Workforce Management

IBM and SPECTRUM Executives to Receive IHRIM Summit Award at Annual Conference

2006-03-02T00:08:00.000-08:00

The Summit Award, IHRIM’s highest, will be presented to the director of IBM’s Human Capital Solutions consulting practice, Dr. Carl Hoffmann and to James E. Spoor, founder and president of SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation, a leading provider of HR, benefits administration, talent acquisition, and training and development systems. The presentations will be made at IHRIM’s Annual Conference, April 9-12, in Washington, D.C.

Burlington, MA USA (PRWEB) February 27, 2006 -- Dr. Carl Hoffmann, IBM global and Americas leader for the "More from People" Solution and global lead for HR On Demand; and James E. Spoor, founder and president of SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation, have been named recipients of the 2006 IHRIM Summit Award. The Summit Award, IHRIM’s highest, recognizes members who have made significant, long-term contributions to the advancement of the association’s mission and goals, and have facilitated the exchange of ideas, solutions and information about issues impacting the management of human resource information. The awards will be presented at IHRIM’s 26th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, April 9-12.

Dr. Hoffmann, founder of Hoffmann Research Associates, directs IBM’s Human Capital Solutions consulting practice area encompassing performance leadership, data warehousing, decision support and knowledge management. In that capacity, he provides strategic human resource and business process redesign consulting services to assist organizations in implementing technology and processes that optimize the effectiveness of their workforces, for such companies as Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Glaxo SmithKline and Merck. With more than 23 years of experience, Dr. Hoffmann is a recognized expert in the areas of human resource systems and re-engineering, as well as HR analysis (including statistical analysis) and reporting, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the IHRIM Journal.

Jim Spoor is founder and president of SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation. Since it’s founding more than 20 years ago, SPECTRUM has established itself as a leading provider of HR, benefits administration, talent acquisition, and training and development systems to high expectation mid-market organizations. Prior to forming SPECTRUM in 1984, he had a successful career covering more than 25 years in HR, line management, and global HR operations with respected Fortune 500 corporations in the energy, high-tech and food processing industries. He is a respected visionary, pioneer, and innovator who focuses on exploiting technology to address strategic business issues.

He has authored many articles, been a contributing author to several professional handbooks and textbooks, and has been a frequent speaker and panelist on diverse topics including HR, HR systems, entrepreneurism, and emerging trends in technology. He is involved in several professional and civic organizations including service on IHRIM’s Board of Directors and its Steering Committee for the Global Special Interest Group, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), The Council of Growing Companies, where he served as president and chairman emeritus, and The Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, a non-profit organization serving the outdoor experience needs of individuals with disabilities. He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the IHRIM Journal.

For more information about IHRIM’s 26th Annual Conference, please visit http://www.ihrim.org/events/2006spring/index.asp. For information about the association and its products and services, please visit www.ihrim.org.

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After Successful Search Engine Marketing & Optimization, Then What?

2006-01-30T07:38:00.000-08:00

What Else Can You Do To Maximize Your Online Business Success

By: i-Technology News Desk
Aug. 2, 2005 08:00 AM

If you have a successful ecommerce site - and your stats show visits constantly from various time zones - you realize the need to have a service answer for those who prefer to leave orders over the phone with a 'real live human being' - or who have an important question - when your staff is unavailable.
Having a good service that answers in your company name - and play an professional compelling overview of your company or services while prospects are on hold - can really add a dimension to your prospective sales.
Also, some services SMS ( text message ) in real-time to your cell phone - current calls.

Other tips & tricks:
It is vital to check periodically, as a 'caller' to observe the customer experience, and have immediate access to a caring supervisor to report any concerns with the quality of the 'customer service'

Services should be told to get not only a main number for prospects - but an alternate number - and the most convenient time to call.

When calling a prospect - it is essential that you get exactly what site referred them to you and the keywords ( if it was a search engine ). Also, verify that with your stats - because a client may NOT remember exactly the keywords - but you want to know what is working - especially, if you are doing pay-per-clicks!

If you offer a variety of related products or services - don't be shy about mentioning that as a possible up sell - and if you email any correspondence - be sure to include the appropriate links in your footer ( a client may not have visited the entire site - just what they needed at that point )

When sending mail correspondence - especially around the holidays - perhaps a small "gift" that won't be thrown away could be added with the URL of your Web site. e.g.: emery boards for manicures, or sticky note pads.

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iEmployee Becomes The First Mid-Size, Web-Based HR Solution Provider To Implement Storage Area Network (SAN) Technology

2006-01-04T05:32:00.000-08:00

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iEmployee, the leading provider of on-demand Workforce Management solutions, announces plans to implement a Storage Area Network (SAN) solution in first quarter 2006. iEmployee has chosen top-ranked EMC as their storage solution provider.

Employing SAN technology will save time for thousands of iEmployee users across the globe. Reports that once took a couple of minutes will complete in seconds, making iEmployee one of the fastest running Web-native HR solutions available. The SAN also provides enhanced disaster recovery and archive functionality, important concerns for iEmployees 1,600 clients.

We are adding new iEmployee users every minute. It is imperative that we do not compromise the performance of our Web-delivered HR solution, especially during traditionally peak periods like benefits enrollment, said Jeff Dumas, VP of Engineering at iEmployee. Our decision to purchase a robust solution from the top storage provider, EMC, underscores our commitment to the iEmployee users experience.

About iEmployee:

iEmployee (www.iemployee.com) is a leading provider of on-demand workforce management solutions, enabling companies to eliminate paperwork and dramatically reduce employee administration time. iEmployees suite of web-hosted Time & Attendance, HR Software with Benefit Solution, Pay Stubs/W2 and Employee and Manager Self Service applications offer cost-effective solutions, requiring no IT investment or overhead. Endorsed by leading payroll providers, iEmployee is the solution of choice for over 1600 companies.

For more information contact:
Don Woodard, Network Administrator
iEmployee
Ph: 508-336-3332
Fax: 508-336-5894
www.iemployee.com

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iEmployee Newsline

2005-11-16T01:03:00.000-08:00

Holiday Greetings!

Paid Time Off Program

Give the gift of more time this holiday season – streamline frequent winter requests for paid time off with iEmployee's enhanced Paid Time Off program. It makes managing paid time off so easy and affordable; you'll have more time than ever to celebrate the season!
Learn more:

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Capture Holiday Hours for Exception-Only Employees

Typically, exception-only employees create timesheets only when they request time off. As a result, holiday hours have, up to now, only been captured when they occur during pay periods when these employees request time off. To help you keep track of all holiday hours, iEmployee now enables you to create holiday timesheets for all exception-only employees who do not ordinarily enter timesheets.
Learn more:

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How Much Time Off Can I Take?

Soon employees will be able to see their available time-off balances as well as their current balance information on iEmployee. How can you use all the time this feature will free up for you?
See how it works:

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Assign and Track Employee Policy and Calendar Assignments Easily

A new iReport will soon make it possible for you to check all employee policy and calendar assignments at once. Available to HR+ clients, the new module will list the business rules policies, pay policies and holiday calendars applied to each employee through a single iReport.
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Soon you will also be able to automatically assign policies and calendars to groups of employees through a new menu.

Check it out:

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Benefits Templates Prepare You For The New Year

Is sending information to your benefits carrier taking too much time and costing a bundle in labor? iEmployee has electronic templates for all major interfaces like Blue Cross and Aetna. Not only do the carriers give discounts for electronic submissions, but you save time and hassle by not submitting printouts. Once all employees enter their benefit enrollment information into the system, the company then sends this information to benefit carriers such as Blue Cross, United, Humana and Aetna.
Check out the list of templates and streamline your enrollment right away:

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Fingerprints Eliminate Two Costly Employer Issues

In a partnership with M2SYS, iEmployee now offers fingerprint-based time and attendance tracking. The unique profile provided by fingerprint sign-in makes "buddy punching" impossible and banishes the constant concern about remembering, reassigning and protecting passwords.
Read more:

- Contact Darryl Cunnigham, darryl@iemployee.com, an iEmployee expert, who can assist you in setting this up for your company.

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iEmployee Leads Industry in Ensuring Data Safety with SAS70 Review

iEmployee will become one of the first privately held workforce management companies to ensure client data safety by conducting a SAS 70 Type II Review. When the review is completed in summer 2006, iEmployee clients will receive a detailed description of their company's controls and processes for protecting client information and databases from loss, disaster, fraud and tampering.
Read more:

iEmployee 2005 Events

iEmployee experts participated in a variety of events during 2005! Check out this list:
We'd love to see you next year. Send us an invitation to present at your local SHRM, APA or information technology group meeting. Email Ab Gaur, agaur@iemployee.com, to invite an iEmployee expert to speak at your next event!

Tips from the Cheetah – Simplify Training and Track ROI
Training+ brings you a one-stop shop for all your training needs from course enrollment through class management and grading. New items include training calendars for students, managers and instructors. In addition, Training+ lists internal and external trainers, training costs and training locations to make scheduling programs easier still.

Another Seamless Payroll Conversion
iEmployee recently helped a client with every step of their conversion from Ceridian Source 500 to Ultipro.

To help an iEmployee client convert their payroll to the new system, customer service first created a test company and dummy data to discover any possible issues with the new interface iEmployee developed for the client. When none were found, customer support members worked with the client to test some sample company timesheets with their new payroll vendor, Ultipro, and worked with Ultipro's customer service to ensure correct coding. The company's first payroll on the new system processed with 100% success.

Your Payroll Vendor, Your Way

With hundreds of payroll interfaces, iEmployee can integrate with virtually any payroll provider your company selects. And, if you want to change to another payroll provider, iEmployee can help you do that, too. iEmployee gives you the flexibility and support you need in today's market.

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As always, thanks for being an iEmployee customer and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season from your friends at iEmployee.

Sincerely,

Ab Gaur
Marketing Manager
Email : agaur@iemployee.com

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On Demand Workforce Management

2005-10-24T02:34:00.000-07:00

iEmployee offers a full suite of on-demand, 100% web-hosted workforce management solutions including Paid Time Off, Online Timesheet, Project Timesheet, Time and Attendance, HR Software with Benefit Solution, Employee Self Service, Pay Stub/W2 and Expense Management. Endorsed by leading payroll providers, iEmployee has over 1600 satisfied clients. With iEmployee solutions, clients realize benefits that increase the bottom line.

Single Application Solution that instantly updates data across all applications with seamless integration for real-time information.

Flexible Solution, choose only one module or all the modules based on YOUR requirements.

Self-Service solution that empower employees with information anytime, anywhere.

Productive Solution which redirects resources so you can focus on core business functions.

Single Login Solution with a common look and feel across all applications- reducing training time and costs.

Low Risk, Low Cost Solution requiring no in-house IT investment and installation- resulting in low total ownership costs.

Smart Solution that eliminates paperwork and burdensome manual processes to reduce data entry & increase accuracy.