Tech Trends Blog

• Recharge with HR Technology

  June 2, 2020

  Written by Christine Elrod   Who couldn’t use a recharge right now in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic? Recharge is a powerful word that each of us understand, no matter what industry we work in, or what our job role is. From a professional point of view, the word recharging typically conjures up an Read Article »

  Tags: Business Strategies , Christine Elrod , Communication & Efficiencies , COVID-19 , employees , employer , HCM Technology , HR , HR technology , HRchitect , Process workflows & compliance , Recharge HR Technology , technology , workforce management , Workforce Management Implementation Consultant

• Implementing HR Technology during a Spinoff or Separation

  May 19, 2020

    Written by Tom LaMarre   The process of implementing a new HCM system can be a daunting and stressful undertaking under normal business conditions. Add a spinoff, separation, or divestiture to the mix, and the disruption in business structure and conditions will add another layer of complexity to your implementation project, but you shouldn’t Read Article »

  Tags: Change Management , HCM , hcm system implementation , HR technology strategies , HR technology system implementation , spinoff/separation

• How HCM Should Adapt Post-COVID-19

  May 12, 2020

    Written by Andrew Schweihs May marks month number three of a drastically different working world for most people around the globe. HR leaders in organizations such as hospitals, pharmacies, grocery stores, and logistics organizations are working to keep their employees safe, while they fight on the front lines of this pandemic, and we’d be Read Article »

  Tags: COVID-19 , digital transformation , HCM Technology , HR , HRchitect , HRIS , I-9 , On-boarding , payroll , remote work , workforce

• Consultant Spotlight – Drew Simmons

  May 5, 2020

  Drew Simmons is a Senior Consultant and Project Manager at HRchitect based in Atlanta. Get to know Drew, his favorite vacation destination, and what he’d say to someone considering joining the HRchitect team in this month’s consultant spotlight.     Hometown: My hometown is New York City. For the past 14 years I’ve been living Read Article »

  Tags: compensation management , Consultant Spotlight , core HR , core HR and payroll implementation , HR technology implementation projects , HRchitect , Implementation , performance management , Project manager , recruiting or onboarding , succession management , Ultimate Software , UltiPro

• Tips to Manage a (Newly) Remote Workforce

  April 28, 2020

    Written by Chris Henien   HRchitect is a 100% remote company and over the years we have learned a lot about creating a remote workplace that benefits the team and drives our consultants to deliver our best work in the form of HR technology consulting services for our clients. Due to the current global Read Article »

  Tags: blog , Chris Henien , HCM , HR technology , HRchitect , Kronos , remote , remote workforce , Slack , workforce , workforce management consulting , WorkForce Software

• Employee Spotlight – Jacqueline Kuhn

  April 14, 2020

  Jacqueline Kuhn is the Executive Vice President of HCM Strategic Consulting Services at HRchitect. Since 2008, she’s been helping organizations around the world create HR technology strategies and evaluate and select the best HR systems for their unique business. Get to know more about Jacqueline, including her career trajectory, her hobbies, and her favorite HRchitect Read Article »

  Tags: Evaluation , Executive Vice President of HCM Strategic Consulting Service , HCM Technology , HCM technology strategy , HR Systems , HR technology strategies , HRchitect , IHRIM , methodology , SHRM , Strategy

• Pro WFH Tips from HRchitect’s Remote Team

  April 7, 2020

    Written by Samantha Colby   We asked the fully-remote team at HRchitect what their challenges were when transitioning to working from home (WFH) for the first time, and what advice they’d give to those working remotely for the first time. Here’s what they had to share. My biggest challenge was recognizing when I needed Read Article »

  Tags: balance , COVID-19 , family time , personal time , productive , remote worker , remote workforce , schedule , task management tools , transition , work space , work/life balance , working remotely

• Crisis Management and Leadership

  April 3, 2020

  By Jacqueline Kuhn THE leadership competency for 2020 is Crisis Management. Nothing defines a leader and an organization better than how they react in a crisis.  A true leader thinks of the big picture and looks for ways to contain the crisis, while positioning the organization and its people for when the crisis is over. Retreating, Read Article »

• The Puzzling World of HR Technology

  March 17, 2020

  Written by May Huffer Putting together puzzles of all kinds is one of my favorite activities to do with my daughter. Although her puzzles consist of 12 large pieces (she’s a pre-schooler) while mine are usually 200 pieces or more, the satisfaction of seeing the completed puzzle is pure joy. Given that I’ve devoted a Read Article »

  Tags: HCM Technology , HR technology , HRchitect , may huffer , vendors , word search

• Employee Spotlight – Dixie Vaughan

  March 10, 2020

  Dixie Vaughan is a Senior Consultant at HRchitect who brings over 30 years of HR technology industry experience to the HRchitect team. Get to know Dixie in this month’s consultant spotlight.   Hometown: I was born in North Dakota and have lived all over the United States including Wyoming, Oregon, California and Missouri, but I Read Article »

  Tags: ADP , data validation , Dixie Vaughn , HCM system , HR technology , HRIS , Implementation Consultant , Kronos , payroll , Project manager

• Key areas you need to clean up in your HR data

  March 4, 2020

    Written by Eric Frokjer Whether you’re migrating from one HCM system to another or moving away from paper-based processes and implementing an HCM system for the very first time, every system is powered by data. If your data is riddled with errors, (dare we say dirty?), you’re setting your organization up for failure. That Read Article »

  Tags: benefits , best practices , Core HRIS , data clean up , employee data , HCM Technology , Implementation , payroll , Time and Attendance

• Why fear of Opening Balances shouldn’t dictate your payroll go live date

  February 27, 2020

  Opening Balances, often referred to as OBs, usually have a negative connotation in relation to HRIS and Payroll system implementations or conversions. Simply put, opening balances are the year-to date earnings, benefits and tax data for individual employees from a client’s legacy payroll system that needs to be loaded into the new HRIS system in Read Article »

  Tags: go live , HRIS , Implementation , Laura Palulis , payroll

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