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RFP’s in the Digital Age

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:10:14 +0000

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a company who needed to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new HRIS. Those were the days of on-premise systems where the likelihood of customization was high and vendors competed primarily on the basis of functionality. Clients and consultants toiled mightily to create endless lists of features that were deemed required, from the most basic new hire data to many complex and unique processes. In turn, vendors hired people whose full-time job was to respond to RFPs, which [...]

2010-2011 Going Global Survey Report

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:54:54 +0000

To better understand the issues around “going global” with HR, Jeitosa Group International, in conjunction with the association for International Human Resources Information Management (IHRIM), conducted its third annual Going Global Survey. The goal of this survey is to better understand the strategies and tactics used by global organizations and to assess the evolution and growth of global HR and HR technology organizations. This report presents the findings from the 2010-2011 Going Global Survey. Click Here to Download

Vendor Globalization Strategies

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:31:01 +0000

Many vendors say they’re “global” and have deployed their product globally across any number of countries. This reminds me of what Gartner’s Thomas Otter said on my panel at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago a couple of weeks ago about being global. He’s never seen a “global” or an “EMEAn”. So what does one look like? Many people throw the word “global” around without having a clear definition of what it really means. At Jeitosa, we think of vendor globalization strategies along two axes: Business Impact Complexity Business Impact [...]

Continued Growth of SaaS for HCM

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:25:05 +0000

Jeitosa’s 2010 Going Global Survey shows the continued growth of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) as a viable and effective delivery model for Human Capital Management Systems (HCMS). The preliminary findings from Jeitosa’s survey of over 100 global organizations shows that over the last three years, deployment of SaaS-based systems for Core HR has increased 80% — from 6% in 2008 to over 13% in 2010. Similarly SaaS for Payroll has increased 34% — from 4% in 2008 to 13% in 2010. SaaS-based HCM vendors, such as Ultimate and Workday, and SaaS Payroll vendors, such as Patersons, Safeguard, OneSource VHR, [...]

Jeitosa is Gold Sponsor of Workday Rising 2010

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:07:22 +0000

Jeitosa is proud to be a third-time gold sponsor of Workday Rising 2010 that is being held at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco this week. Jeitosa has been working with Workday for over five years now — since the company’s inception! In 2005, several of Jeitosa’s transnational experts participated on the team that defined the global core of the modern Workday HCM application. We developed the business requirements for Workday’s global organization, person, staffing, and compensation models. With 20+ years of experience under our belts, we knew the “sins [...]

Globalization of HR Technology

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:21:27 +0000

Bill Kutik, Co-chair of the HR Technology® Conference and Technology Columnist for Human Resource Executive® and HREonline.com, asked me a couple of months ago just how global is the world really. He was thinking that since Jeitosa works with many global companies, perhaps we have a skewed perspective on how global the world of HR Technology really is. Well, the preliminary findings from Jeitosa’s 2010 Going Global survey substantiates that the world of HR Technology is becoming ever more global — and at a very fast pace! Looking at year-on-year growth over the [...]

Looking Back: Impact of the 2008-2009 Recession on HR – Part 2

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:48:57 +0000

Thank you to those of you who commented on my previous post on this topic. Continuing this theme with one last look back to some of the lasting impacts of the 2008-2009 recession on the HR function, I offer three additional perspectives: 4) We became more process-oriented. With the reduction in funds for new capital investments, organizations started looking closer at what they already had in place and how they could improve on it. While the vast majority of companies have systems in place for core HR, Benefits, and Payroll, [...]

Looking Back: How the 2008-2009 Recession Changed the World of HR

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:42:45 +0000

The end of the year is a time to look back and reflect on what we accomplished (or didn’t!) and look forward to what will be different (we hope!) in the new year. So here are three things that I think have changed for HR and HR systems during this rough, recessionary year — the worse economic year for business since the Great Depression. And I think these are lasting changes. While the recession will abate and the economy will slowly recover, I think these are some fundamental things that [...]

2009 Going Global Survey Highlights

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:17:52 +0000

We have just completed the preliminary analysis of our second annual Going Global Readiness Survey. Over 100 global organizations responded to the survey with companies ranging from 500 employees to over 200,000 employees and covering a broad range of industries. Three-quarters of the organizations are North American multinationals and 14% are based in Europe, Middle East and Africa. We haven’t finished all of the analysis yet, but there are few interesting highlights that I can share with you now: Greatest Challenges: The greatest challenges that companies are facing when going [...]

Going Global on The Bill Kutik Radio Show®

admin@jeitosa.com (Jeitosa Group International) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:36:39 +0000

I have been honored to be selected to be among the many dignitaries to appear on The Bill Kutik Radio Show® to talk about going global with HR and HR technology. Bill Kutik himself is quite the globalist… having traveled to such exotic places as the Arctic, Labrador, Galapagos… you get the idea… really nice vacation spots where they all speak English! A true “globalist” in the making! Not surprisingly, Bill starts off with his contrarian view asking just how global is the world anyway and aren’t I biased since [...]