EquaTerra Human Resources

Getting a Handle on Payrolls

Fri, 7 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT

As businesses develop with more and more revenue coming from global markets, we are increasingly faced with very real problems in getting good data on the smaller populations around the globe that perform services for our companies.

EquaTerra Blog: The Search for Innovation in Shared Services and Outsourcing

Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Mark Trepanier comments on a Horses for Sources webcast discussion. What is innovation and what motivates it?

EquaTerra Blog: Service Levels for HR Services Delivery – An Evolution

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Operational performance is not sufficient to monitor the overall health of the services delivery function (regardless of whether it is internal or external).

Human Resources Outsourcing: Losing Control of the Contract

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Where are we as HR professionals when our service contract is assigned or the provider is bought?

HR Outsourcing: Where in the World is this Business? The Great Service Delivery Debate

Fri, 8 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT

View a Human Resource Executive blog post and the presentation slides from Human Resource Executive's 13th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition session called "The Great Service Delivery Debate: SaaS, Shared Services, or Outsourcing?". EquaTerra's Global HR Practice Leader and General Counsel Lowell Williams joined Phil Fersht, Founder & CEO of Horses for Sources for a lively discussion regarding the shortcomings of the overall HR Outsourcing landscape.

Beware the HR Data Thieves

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

We now have extremely sensitive data housed in systems that can be accessed from hundreds of points around the globe. Are all those access points secure?

EquaTerra Blog: BPO and 'Top 10' Lists: Caveat Emptor!

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A “Top 10” label, when applied to business process outsourcing (BPO), assumes a heightened expectation around the level of quality, expertise and technology. Do the criteria for achieving a supplier's "Top 10" ranking align with buyers' own criteria for selecting suppliers?

Sustain Competitive Advantage by Rethinking Your Business Services Models

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As the global economy strengthens, will companies lose focus on cost competitiveness, relaxing cost control policies and hiring back staff into old models? Or will they instead fundamentally shift their business models to take advantage of the robust offerings of the market place? Those who do the latter will truly have competitive differentiation.

EquaTerra Blog: Knowledge Management in 10 Easy Steps

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Have you decided it is time to take knowledge management (KM) seriously? Perhaps you have seen the effects of lost knowledge and are working from lessons learned. Or maybe you are a visionary who understands there is no time like the present to get things underway. EquaTerra recommends these essential steps.

US Federal Government: Cloud Services Provide Another Tool in the HR Toolbox

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Cloud computing can streamline functions, save resources, and allow HR professionals to get away from transactional processing and focus on more strategic efforts. This article from cyberFEDS addresses what US Federal government departments should consider when evaluating cloud computing as a component in providing human resources services.