May 15, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

Can you still get innovation with payroll outsourcing?

Payroll is Still the Most Outsourced HR Function

IT innovations and globalisation are helping to drive payroll outsourcing. Companies want to focus on “what they do best” and outsource the rest.

Still, as HR objectives are being reshaped, each function has to be evaluated and HR performance has to become more measurable

This year’s event will again explore payroll, with payroll experts and practitioners digging deep into the fundamental question of whether there are still areas of improvement and innovation to expect from payroll outsourcing:

• What defines payroll outsourcing today?
  
• Is cost reduction still the main driver?
  
• What are they major trends and their possible impact on companies’ practices and services delivered by HRO providers?
  
• What do practitioners focus on when it comes to selecting a payroll vendor?
  
• Is the retained organisation the future area of improvement for payroll outsourcing?

Join us in Dublin in November as we dive into payroll, sourcing, recruitment & talent, learning, technology, contingent workforce and innovation and competitive advantage.

Each track is comprised of both an overview and deep dive session where HR buyers, advisors and practitioners interact.

Register TODAY for our early bird special of only €208.50!

May 10, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

WEBINAR: Integrating Video and Social into your Recruitment Strategy

Integrating Video and Social into your Recruitment Strategy

As part of our HR HeOs webinar series, HRO Today Magazine and HRO Today Forum Europe is excited to host an informative webinar featuring JSTN, the revolutionary leader providing technology driven video to reach top talent!

We will be discussing real client examples that you can immediately implement to drive improvement with your recruitment needs as well as drive long-term pipeline and improved employment brand exposure.

Take aways will include specific usage examples from successfully executed campaigns as well as detailed metrics showcasing best-in-class organization’s success.

Please click on this short video to register for the replay.

And, don’t forget the early bird special is still on for HRO Today Forum Europe! Register for only €208.50!

May 9, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

Be at the Main HRO Event of the Year and read the most influential HRO Magazine with our compliments!

HRO Today Forum Europe is presented by SharedXpertise which is also proud to own HRO Today Global Magazine.

The magazine resulted from the growth of the world’s most significant strategic business management trend, HR outsourcing and HR transformation on the European continent and in the UK.

Today, HRO Today Global readers are primarily HR business leaders in large and mid-sized businesses and government. Its stories, features and columns focus exclusively on HR from the buyer’s perspective covering issues such as: -

• Learning
• Multi-Process HRO
• Payroll
• Performance Management & Rewards
• Relocation
•  Recruitment, Staffing & Search
•  Technology
•  And much more

As an attendee at this year’s HRO Today Forum Europe, you are eligible to receive not only the early bird pricing but also a year’s subscription to HRO Today Global.

All you have to do is register today for the conference and in ID Code input HROTG12 and the system will do the rest for you! We look forward to seeing you in November!

May 2, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

Build relationships and make lasting connections

Register today to meet over 200 peers, providers and advisors all in one location!

A key reason practitioners return year on year to HRO Today Forum Europe is the unique variety of networking opportunities the event presents.  

We understand that many of the insightful discussions are done on a peer-to-peer basis outside the conference programme, so we have on offer a number of networking events, as well as the general conference breaks to help facilitate introductions between the delegates.

Here’s an interesting fact: More business decisions are made over lunch, dinner and drinks than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject–you just need to be there to take part!

Tuesday 13^th November – Welcome Reception

After the HR professional opening sessions, we welcome all delegates to start their networking at the event by joining us at the welcome reception.

Wednesday 14^th November – Networking Breakfast hosted by Alexander Mann, Networking Lunch and Gala Dinner hosted by Advantage xPO

A chance to relax and spend an enjoyable moment networking with your peers over breakfast, lunch, and our gala dinner with evening entertainment!

Join 200+ HR colleagues from around Europe at the HRO Today Forum Europe, in the wonderful city of Dublin.

Network with delegates such as:

• Head of HR Planning, HRIS & Shared Services, SELEX Galileo
• Vice President, KellyOCG
  
• Commercial Director, NelsonHall
• Global HR Projects Manager, Kraft Foods
• Partner, Orion Partners
• European Training Manager, Chevrolet Europe
• Head of Sourcing and Services Delivery, Banco Sanander

And many, many more!
Don’t miss the Early Bird Special!

April 24, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

What Does HR Competitive Advantage Look Like in 2012?

CEOs often say people are what make companies better, but what about HR departments? Is your HR department creating a clear connection between people value and HR value, be it through talent data, talent investment or otherwise?

Recent research suggests that some companies are beginning to use strategic awareness of talent data to drive competitive advantage, and that companies need to accelerate their efforts to invest in analytics, integrated talent strategies, and clear talent communication  to business leaders.

It’s clear that HR professionals need to bring the same data and data analysis rigor to the world that their colleagues in Marketing, Sales and IT bring to leads, pipeline and equipment metrics. Some companies are already down this path; others are lagging pretty significantly

The key challenge now is rethinking the HR role and HR value chain

At HRO Today Forum Europe, we call this rethinking the “O” in HRO.  Does the “O” stand for:

• Outsourcing
  
• Operations?
  
• Optimisation?
  
• All of the above?

Join us in Dublin November 13 ^th – 15 ^th as we assemble the best and the brightest across Europe to debate this and other pressing HR questions, plus network and share best practices.

Oh yeah, and we have a little fun, too!

Excerpts taken from a blog article by David Wilkins, VP Research, Taleo

April 17, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

The World of Work is Changing, But Who is Driving the Change?

In our recent IdeasJam on March 22, we asked HR practitioners globally to comment on several questions around Innovation & Competitive Advantage. To support this, we provided additional reading in our Issues Briefs section, including a whitepaper on the Changing World of Work from Allegis Group.

Author Bruce Morton argues that it’s not work/life balance, nor flextime, nor better pay and benefits that’s driving the changing workplace. Instead, he suggests that the primary driver is around how organisations are harnessing, embracing and unleashing talent.

Concepts such as:

• Personal Work Design
• Multi-Engagement
  
• Evolution of Power
  
• Connection Economy
  
• Personal ROI, and
  
• Fellowship

are used to describe how nimble companies may address the new world of work in the near future.

What do you think?

In Dublin, join us to discuss how innovation and competitive advantage are meeting  talent. recruitment, technology and change to create the work models that will drive the future’s innovative companies.

April 10, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

VIDEOS: The Best of HRO Today Europe on your desktop!

Just the Evidence, Please

 If a pictures paints a thousand words, then our 2011 Forum videos are an encyclopedia of knowledge on the HRO Today Forum Europe experience: best practices, networking opportunities, industry thought leadership and a good time to boot!

But don’t take our word for it, see and hear the evidence for yourself!

Experience the EXCITEMENT of the HRO Today Forum Europe 2011 in the Event Video.

Hear from top HR buyers, providers and advisors from companies such as KellyOCG, NeslonHall, SELEX Galileo, Chevrolet Europe, Banco Santander, SD Worx, Orion Partners, Kenexa in our Testimonial Videos.

Register today for only €208.50!

April 4, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

HR”O” – Outsourcing or Operations?

There are lots of ways of doing outsourcing, and to choose the right solution may actually require a combination of sourcing solution. When we asked our delegates several years ago whether the “O” stood for outsourcing or operations, 80% of the audience said outsourcing, but that there was still “a lot to learn.”

That’s no surprise given that HR Officers manage a portfolio that encompasses the need for operational effectiveness across talent, recruitment, learning, payroll and benefits. Join us in Dublin as we take on in our role as Change Agents to:

• Overcome the Job-Skills Gap
• Deliver operational excellence
• Open up innovation

We’ll discuss peer-driven solutions for HROfficers, the latest developments in HROperations or cutting-edge case studies in HROptimization. Read more on this topic in our blog.

March 15, 2012 in Blog by Cynthia Lawton

Global IdeasJam on 22nd March will shape HRO in 2012

By Faye Holland

Increasingly companies of all sizes have to deal with diverse workforces spread across the globe.  How do HR Officers create HR functions tailored to efficiently meet these geographically diverse needs?

The New HR”O”:  HR Officers Operating and Optimizing  the Global Business of HR

Outsourcing has become a product – a sourcing option of how companies choose to do business.  You know better than most that real HRO and RPO happen behind the scenes — the patient and painstaking rollout of complex payrolls country after country, the detailed work that goes into real multi-national workforce & talent management, the constant change management, governance, and oversight.

For this reason the “O” in HRO today means any combination of optimization, operations, outsourcing, organization, and outcomes to name but a few – so what does the “O” mean to you in the next phase of HRO?  In advance of the HRO Today Forums I am calling together HR Officers to define the future of HR by inspiring, educating, and engaging them in ways that prepare them to make the commitments necessary to change themselves and their organizations.

On 22^nd March we will be running a 12 hour IdeasJam session where you can discuss real-time through a variety of social media tools, how you will be running your HR business. We will be looking for your comments and inputs on a range of topics including: -

Innovation & Competitive Advantage

• Who are the people, products, processes, companies, technologies, and approaches that will alter how we think about HR in 2012?
• Does Change Management apply in your HR department (and company) and how?
• Can you still get innovation with payroll outsourcing?

High Efficiency Service Models

• What’s your top tip for negotiating effective contracts and service level agreements?
• Will 2012 see more centre-of-excellence across departments and processes? Or will each department continue operating alone?

Job Growth – Recruitment & Talent

• What is your RPO priority for the next 12-18 months?
• Who in your mind are the leading partners in the RPO space?

Technology Trends and HCM

• Who do you think is going to buy who next in the technology provider space?
• Is the Cloud where we thought it would be?

Putting More into Learning

• How can we explain the bridge/ gap/ conjoining of learning and talent management?
• How is social collaboration changing the Learning options available?

Contingent Workforce Expansion

• How does a managed service programme come onto the agenda as a potential solution?
• Are RPO and MSP Poised to Converge?

Being a Master of HR

• How can you develop the role of HR in your organisation
• How do you build and leverage your green image as a tool for HR, recruiting, and talent management

So get your thinking caps on and be prepared to have your say – comment now or be ready to join the IdeasJam  on 22^nd  March to have your say!

March 5, 2012 in Blog, Plugging the Brain Drain, Training for Upward Mobility by Amanda Sheckman

A Workforce Congress: Insourcing, Outsourcing, & Job Creation

By Richard Crespin

Does the free market’s creative destruction create more than it destroys?  That’s really what the current economic debate raging between Democrats and Republicans – and stunningly between Republicans and Republicans – can be boiled down to.  When it comes to economic growth, are we on the defensive or are we on the offensive?  Are we expanding or protecting?

Earlier in the year, the President convened an “Insourcing American Jobs Forum.”  While creating more American jobs is obviously a good idea, it’s the very defensive nature of the Forum that stands out.  “The forum will focus on the increasing trend of insourcing – where companies are bringing jobs back to the United States…” said the White House press release.  Whether they meant it or not, the implicit tone here is that we’re not creating new jobs, we’re bringing old ones back.

In a recession existing businesses shed jobs in an effort to cut costs and hoard cash for the lean months ahead.  As the economy recovers, they start to add these jobs back.  It’s economic churn, not new economic growth.  This forum runs the very real danger of just generating churn, not net-new economic growth.  Further making my point, the Forum’s business participants are largely if not entirely drawn from existing, large businesses: Ford, DuPont, Otis Elevator, Intel, Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, Rolls Royce, just to name a few.

To move the conversation beyond economic churn, we’re convening a Workforce Congress at the annual HRO Today Forum April 30-May 2 in Washington, DC.  During the invitation-only Workforce Congress we’ll convene HR Officers from large and small companies to discuss how we can create a more competitive workforce for our companies, for America, and for the world.

We’re also hosting a debate on “Is outsourcing good for America?”  This debate will directly take on the question whether the free market’s creative destruction create more than it destroys. 

I hope you’ll share your ideas on the future of capitalism and join this debate.  Send me the questions you’d like us to fire off at our debaters – and if you’re up for submitting a “brief” in support of either side of the debate.

Agree with me?  Disagree with me?  Debate with me at the HRO Today Forum April 30 to May 2, 2012 in Washington, DC.  Register before March 16 to save 40%.