Tech Trends Blog

• Why HR Practitioners Should Love Employee Self-Service

  October 20, 2020

    Written by Christine Wood   Employee Self-Service functionality, which is built into most major HCM technology platforms today, allows employees control over their personal information. That means the days of your HR team collecting paper forms to gather and manually update basic employee information in your core HR/Payroll systems can be a thing of Read Article »

  Tags: Employee Self Service , exempt status , HCM , HCM technology system investment , HR & Payroll , HR/payroll system notifications , Implementation , payroll , PMP , self-service , tax , W-4

• Employee Spotlight: Erin Cavender

  October 15, 2020

  Erin Cavender is the Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations at HRchitect with over 22 years of experience in finance. Get to know Erin, her all-time favorite restaurant and her favorite HRchitect employee perk in this month’s HRchitect spotlight.   Hometown: Frisco, TX Alma mater: University of Oklahoma All-time favorite restaurant: I really love Read Article »

  Tags: Employee Spotlight , Erin Cavender , finance , HCM , HR , HR technology , HRchitect

• Why it’s So Hard to Achieve Work-Life Balance in a Remote Environment

  October 6, 2020

      Written by Carling Sternbach In recent years, work-life balance has become increasingly important to candidates as they job search. As such, employers who have an organizational culture that prioritizes work-life balance have begun to promote that balance as a part of their recruitment marketing. The concept of, and inherent value in achieving work-life Read Article »

  Tags: Carling Sternbach , COVID , Implementation , remote work , work life balance

• Best Practices are More than a Buzz Word

  September 29, 2020

    Written by Troy Robinson   You already know that HRchitect is a consulting firm that is able to implement most of the HCM systems in the industry today for our clients. You’ve also likely heard that we follow best practices in HCM technology consulting, but what do best practices actually mean? In HCM technology Read Article »

  Tags: best practices , Center of Excellence , Certified Vendor Partner , COE , HCM systems , HCM Technology , HCM technology vendor , Implementation , Tory Robinson , workforce

• Why HR Practitioners Make Great Consultants

  September 21, 2020

    Written by Laura Palulis   Many considerations come into play when selecting a consultant to work with on your Human Capital Management (HCM) project. Whether you are looking for day to day support, a system optimization, or a full-scale implementation, choosing to work with a consulting team comprised of former HR practitioners is a Read Article »

  Tags: evaluating and selecting or implementing , HCM , HCM Consultant , HCM Technology , HR , HR Practitioner , HR technology strategy , Implementation , Laura Palulis , payroll

• Consultant Spotlight – Nathan Meles

  September 9, 2020

  Nathan Meles is a senior consultant at HRchitect with over 9 years of experience with Workforce Management systems. Get to know Nathan, his favorite food and what made him join HRchitect in this month’s HRchitect spotlight. Hometown: I’m from a small town in West Michigan called Otsego.  Growing up right by Lake Michigan, I come Read Article »

  Tags: Consultant Spotlight , Nathan Meles , WFM , workforce management

• HRchitect Preview: Virtual VISION 2020 Conference

  August 31, 2020

      Written by April Vaden   Editor’s Note: As the leader in HCM technology consulting services, HRchitect is the longest tenured partner (2010) with the most implementation experience (more than 150 clients) and is widely recognized as the go-to resource for WorkForce Software. Our experience includes Project Management, Implementation, Process Analysis/Redesign, Training, Optimization, Reporting, Read Article »

  Tags: #WFSVISION20 , Absence Compliance , ACT , April Vaden , Change Management , EmpCenter , Enable Midstream , HCM Technology , HRchitect , reporting and ongoing support , system optimizations , Tara Russell , Time & Attendance , training , Troy Robinson , virtual , VISION 2020 , workforce management systems , WorkForce Software

• Internal Challenges in Implementations and How to Solve Them

  August 24, 2020

    Written by Drew Simmons   When I was growing up, my mother would always tell me, “nothing worth having in life is ever easy.”  It was one of those sayings where I would always roll my eyes every time I heard it.  I’m sure we have all had similar experiences as children.  However, this Read Article »

  Tags: benefits , compensation , core HR , diversity and inclusion , Drew Simmons , HR/Payroll System Implementation Consultant , HRIS , iCIMS , payroll , Project Management , recruiting , Talent Acquisitions System , Ultimate Software

• Manage Your Learning with a Learning Management System

  August 20, 2020

    Written by Reggie Wilson   When I first joined the HCM technology consulting industry over seven years ago, the type of HCM technology that was most familiar to me was that of a learning management system (LMS), or eLearning as it was called in those days. I was very well versed in the end-user Read Article »

  Tags: 2020 , Core HR systems , end user , enterprise , HCM Technology , HR Solutions , HRchitect , Human Capital Management systems , Implementation , learning , Learning Management Systems , LMS , mid-market , Optimization , Reggie Wilson , Selection , skills development and training , workforce , workforce management

• Leaps of Faith: My Path to Becoming a Consultant

  August 12, 2020

  Steve Glaser took a leap of faith and joined the HRchitect consulting team in 2014. In this post, Steve shares his professional journey and what best prepared him to be a top-tier consultant. When I started my professional career, a friend recommended that I check out a Support Technician job at an Internet Service Provider. Read Article »

  Tags: applicant tracking system (ATS) , ATS , COE , go live , HCM consulting , HCM systems , HCM Technology , HR technology , HRchitect , HRIS , onboarding , Oracle Taleo , Oracle Taleo implementation , recruitment , Remote System Administration (RSA) , SAP , Steve Glaser , talent acquisition , Taleo platform , Training and Change Management

• Consultant Spotlight: Crystal Judd

  August 4, 2020

  Crystal Judd is a Senior Consultant and Project Manager who specializes in benefits system implementations. Get to know Crystal in this month’s employee spotlight.   Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina. Alma Mater: The College of Charleston. All-time favorite restaurant: Charleston has a lot of great restaurants but if I had to pick, I would say FIG, Read Article »

  Tags: Benefitfocus , benefits , Crystal Judd , HCM , HCM implementation , HR Tech , HRchitect , Implementation Project Manager , Project manager

• Biggest Fails we’ve see on Implementation

  July 20, 2020

    Written by Nathan Meles   It’s no secret that all HCM system implementations have risks. No matter the type of system, rollout approach, or stakeholder groups involved, every implementation project has variables that can impact the cost, efficiency, and overall success. In my personal experience as a consultant, I’ve spotted vital project areas that, Read Article »

  Tags: consider process changes , core project team , failures to avoid is coming into the project unprepare , first phase of your system implementation , HCM , HCM implementation , HCM system implementations , HCM system implementations have risks , HCM Technology , HR technology , implementing a new HCM or WFM system , ownership over the project , requirements gathering , system implementation , Time & Attendance , WFM , WFM Implementation , workforce

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