RennieThis past week the payroll services market experienced yet another consolidation of major vendors, with Alight Solutions (‘Alight’) announcing its intent to acquire multi-country payroll specialist NGA HR. Although the deal terms were not disclosed, once approved (expected by Q4, possibly Q1 2020 at the latest), the acquisition will bring together two leading HR BPaaS [...]
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Korn Ferry’s Spotlight on Talent Advisory
Jul 03, 2019, by Gary BragarI recently attended Korn Ferry’s RPO Client Advisory Forum, which was all about talent management. The theme was ‘unplugged’ and featured frank discussions about the RPO industry, including the challenges faced by the clients and service providers who attended from every region. Beyond RPO, Korn Ferry offers many complementary talent management services, includin[...]
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PeopleScout: Improving Employer Branding, Driving Global Growth
Jun 20, 2019, by Gary BragarLast week I attended PeopleScout’s annual client NEXT Talent Summit 2019. In the keynote address, President Taryn Owen noted that this event marked one year since its acquisition of TMP to strengthen its global RPO and talent advisory capabilities. TMP, which operated in the U.K. under the brand name TMP Worldwide, provides employer branding, recruitment marketing, and RPO serv[...]
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Safeguard Global Fuels its Future with Acquisition of Workfor
May 08, 2019, by Elizabeth RennieThis past week I had the opportunity to attend a private event hosted by Safeguard Global at Crewe Hall in the U.K., where the company celebrated its continued success in the global payroll space and made a major announcement that aims to fuel the company’s continued growth and support its vision for enabling simplified, compliant global expansion for multinational businesses. [...]
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CloudPay: Changing the Performance Mindset with Payroll Efficiency Index
Apr 24, 2019, by Elizabeth RennieThis past month, NelsonHall published its annual Next Generation Payroll Services report, which found that buyers and clients of managed payroll services are keenly focused on engaging ‘next generation’ technologies that can enable payroll operating model transformation. Thus, organizations are increasingly seeking out managed payroll services providers that can provide a[...]
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ADP’s Latest Workplace Innovations
Apr 10, 2019, by Gary BragarADP held its 26th annual Meeting of the Minds (MOTM) client conference recently, celebrating its 70 years in business. ADP is helping change the way employees work by continuously introducing new and enhanced products and services, and here I focus on three key areas: mobile, how pay is accessed, and recruiting. ADP Mobile: growth & new developments ADP has 20 million regis[...]
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Excelity Global’s Digital HR Plans for 2019
Mar 21, 2019, by Elizabeth RennieWith the digital economy pushing businesses to pivot and reimagine the way they operate, HR is under considerable pressure to support new business models and shifts in strategic direction. Further, the workplace and the way we work is rapidly evolving, adding to the complexities and challenges HR must navigate to compete for today's top talent. As a result, organizations of[...]
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Global Payroll Steals the Show at ADP rethink 2019
Feb 01, 2019, by Elizabeth RennieThis past week I had the opportunity to attend ADP rethink, its global HCM client event in Berlin, where the theme was "Transforming the Way the World Works." With many organizations undergoing massive change and transformation brought on by digitalization, the selection of Berlin as the backdrop seemed fitting given the deep history and massive change the city has experien[...]
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OneSource Virtual Delivers Turnkey RPA with RPaaS.com
Nov 06, 2018, by Elizabeth RennieOrganizations of all sizes continue to pursue digital HR transformation to achieve an optimized HR delivery model – one that enables their leaders to focus their efforts on strategic activities associated with attracting, developing, and retaining top talent for the business rather than spending valuable time on repetitive administrative tasks. To a large extent, this is being [...]
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Ceridian Dayforce: Client Results, Opportunities & Challenges
Oct 26, 2018, by Gary Bragarby Gary Bragar & Pete Tiliakos This past week at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Ceridian held its 31st annual client event, Ceridian INSIGHTS. The event attracted ~3k attendees and consisted of 150 sessions, many presented by clients highlighting the capabilities of the Dayforce HCM platform and the outcomes achieved following its adoption. In this blog, we highlight a few of th[...]
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AGS Takes QUANTUM Leap in the Workforce Acquisition Framework Space
Oct 16, 2018, by Nikki EdwardsEarlier this month, Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) launched the QUANTUM Platform™ to the U.S. market. QUANTUM is a workforce acquisition (WA) framework comprising a total talent strategy, a sourcing methodology, and a technology platform all in one. 18 months in the making, the idea was initiated about a decade ago, as discussions began around the roadblocks associated wi[...]
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HCM & Payroll Integration: A Look at CloudPay Connect 2.0
Oct 09, 2018, by Elizabeth RennieAs organizations of all sizes continue to re-evaluate and address legacy HR and payroll systems and processes en route to enhanced digital operating models, cloud-based applications are increasingly being selected as the vehicle for HR transformation. With the introduction and increasing prevalence of advanced APIs, buyers are being afforded the ability to leverage a “best of c[...]
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Highlights from Workday Rising 2018 (vlog)
Oct 08, 2018, by Elizabeth RenniePete Tiliakos presents a round-up of the latest developments from Workday and the key discussion points from the Workday Rising annual user conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada.[...]
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Cielo: Latest Developments & RPO Growth in Latin America
Oct 04, 2018, by Gary BragarLast week, I attended Cielo’s annual analyst event, held at its service center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here I round up the latest high-level developments at the RPO vendor, then take a closer look at its Latin American business. Latest developments & 2020 roadmap Cielo performs ~157k hires for ~154 clients in ~92 countries in 36 languages. Clients are served by ~2[...]
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Advances in HR Tech: The View from The Strip
Sep 19, 2018, by Elizabeth RennieThis past week, I attended two HR events at opposite ends of the Las Vegas strip: HR Technology conference and SuccessFactors’ SuccessConnect client event. Together, they attracted ~14k HR leaders, practitioners, vendors, analysts, thought leaders, and clients, and had the common theme and purpose of showcasing the latest HR technologies and innovations that are enabling employ[...]
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Capgemini Strengthens Digital HR Portfolio with Just-In-Time Launch of Digital Learning Operations
Aug 31, 2018, by NelsonHall AnalystCapgemini has launched a new offering in its digital HR portfolio, Digital Learning Operations (DLO). A key feature of DLO is platform flexibility, important because next-gen platforms are better at delivering just-in-time training personalized for the learner. DLO is also important because its Digital Content Factory focuses on providing content via digital modalities, which ar[...]
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Payroll Services Clients’ Transformation & Innovation Expectations Not Being Met
Aug 21, 2018, by Elizabeth RennieAs part of NelsonHall’s recent Next Generation Payroll Services market analysis, in addition to interviewing 20 of the leading payroll services providers globally, our research extended to a survey of the vendors’ clients. We met clients of different sizes, from a variety of geographies and industries, and covering a range of services in-scope and levels of payroll sourci[...]
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HR Services Contract Activity Review, H1 2018
Aug 03, 2018, by Gary BragarNelsonHall’s recently published global BPS market forecast reveals that the overall HR services market will grow at 5.8% in 2018. Here I look at how each of the key HRS sub-service lines have performed in H1 2018. In order of number of contracts announced (highest to lowest), this covers Benefits Administration, Multi-Process HRS, Learning, Payroll, and Recruitment. I also prov[...]
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The Growth of AMS’ Cleveland Global Client Service Center
Jul 03, 2018, by Gary BragarLast week, I visited the recruitment and talent management vendor Alexander Mann Solutions’ Global Client Service Center (GCSC) in Cleveland. Here I take a quick look at the growth of the operation and at recent initiatives. Cleveland as a location Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has seven GCSCs, the fourth of which opened in Cleveland in September 2012 to support AMS&rsqu[...]
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Neeyamo: Easing the Move to the Cloud with UnBox HR for SuccessFactors
Jun 22, 2018, by Elizabeth RennieI recently attended Neeyamo’s analyst event in Atlanta, where I discussed the company’s cloud transformation practice with its leaders, and specifically the announcement of UnBox HR for SuccessFactors. Over the past 10 years, Neeyamo has developed its HR offering with the goal of “addressing the white spaces” in HR technology and services and focusing [...]
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PeopleScout Continues Global Expansion with Acquisition of TMP Holdings
Jun 21, 2018, by Gary BragarAt its recent Talent Summit, PeopleScout announced the expansion of its service centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia Pacific, plus the acquisition of TMP Holdings, a provider of employer branding and RPO services operating in the U.K. via Yocto, the RPO division of TMP Worldwide. Already the largest RPO provider in terms of number of hires (~300k annually) and the largest[...]
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Talent Disruption: What’s Next?
Jun 15, 2018, by Gary BragarLast week, I attended and presented at Futurestep’s second annual client event, themed Talent Disruption: What’s Next? with clients attending from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Below is a round-up of the event’s main talking points. Key talent acquisition & retention challenges The following summarizes some of the key challenges presented by Futu[...]
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Cornerstone Convergence 2018 Highlights
Jun 11, 2018, by Elizabeth RenniePete Tiliakos reports from Cornerstone Convergence 2018 on topics including the talent management company’s strategy, latest product developments, and extreme focus on CX.[...]
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Meet Ari & Mya, the Talent Acquisition Virtual Assistants
May 31, 2018, by Nikki EdwardsWith increasing pressure on organizations to find the best hires, talent acquisition (TA) teams are continuing to grow. And as more Gen Zs are joining the workforce for the first time, so too are the latest generation of virtual assistants or chatbots. Here I look at the early careers and future prospects of Ari and Mya, two virtual assistants currently being used by TA vendors and corporate T[...]
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SGWI’s GEO Employment Model: Enabling Agile Global Expansion
May 22, 2018, by Elizabeth RennieAs businesses today are increasingly operating at a global level, they face inherent complexity and compliance hurdles. Indeed, a recurring finding in NelsonHall’s annual payroll market analysis is that compliance is a key driver for organizations outsourcing payroll. And new regulatory directives such as GDPR are placing yet more compliance pressure on the HR and payroll leade[...]