Josh Bersin Enterprise Learning and Talent Management Blog

SuccessFactors Unwraps Turbo-Charged HR Analytics Solution

joshbersin — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:41 PDT

The HR analytics market has gotten white hot. With all the HR and talent management software out there, companies are now starting to invest very heavily in their HR analytics strategies. (For more...

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Flying under the Radar SilkRoad raises $35M in Round C

joshbersin — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:15:20 PDT

Despite the recent acquisitions of Taleo by Oracle and SuccessFactors by SAP, the talent management software market is far from mature. Today SilkRoad, one of the more quiet (not for long) talent...

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Making the Job Search Work for You – The Science of Fit

joshbersin — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:55:08 PDT

Looking for a job is like playing the dating game: you’re like a lover looking for the best mate, and the employer is playing the same game in reverse. ( The Dating Game, a TV show in the...

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Blowout Quarter at LinkedIn: Now the Talent Acquisition Machine (+Slideshare)

joshbersin — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:34:48 PDT

Another amazing quarter from LinkedIn: revenues of $188.5 Million, up 101%, with the “hiring solutions” business now driving $102.6 Million or 54% of company revenue. LinkedIn’s...

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New Research: BigData in HR as Huge Opportunity.

joshbersin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:09:41 PDT

The topics of BigData in HR is white hot. This week we launched our BigData in HR research study, which describes precisely how world-class organizations build high performing talent analytics...

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What the Splunk IPO Says about BigData in HR

joshbersin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:44:23 PDT

BigData is Big News. Splunk, a company that uses BigData technology to analyze huge amounts of customer and transaction data, just went public with a valuation at 28X revenue ($3.2 billion). This...

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Why you should love your Virtual Workforce

joshbersin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:42:38 PDT

Today’s workforce has changed tremendously. It’s younger, more specialized, looking for better work… and it’s virtual. By the year 2014, 47% of US workers will be under the...

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

joshbersin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:03:09 PDT

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn’t make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was “Building Business Agility” – and...

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Video of Speakers at IMPACT 2012: Only Ten Days Away

joshbersin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:54:24 PDT

IMPACT 2012 is only ten days away. If you want to get excited, take a look at these five videos of some of our upcoming presenters. Only a few seats left, sign up now! David Kuhl Senior Vice...

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Have traditional Human Resources Practices Become Out of date?

joshbersin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:36:00 PDT

In preparation for our IMPACT Annual Research Conference in April, I have been actively studying our research over the last year. What we have discovered (and I will be discussing this in detail in...

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