Vendor Selection & Technology
Why On Demand Technology?
by Taleo Research
When you look at the most widely adopted technologies – Google for search, Amazon.com for buying, and eBay for selling – they have been far more successful than traditional ERP or desktop software in these particular domains. Running on the Internet, these services have also become part of our daily lives and transformed how we do things. Now on demand technology powering talent management processes can transform how organizations assess, acquire, develop, and align talent directly to business strategies.
Four On Demand Advantages
Talent management on demand—delivered by subscription as software as a service—has four advantages over a software license:
- Faster to install.
- Cheaper to maintain.
- Easier to access and use.
- Quicker to upgrade.
Your talent management success should not depend on keeping licensed systems current or paying huge consulting fees to install and upgrade custom solutions. On demand enables you to rapidly establish talent management best practices, accelerate adoption, and immediately create value.
On Demand Drives the Cultural Transformation
Ease of implementation, integration, and Internet connectivity can empower you to make a cultural talent shift. Your people instinctively know what they want to do. All they need are the combination of relevant data and intuitive and easy to use tools to access and use the information.
Accessible tools give your people the ability to visualize their talent factors in a complete landscape. The more they use them, the more they will internalize the processes. That’s how a culture gets transformed—by popular adoption of easy to use and intuitive tools.
On demand talent management transforms workforce planning into a daily activity—not an annual exercise. It’s where analytics tell you that you need to focus more on internal mobility rather than outside hiring. It’s where you build a pipeline of candidates to fill your talent needs when baby boomers retire en masse.
It’s too late to think about filling a position when someone leaves. Resignation should not be the trigger for a succession planning event. It should be in the back of your mind because it’s right there in front of you on a talent dashboard. It’s where everyone is working faster and smarter together because talent is top of mind.
On demand talent management empowers you with a powerful combination of technology and processes your organization can use to gain immediate talent visibility. Recruiters, hiring managers, and employees are all connected to a consistent process on a web browser. Then you can then assess, acquire, develop, and align talent to business goals in a culture of talent management. That’s what success looks like.
Lower Cost of Ownership and Faster Time to Value
On demand requires no capital investment. Software as a service offers unprecedented flexibility. Enterprise career sites and related solutions have returned millions in measurable results and value. The proven benefits of a strategic talent management platform running on a world-class infrastructure are clear and compelling.
Global enterprises must manage their talent across multiple geographies, lines of business, hire types, and processes like assessment, acquisition, development, and alignment. Look for an on demand platform with scalability, security, and reliability running on a single code line. This approach has simplified talent management complexity for many of the largest global enterprises, powering their transformation into talent focused cultures.
People are the difference. Talent is the strategy. That’s why leading global organizations choose on demand technology to drive their talent processes—from multiple global career sites to complex talent strategies.