Ahmed's Universe
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
'PARIS As any experienced observer of our industry knows, the weaker the message a software company has on offer, the higher in the corporate hierarchy it has to go to deliver it. Oracle did not fail the tradition as a posse of vice-presidential bigwigs led by the head of its HCM development organization, descended a couple of weeks ago upon the City of Light (the home of yours truly) as part of their Fusion global roadshow.
Talent Culture
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Have you ever wondered why an interviewer asks certain interview questions? Some of the questions seem so vague and random that it can be hard to figure out the logic behind the interview process. What’s right? What’s wrong? What does the hiring manager really want to hear? Below is a quick guide to the translations for some of the most common interview questions.
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Insperity
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
In the case of performance-based termination, employees are typically given a 90 day notice to improve their performance. But a violation of company policy requires a different tactic. Unlike performance-based termination, severely violating the rules can call for immediate dismissal. Before you fire an employee for a rules violation, make sure your expectations were obvious to all employees from the start.
Business Management Daily
MAY 24, 2011
Different employees crave different things from their managers. Here’s practical advice you can give the bosses in your organization. You’ll help them focus on the managerial qualities that matter most to employees—and forget about the window dressing workers don’t care about. The post 9 things employees want from their managers (and 5 things they don’t) appeared first on Business Management Daily.
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Ahmed's Universe
DECEMBER 4, 2011
'PARIS (UPDATED Feb. 27, 2012) Unless you are superstitious (which I am not since my grandmother always told me it brought bad luck to be superstitious) you will be thrilled with the news that the biggest HR software company in the world decided last weekend to buy SuccessFactors (SFSF), one of the up-and-coming web-based vendors, in this year''s 13th M&A deal.
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Ahmed's Universe
OCTOBER 7, 2011
'Can you tell the original one (which I can see from my Paris home) from the fake one which graced the view from my Mandalay Bay hotel room? LAS VEGAS In my book High-Tech Planet I called a chapter “The tackiest town on earth” because most of the action took place in Dubai. Now that I have been to Las Vegas I have to revise my judgment: Sin City wins top honors (at least the runner up for the title has the Persian Gulf as an exotic background.
Ahmed's Universe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
'PARIS My interest and experience in M&A activities in the HR services and technology space go back to Oracle''s long, hostile and headline-grabbing acquisition of PeopleSoft in 2003. I was involved in the transaction, especially with the preparation of the case before the European Commission which had tried to block the acquisition on anti-trust grounds.
Ahmed's Universe
JANUARY 11, 2011
'PARIS Lou Gerstner, IBM''s legendary CEO, famously claimed that "elephants can dance" when describing his amazing success at turning Big Blue from a hardware-cum-software company into a services group. This feat is, however, quite unique and cannot be easily replicated. In a recent Linkedin discussion of the HR Technology group, claims were made that traditional software vendors such as SAP or Oracle can turn their offering from on-premise systems (ERP) to web-based ones, also known by the acro
Ahmed's Universe
JULY 11, 2011
'The groom (and blogger''s brother) with his bride who is dressed, hand-hennaed and bejeweled according to centuries-old traditions NOUAKCHOTT Apart from the gift of life, I shall always be grateful to my parents for having brought me up in a multicultural family. And you can''t get any more wildly multicultural than my family: my mother was born in Paris into a Romanian family and at age 2 was taken to the old country when WWII broke out.
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Ahmed's Universe
MAY 25, 2011
'ROME ( Updated March 5, 2012 ) While in the Eternal City to evangelize European HR leaders on the joys of a modern HR system at a Talent and Mobility Conference , I was asked by the Head of HR of an Italian bank running PeopleSoft and considering alternatives to present to their board of directors the pros and cons of PeopleSoft versus Workday. Here is the takeaway I left the board members with at the end of my presentation: PeopleSoft has over 3,000 customers , and the number is decreasing* ?
Ahmed's Universe
APRIL 20, 2011
'ATLANTA They say that remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience. Something similar can be said about outsourcing corporate functions such as Finance or HR. Why would you ask another company to take over your recruitment or your payroll, if you were happy with them in the first place? And what are the chances that this HR outsourcing (HRO) provider would be more successful than your own folks who, after all, are located physically within the walls of your company as well as know its cult
Ahmed's Universe
MARCH 26, 2011
'PARIS In Shakespeare''s most famous play, Hamlet , one of the characters, Laertes, is about to embark for Paris and receives from his father some wise advice: Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Hamlet , Act I , Sc. 3, 75-77. Had our rulers heeded this sound advice proffered by the Bard half a millennium ago we would have been spared the disastrous budget crisis which many countries are suffering from.
Ahmed's Universe
JANUARY 15, 2011
'PARIS In the late 1970''s, I was a teenager spending part of the summer in my mother''s hometown in Romania when the inhumanity of the Communist regime of the self-styled Danube of Human Thinking, Nicolae Ceausescu, hit me. The paucity and bad quality of goods in stores; the weird cat-and-mouse game we had to play in Bucharest when staying with a cousin so that the resident man from the Securitate (Ceausescu''s answer to the Gestapo) wouldn''t see us spending the night with her (yes, you''ve he
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Ahmed's Universe
OCTOBER 21, 2011
'Rio de Janeiro police about to enter a favela? No, their Parisian counterparts entering my apartment building to confront a hostage taker PARIS For someone whose main activity deals with workforce management, the surreal situation I found myself in this week couldn''t have brought any closer the main HR issue facing Europe and the United States: high and increasing unemployment figures.
Ahmed's Universe
MAY 3, 2011
'PARIS The compulsive blogger that I am is going to be quite busy with the dizzying speed of M&A activity in the HR technology space. In a lively LinkedIn discussion (registration is required) it was reported that serial acquirer Infor, which last week bought Lawson, had great plans to consolidate its multiple offerings, maybe à la Oracle Fusion.
Ahmed's Universe
MARCH 8, 2011
'RIO DE JANEIRO One of life''s g reatest mysteries is how come that Hollywood, which churns out some of the best entertainment for the world to consume, consistently fails with the annual Academy Awards presentation. The show is a long, tedi ous, boring affair that drags on for hours. I stopped watching it in the last millennium as I could think of other "pleasures" to inflict on myself, for example corporate PowerPoint presentations (which unfortunately come minus the glamour of Tinseltown.
Talent Culture
APRIL 18, 2011
Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Monday, April 18th, 2011 Changing Careers: Look Before You Leap This month’s Career Collective post offers advice for career changers. You can find additional suggestions from my esteemed colleagues at the end of this post. I frequently talk to people who want to change careers.
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Talent Culture
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Today I enjoyed reading Penelope Trunk’s post, December is a Great Time for Your Career , because she dispels some common myths about searching for a job in December and her post puts a candid (and humorous) spin on the holiday season. Here are some of my recommendations for things you can do during the holiday season to beef up your network and start meaningful career conversations in the New Year.
Talent Culture
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Networking is the exchange of information and the cultivation of productive and authentic relationships. Some people would rather go to the dentist than go to a networking meeting or event. Many avoid it altogether throughout their careers and find themselves in a bind when they are in a job searchand aren’t connected to anyone who can help. Flossing your teeth daily is proactive and preventive dental care.
Talent Culture
DECEMBER 18, 2011
Everyday I counsel job seekers on how to leverage social media to accelerate their job search. And I’m happy to report that over the last year, more and more people are using LinkedIn as a way to stay in touch with people and build new relationships. But when I ask clients if they use Facebook, 9 times out of 10 the reply is, “Well, I have a Facebook account, but I only use it to keep up with personal relationships, not for job search.” Why is it that people think the two are m
Talent Culture
JUNE 26, 2011
Monster.com just launched a new Facebook application called BeKnown that lets users create a separate professional identity profile while on the Facebook platform. You may be thinking, “I already have a LinkedIn profile for professional networking. Why do I need another one?&# While it’s true that most professionals have been using LinkedIn as their main professional networking site, LinkedIn only has one million users compared to Facebook’s seven million.
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2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.
Talent Culture
NOVEMBER 6, 2011
I chat with recruiters frequently and I often ask them this question: “If you could tell job seekers one thing, what would it be?” Here are their top responses. Be transparent. If there is a gap on your resume, explain it on the document itself. If you don’t explain the reason for the gap, we will draw our own conclusions. Use a chronological format over a functional format.
Talent Culture
OCTOBER 19, 2011
The time in between an interview and decisions for the next round of interviews can feel like an eternity when you are anxious to move your job search forward. But what can you do in conjunction with the interview process to follow up strategically and intelligently? Here are a few suggestions. 1. During the interview, ask when the hiring manager plans to conduct the next round of interviews or make the job offer.
Talent Culture
JANUARY 3, 2011
Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Monday, January 3rd, 2011 Career Tools to Check Out in 2011 This month’s Career Collective topic is trends, tools, and hiring practices for 2011. I love writing about career tools that help job seekers keep informed. Here are a few of my favorites. TweetMyJOBS Imagine having job leads delivered directly to your computer or smart phone just seconds after they are posted by employers.
Talent Culture
JULY 18, 2011
This month my Career Collective colleagues are discussing tactics for giving your job search strategy a mid-year checkup. My tips for a resume checkup are below. Be sure to check out the sage advice of my colleagues as well by following the links at the end of this post. You can also view my video on resume tips for $100K+ professionals here. In today’s challenging economy, job seekers will need to implement a strong self-marketing campaign in order to get noticed in a crowded job search space.
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