Tech Trends Blog

• Consultant Spotlight – Erica Niesse

  September 10, 2019

  Erica Niesse joined the HRchitect team in 2013 and is now the Director of Workforce Management Implementation Services. Erica continually focuses on growth and project success for the Workforce Management team. Working side by side with a team of experts in the Workforce Management field, Erica has led the team to complete projects for more Read Article »

  Tags: Ceridian WFM , collaborative consultation with clients , configuration , Functional Analysis , Functional Consultants and Technical Consultants , functional consulting , implementation projects , JDA WFM , mentoring , Payroll Software Implementation , Project Managers , requirements definition and documentation , SAP Time and Attendance , SAP’s Employee Central and EC Payroll , solution design , Specialties: Configuration , SQL , training and full deployment , unit and integration testing , Workforce Management Implementation , workforce management technologies , WorkForce Software , WorkForce Software’s 2019

• Best of Breed vs Single Vendor Provider – The argument for Best of Breed | Part 1 of 2

  August 29, 2019

    HRchitect has been in the business of HCM Technology for over 22 years and we have seen and heard HR practitioners asking for an HCM and/or payroll system that can “do it all”.  In our experience, “do it all” can be defined as supporting Core HR/Payroll, Time and Attendance, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and Read Article »

  Tags: API’s and integrations , Best of Breed , Core HR/Payroll , Document Management , HCM , HCM Strategic Consulting , HCM Technology , onboarding , ROI , Single Vendor , strategic consulting , talent acquisition , Talent Management , Time and Attendance , work applications

• Which implementation elements most often catch clients off guard?

  August 20, 2019

    Written by Eric Frokjer   At a high level, the software implementation process seems straightforward, right? It boils down to setting up the software, making sure it works, and then turning it “on” so people can use it. Nevertheless, there’s a lot more complexity behind the scenes of each HCM technology implementation. Here’s a Read Article »

  Tags: beneits , Core HRIS , data , employees , end user training , guideline , HCM , HCM implementation , HCM software vendor , hcm system implementation , HR , HR technology project , Implementation , open enrollment , payroll , requirements , requirements gathering , Requirements phase , SMEs , test scripts , Time and Attendance , UAT , user acceptance testing

• What Our Clients Have to Say

  August 15, 2019

  Clients. They’re the reason we wake up in the morning excited to do our part to do our part to make work life better for our client’s HR teams and employees. I have to say, we get to work with some incredible client organizations around the globe strategizing selecting, implementing, and supporting HCM technology. One Read Article »

  Tags: clients , Feedback , Partnership , Samantha Colby

• Consultant Spotlight – Eric Frokjer

  August 6, 2019

  Eric Frokjer is a Senior Consultant at HRchitect. Since 2012, he’s been helping HRchitect’s clients implement HR solutions ranging from applicant tracking through workforce management, and everything in between.   Hometown: I was born in Los Angeles, California. I grew up in Thousand Oaks, California which was formerly the summer home of the Dallas Cowboys, Read Article »

  Tags: benefits , Eric Frokjer , HCM , human resources , Implementation Consultant , payroll , Payroll and Time & Attendance software systems , Spotlight

• Year-End Begins in January

  July 30, 2019

    Written by Laura Palulis   In the wonderful world of payroll, many administrators wonder when they should begin to prepare for year-end. It has been my experience that too often this process begins in December, resulting in an extremely hectic few weeks trying to meet tight deadlines. Payroll and HR already have December holidays Read Article »

  Tags: 1099 , employee verification , HR , January , payroll , SSA , tax reports , Taxes , W-2 , wages , Year-end

• You can pay me now, or you can pay me later

  July 23, 2019

    Written by Reggie Wilson There are likely several of you out there that remember the old Fram oil filter commercial from the 1970s where the auto mechanic uttered the phrase, “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later”. The mechanic was implying that the customer could make a small investment in Read Article »

  Tags: HCM , HCM platform , hcm system implementation , Implementation , Ongoing Support , ongoing support plan , Optimization , SME , subject matter expertise , support plan

• Consultant Spotlight – Scott McGrail

  July 16, 2019

  Scott McGrail joined HRchitect in 2015 and has become a driving force behind the exponential growth of our HRIS & Payroll system implementations. Get to know Scott in this month’s HRchitect Consultant Spotlight.   Hometown: Montreal, Quebec Alma Mater: The University of McGill Favorite Food: Anything off of the barbeque! Favorite book: I have two Read Article »

  Tags: Consultant Spotlight , HR , HRchitect , HRIS & Payroll system implementations , implementation project , Project manager , Scott McGrail , work life balance

• Go Live Phase – It’s Time to Go Live!

  July 9, 2019

    Written by Erica Niesse   This is the last installment in a 5 part series that will take you through everything you need to know when you’re implementing a workforce management system.     You’ve been through discovery, requirements gathering, configuration, and testing. Now, it is finally time to make the software you have Read Article »

  Tags: cloud-based workforce management solutions , configuration , go live , Implementation Partner , requirements gathering , SME , support , Testing , Time & Attendance system , timesheets , UAT , workforce management , Workforce Management System

• The Future of our Workforce– Are you Prepared?

  June 18, 2019

  Written by May Huffer     I recently came across some interesting statistics from the 2050 Project about what the future of work is going to look like in terms of Age Wave, job automation and the impact of automation on the generations to come. The core focus of the 2050 Project is to understand Read Article »

  Tags: 2050 Project , AI , applicant tracking , evaluating and selecting , future , HCM , HR technology , HR technology roadmap , job automation , Shannon Gaydos , Succession Management software , Talent Management , workforce

• 10 Little Known Facts about HRchitect

  June 11, 2019

  Written by Samantha Colby HRchitect was originally called FletchTech, named after HRchitect’s founder Rick Fletcher. After a few years in business, we held an employee naming contest in which HRchitect took the #1 spot.   HRchitect shares the same headquarters city – Frisco, Texas – as the Dallas Cowboys, Jamba Juice, the future home of Read Article »

  Tags: Frisco , HCM Technology , HCM technology projects , HCM technology strategy , HR Technology vendors , HRchitect , implementations , TX

• Once Open Enrollment is Over: The Best Tips for Setting Up for Success Next Year

  June 4, 2019

  Written by Dixie Vaughan     Each year after January 1st and June 1st, millions of HR professionals breathe a sigh of relief. That’s because the overwhelming majority of companies in the United States renew benefits plans at the start of, or mid-point of the calendar year. These HR professionals have been working hard in Read Article »

  Tags: benefits , benefits consulting , data audits , dental , EE+1 , Employee only , Family , FSA , go live , HCM , HCM Technology , HDHP , HR , HRIS , HSA , medical , open enrollment , PPO , Vision

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