Category Archives: HR Strategy

Bill grills the Madonna of HRO herself: Mary Sue Rogers

Mary Sue Rogers will share her insights into why full-service HRO has had a mixed scorecard in its first 10 years; what she will be doing differently in the next 10; the unique technologies used in HRO not usually found in a traditional HR environment; and the critical role of third parties and what they do in successful HRO engagements.

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Will India’s desire for short-term profit trump the need to re-invest beyond the current market spike?

You won’t see a CEO being removed after achieving a double-digit growth rate too often, but that’s just what happened, when Wipro’s co-chiefs Suresh Vaswani and Girish Paranjpe stepped down last week

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Deborah Kops, delightful doyenne and describer, joins the HfS research family

Over the next year, you’ll be able to sample some of the most innovative thinking in sourcing change through Deborah Kops’ frequent columns and commentary exclusively for HfS Research

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Outsourcing marriage counselling… with Liz Campbell Evans

If your outsourcing relationship is on the rocks, one person who can provide some tried-and-trusted therapy is EquaTerra’s Liz Campbell Evans

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Surprise, surprise… HR still hates outsourcing. Is its next victim RPO, or will it get trumped this time?

HfS Research’s latest study, conducted in conjunction with Human Resources Executive Online, gleaned the views and dynamics of 238 HR executives towards RPO. And the first factor that was apparent, was that RPO was low down the list of recruiting services HR executives are going to take a look at this year.

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On your Marks, get set, RPO…

Without any doubt, the best known figure in the world of Recruitment Process Outsourcing is the all-tweeting, i-pad-wielding, champagne-supping, serial entrepreneur herself, Sue Marks, CEO of high performance talent acquisition solutions firm, Pinstripe.

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“Actionable Intelligence”: Our research alliance with EquaTerra

Horses for Sources is excited to announce a major development in our journey to be a truly distinctive analyst voice in the global services industry. Today, we are officially engaged in a research alliance with leading global business advisory firm EquaTerra to develop a new category of data-driven research, ‘Actionable Intelligence’.

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Preaching Process with Pramod, Part II: integrating IT and BPO and not getting blown up into small pieces…

we delve into how Genpact is striving to retain a unique identity in the industry as a pureplay BPO provider, in the face of increasing competition and the convergence of Cloud, SaaS and BPO delivery models

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New-generation HRO: a reverse maturity curve?

We sent our HRO diva, Mindy Blodgett, out to investigate where some of the leading minds are focusing in this post-recession environment, and her first port of call was with Erica Volini, one of Deloitte Consulting’s leading Principals in the HR transformation field…

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The new relentless economy: why it’s time to stop being scared

People are scared right now – they feel threatened and are struggling to visualize where their careers are heading, where their organizations are heading, where the economy is heading. But why be scared? Shouldn’t we be filled with hope with this revitalized quest for improvement?

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Bill and Phil… uncensored, unfettered, unrestrained

Horses for Sources Founder and CEO, Phil Fersht, is interviewed on the future of the HR Outsourcing industry by HR Technology Columnist Bill Kutik on the Bill Kutik Radio Show. Tuned is today at 12.00pm Eastern Standard time: http://www.billkutikradioshow.com

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Can Recruitment Process Outsourcing empower a more flexible, scalable workforce?

Most companies would never have dared move the management of their entire recruiting function over to a third party, but the squeeze of this post-recession economy, combined with fresh thinking from company leaders and a willingness to explore global sourcing models in business functions that can benefit from added expertise and flexibility, is moving services such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) up the corporate agenda for many firms.

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NorthgateArinso buys its way to top spot in Enterprise HRO – and it only cost them $100m

So one of the worst-kept secrets in the HRO business finally came to fruition today, when the British HR services provider NorthgateArinso acquired Convergys’ HRO business for $100m.  By our calculations, that gives the newly-formed entity a 15% market share of the enterprise HRO market (engagements with firms greater that 15,000 staff).  We’ll confirm this fact when [...]

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Simply Lowell (Part II)

So here’s the eagerly-awaited second part of the Lowell Williams experience, where we decided to give him 30 minutes of fame. Over to Equattera’s HRO mega-star with the handbrake firmly in the off position…

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Simply Lowell (Part I)

Lowell, quite simply, is the most respected practitioner in HR Outsourcing. Not only has he spent many years as an actual HR leader, he also worked for the “original” HRO provider Exult, moved into the sourcing world with TPI, before joining Equaterra in 2004 to head their HRO advisory practice. He has been responsible for many HRO engagements – and he has somehow survived to tell the tale.

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Can IT overcome its credibility crisis?

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Business and friendship: it’s all about professional respect

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Insecurity is the modern corporate disease

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The Alamo comes to HR Tech… get your front row seats here

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Talent Management vs. HRO – it’s not an “either or” proposition

If you’ve ever ventured into the brave world of HR Outsourcing (and you need to be brave…) the chances are you’ll hear the views of Ceridian’s Keith Strodtman.

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