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What Is HR Case Management?

February 25, 2016 Do you know what HR Case Management is? In the customer service sense, case management speaks to tracking interactions with customers, making sure their purchasing and product acquisition experience is the best. If we were to address case management in a healthcare environment, we would see the tracking of the life cycle of a patient, through their interactions with a healthcare provider or healthcare facility/system. HR Case Management can be viewed similarly, in that reporting and tracking employee interactions with HR allows for a greater understanding of the employee experience with the employer, and vice versa. Data collected using HR Case Management creates opportunity to efficiently handle questions, requests, and problems without losing any information, or letting issues or challenges to be mishandled, mismanaged or not managed at all. Recap The use of an HR Case Management system ensures that…

Dovetail Reporting – When You Need ROBUST HR Reporting

January 29, 2016 Dovetail HR Reporting We recently upgraded our reporting engine to deliver the robust experience HR needs when it comes to understanding the data they gather and store. I know, I know -- there's that word: data. Guess what? It is part of business today and HR, being a contributor to the success of an organization, knows that numbers and metrics with the analysis of all the data collected is imperative to recognizing what works, what hasn't worked, what is no longer working,  as well as when it's time to shift and change, or implement a new process. What does ROBUST mean? It means that Dovetail's upgraded HR Reporting Engine provides: Out-of-the-Box Report Writing Templates Tight Security Integration Multiple Languages and Cultures "Get Help" Function Familiar Report Creation Interface Report Scheduling Password-protected Export of Reports What does all of this mean?…

The Power of Useful Knowledge – Knowledge Base Management

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January 28, 2016 Knowledge Management I wrote a piece on Getting Started with Knowledge Management that has been used by several of our clients at the beginning of their process.  If you're still trying to figure out what you should be doing to move off of the starting line, it could be very helpful.  And if you are serious about using an HR Case Management platform, then you should be very interested in the topic.  Otherwise, you are missing out on what might be the most powerful part of the system.  If you've done the foundation work, though, you might be looking around for the next step.  So let's talk about that, because the care and feeding of your knowledge base is a critical element of long term success.  Unlike most software companies, we use our own product every day.  When one of…

What Employees Want

January 14, 2016 Understanding the Impact Employers sometimes forget or misunderstand the impact a new job has on their new employees.  This includes the personal change that a new job brings for said employee, as well as revealed personal skills gaps, or attaining new management responsibilities. The New Job Impact does not have to be negative, it can be very positive. And when it is, the impact on the hiring company, in turn, can also be also positive. Hire to Retain Having this hiring policy requires a change in how we view every new hire,  as well as every single current employee. With a gained understanding that companies want to protect their investments, doesn’t it make sense to protect their talent from those things / distractions that keep employees from fully investing, heart and soul, in their organizations? What Employees Want Appreciation -…

Mark Stelzner on HR Tech Implementation – LIVE from #HRTech

January 11, 2016 Mark Stelzner of IAHR on HR Tech Implementation Mark Stelzner popped by our booth, taking time out of his busy schedule to share some insights and advice regarding the implementation of HR Tech - "It's never over!" Mark presented, "How Do You Build an Entire HR Technology Roadmap" at the conference and took a few minutes out of his very busy schedule to teach us a bit about the changes that are happening and need to happen in HR Tech - we need to see a return to great customer service as more and more HR suite solutions move to the cloud, as "This is about people." “With the ferocity of change, good client vendors are releasing new functionality at a pace and cadence that is unprecedented.” – Mark Stelzner Click above to listen to this important conversation with Merk…

Dovetail Sponsors HR Latte, an intrepidNOW Quality Podcast

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January 7, 2016 Dovetail Software Announces: Dovetail Software is pleased to announce its continued sponsorship of HR Latte in its move from the Blog Talk Radio platform to intrepidNOW, where education and quality matter. Rayanne Thorn, VP of Marketing at Dovetail, will continue to launch various podcast series which benefit the HR and HR Tech communities. It is our hope that by providing honest, thoughtful information and education in an entertaining way that HR practitioners, technologists, industry experts and thought leaders will learn and share more about what matters in the world and community of HR. New episodes will be release two to three times weekly, providing consistent news and ideas about what matters most to the HR industry. Current ongoing HR Latte Series include: Today's Employer Branding into Tomorrow's Employee Engagement HR Tech NOW #Wisdom With the following series launching soon: Taking…

Making Retention Important to the Employee

January 5, 2016 "Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability." - Anne M. Mulcahey, Former CEO of Xerox Employee Engagement Leads to Talent Retention I continue my hope that we are coming out of a time of recession, but every time it looks good - that this is a possibility - something causes that view to change. Companies respond differently to recession.  Many laid off or lost quality talent, others downgraded or demoted employees, reducing their hours or pay. Many others initiated hiring freezes, leaving departments struggling with too few employees. Hiring and retaining the right talent is sometimes considered a luxury many organizations cannot afford - but can an organization really afford to lose…

Dietrich Warner on Employee Happiness, LIVE from #HRTechConf

December 31, 2015 Dietrich Warner, HR Operations Director at Boston University We were so happy to have Dietrich join us for an HR Tech Conference Presentation with Dwane Lay, our VP of Customer Experience here at Dovetail, AND he also stopped by for a quick chat in our remote intrepidHR studio at the Dovetail booth in the Expo Hall to talk about Employee Happiness vs. Employee Engagement.  Dietrich feels it is a very interesting time to be a part of HR when you consider technology and all the moving parts. A former SAP consultant, Dietrich brings his very necessary understanding of technology to his role as HR Ops Director at Boston U. “From a core HR perspective, I’d like to see a move from legacy solutions to cloud-based offerings.” You Cannot Automate Employee Happiness This was Dietrich's first time attending HR Tech; he…

Chip Luman: LIVE at HR Tech

December 28, 2015 Chip Luman, COO and Co-Founder of HireVue We welcomed Chip Luman to our remote intrepidHR studio at the Dovetail booth in the Expo Hall at HR Tech to talk about Digital Communication to Assist with Better Decision-Making.  Chip was eager to share with us what's new at HireVue and how they continue to succeed. “The most important thing about attending a conference is 'go talk to people' – it’s really about engaging.” Breaking down the data and how can we use it to learn more about what's going on within your organization. Chip Luman shared a bit more on this topic, Digital Scientist? This is the hot new job. How do you learn more from ALL the information we are collecting. Chip Luman on Twitter Learn more about HireVue   intrepidHR at HR Tech To listen to all 30 LIVE…

Jason Lauritsen: LIVE from HR Tech

December 23, 2015 Jason Lauritsen, Director of Best Places to Work at Quantum Workplace Jason Lauritsen stopped by the remote intrepidHR studio at the Dovetail booth in the Expo Hall at HR Tech to talk about Prioritizing the Needs of the Individual. Jason shared with us a bit more about Culture, Workplace, and What Really Matters. "Employee Experience is what really matters - providing purposeful work." The new buzzword? Machine Learning = new snazzy name for predictive analytics. Click above to listen to the full interview with Mr. Lauritsen.   Jason Lauritsen on Twitter Learn more about Quantum Workplace here   intrepidHR at HR Tech To listen to all 30 LIVE intrepidHR interviews in our on-demand player, follow this link. intrepidHR is made possible by Dovetail Software! Dovetail Software delivers web-based solutions and help desk programs that enable organizations to reduce administrative and…