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Step Away From the Facebook Page: New HR Software Tries to Assess Productivity
Startup software company DeskTime joins crowded market for employee-productivity tools.
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Where Does the Time Go?
Startup software company RescueTime is part of “personal analytics” movement.
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Turn Here: GPS Tracking Gains Acceptance
In the early days, employees feared that GPS monitoring was a form of 'Big Brother' watching, but workers are becoming more accepting of tracking since companies are no longer just using the information as a threat to ensure workers stay on course.
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Showing Us That Smile Shows Us You're on Time
Companies are implementing biometric time clocks using facial recognition, fingerprint tracking or vein-pattern scanning to make it harder for hourly workers to steal company time. Still, some question whether Big Brother might be watching a little too closely.
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Five Things to Consider When Choosing a Global HR Software Vendor
Thoroughly investigate what's being offered to uncover shortcoming before it's too late.
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Tech Vendors Venture Out of North America
People management software vendors are courting multinationals and other clients looking to evolve to a single, cloud-based system to replace a crazy quilt of existing local and regional programs.
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Falling From Cloud Nine
For all its benefits, software as a service isn't a panacea. A successful switch takes planning, organization and lots of training and communications.
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76% of IT Decision-Makers Predict Cloud Applications Will Be Breached
More than three-quarters of information technology decision-makers predict their cloud applications are likely to be breached, according to a survey of 1,300 officials in 13 countries by Cisco Systems Inc. According to the survey released May 15, 76 percent of IT decision-makers predict their
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The IBM-Kenexa Deal Further Shows Talent Management Is Dead
Big Blue doesn't see talent management as big. Or at least not as big as data mining and social networking. And I'd say IBM is right.
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HR Software Firm Workday Stock Jumps Nearly 75 Percent on First Day
The hottest tech IPO since Facebook brings $637 million to the cloud-based HR software vendor.
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Lack of Understanding Hampers Value Plan Participation
One expert says that the majority of human resources managers still rely upon software solutions that are 25 years old or more.
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Warriors Show a Bit of Workforce Wisdom
The Golden State Warriors pro basketball team is about the last place you'd expect to find lessons about smart workforce management. But despite years of lackluster performance and a losing record so far this season, the franchise has some surprising insights to offer.
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Managing a Field Service Technology Upgrade
For a smooth transition, work with a partner, know your goals and test software on old work orders.
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Field (Service) of Dreams
More companies are equipping their field-service workers with mobile devices, GPS and Web-based apps, and seeing lower costs and higher productivity as a result.
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Field (Service) of Dreams
More companies are equipping their field-service workers with mobile devices, GPS and Web-based apps, and seeing lower costs and higher productivity as a result.
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Is &'Giganomics' the Future of Your Online Workforce?
Gigwalk is the latest entry in the slowly growing field of online labor exchanges. Services like this only may work well for certain kinds of jobs and tasks, but if the fit is right, it offers an opportunity for predictable and high-quality work.
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The CYA Report: The Great Apple Debate
The CYA Report podcast is a partnership between Workforce Management and Fistful of Talent. In this edition, Managing Editor Rick Bell and Senior Editor Ed Frauenheim debate Apple Inc. and the working conditions in China.
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Survey: Crowd Sourcing a Second Job for Many
Crowd sourcing can involve breaking up a large task such as validating data or translation into many small tasks and farming them out to numerous workers online instead of hiring a single worker or small number of workers to do the single large task.
