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HR in the 21st Century

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

Operating a business is complicated enough in this modern age. From a HR and record-keeping viewpoint, tasks become more complex nearly on a daily basis with changes in tax laws, hiring laws, company policies, expanding ...

Managing Employee Performance

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

When you think about the workforce, it can be compared to a vehicle. For example, a vehicle has many parts that make it run smoothly. There’s the engine, steering wheel, and tires that all work ...

Use Your HRMS to Save Your HRASS!

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

Many times, human resource management along with human resource software seems pointless, an exercise in utter futility. Forms are filled out and boxes are checked and then the "paperwork" is electronically archived. Who’s going to ...

What's That You Say about HRMS?

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

You've heard it before: every business needs to have a Human Resource Management System, or HRMS. In fact, you've probably heard it so many times that the words make you want to box your own ...

HRIS Overview

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

If you take a look at the Human Resources department as it has evolved over the years, you will probably be unsurprised to find that the role of an HR executive has lately come to ...

Give Your Business a Makeover with HRIS

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

When it comes to running a business, you will find that there are hundreds upon hundreds of different kinds of software and programs out there designed to help you do the job. Between all of ...

HRIS Field: What To And What Not To Input

By Carolyn Sokol · 12 years ago

Congrats on your new HRIS or HRMS software system! The implementation experts have imported as much data as they were able to from your payroll software system, Excel files, and your old HRIS system. Now ...

HRIS Software Industry – How Will We Be Impacted by a Recession?

By Clay Scroggin · 13 years ago

I have put a great deal of thought into how the HRIS Software Industry will be impacted by a recession. It’s the kind of question that keeps owners of start up companies up at nights. ...

The Hidden Traps of HRMS Software as a Service

By Clay Scroggin · 13 years ago

After a decade or so of haphazard evolution, it can probably at last be said that Human Resources, that ambiguous child of marketing and capitalism, has finally gotten his ungainly legs beneath him. The HR ...

Announcing a PEO Comparison Website!

By Clay Scroggin · 14 years ago

I am very proud of the results achieved with CompareHRIS.com and fully believe that the knowledge gained from this endeavor can easily transfer to new website ventures. CompareHRIS.com, which has now seen over 100k visits, ...

Advice for College Students Majoring in Human Resources

By Clay Scroggin · 14 years ago

I have a niece and nephew who have, interestingly enough, both picked Human Resources as their college major. The choice is interesting to me because I have worked within the HR software world for 16 ...

The Value of The Benefit Statement

By Clay Scroggin · 15 years ago

Changing Healthcare With the election past and a new president in office, our country can expect some decisive changes in the coming future. Like it or not, one thing is fairly certain: Universal Healthcare is ...

Choosing The Right HRIS Vendor For You

By Clay Scroggin · 15 years ago

The recent push for improved strategy in management has got HR managers scrambling left and right to meet executive demands. Critical to achieving better human resource information databasing is, of course, an expert business system, ...

HRIS Software - Can You Implement it Yourself?

By Clay Scroggin · 15 years ago

When you review the cost of HRIS software, you will quickly notice that a large percentage of the cost of the software is made up in implementation, training, and consulting costs. I have been asked ...

HRIS Software - What Does "Determine Your Needs" Mean?

By Clay Scroggin · 15 years ago

If you have read any articles on selecting an HRIS, HRMS or HR software programs, they all say you first have to determine your needs. The phrase is used so often it's almost a cliché. ...

HRMS Software - Employee Self Service (ESS) Defined

By Clay Scroggin · 15 years ago

HRMS Software employee self service (ESS) systems continue to be one of the most popular options with HRMS software and the demand is only growing. The objective of this article is to define the typical ...

HRIS Software - Training Management Defined

By Clay Scroggin · 15 years ago

Every HRIS software or HRMS software application I have reviewed provides the capability of tracking when employees have taken classes and when those classes need to be retaken. With this article, I will discuss the ...

Should you purchase your Payroll HRIS system from a Value Added Reseller?

By Clay Scroggin · 16 years ago

Many business software companies offer sales, consulting and training services for their HRIS systems or combined Payroll HRIS systems through other independent companies, called business partners or value added resellers, AKA VAR’s. The question addressed ...

What Type of HRIS Software Training Works Best?

By Clay Scroggin · 16 years ago

Once you have decided on an HRIS or HRMS software application to purchase, you may be presented with a few options on how you wish to be trained. In this section, I am not referring ...

Ten Steps to making a wise HR software Purchase Decision

By Clay Scroggin · 16 years ago

This HR system, HRIS or HRMS selection advice is based directly on my more than fifteen years of experience as a Human Resources software value added reseller. Between me and others who work for my ...