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How  to  become  a  successful    HR  technology  buyer.  

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There’s  a  lot  of  guilt  and  shame  about  unsuccessful  implementa;on  and  use  of  HR  technology  and  that’s  exactly  why:      

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1.  HR  prac;;oners  don’t  learn  from  their  peers  and  their  peers  never  learn  from  them.  2.  Vendors  can  s;ll  get  away  with  medieval  tac;cs.  

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 How  do  we  change  this?    

   

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Recently  I  was  aDending  HR  Tech  Europe  Spring    Warm-­‐Up  in  London    where  @william;ncup    was  sharing  some  things  you  should  consider  when  buying  HR  technology.    

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Allow  me  to  share  the  best  pieces  with  you,  so  you  can  benefit  from  them  as  well.    First  of  all,  these  are  the  7  points  of  soQware  sa;sfac;on:    

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Product    1.  Don’t  look  for  soQware  that  will  fix  your  bad  process.  Good  soQware  will  only  highlight  how  bad  your  process  is.                        2.  Vendors  know  what  a  good  process  is,  so  don’t  lie  to  them  about  your  process.  

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Sales    1.  Once  you’ve  signed  the  contract,  all  your  power  is  gone.  So  how  do  you  feel  about  your  vendor  before  you  sign?  It’s  going  southwards  aQer  that..    2.  You  typically  buy  from  people  you  like.  So  really,  really  think  about  what  you  need  before  you  talk  with  them.              3.  Are  you  being  oversold?    Salespeople  rarely  say  no.        

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Sales    4.  You  don’t  want  to  be  the  first  one  in  your  industry  to  buy  a  solu;on.  You  want  a  vendor  to  know  and  understand  your  industry.    (‘There’s  no  such  thing  as  an  hr  industry.  There  are  industries  in  which  hr  prac;;oners  are  prac;cing.’)          5.  All  demo’s  are          awesome.            6.  If  vendors  don’t  have  case  studies,  it  might  mean  they  don’t  have  great  rela;onships  with  customers.  Are  references  easily  provided?    

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Nego;a;on    1.  Ask  your  vendor:  How  do  you  make  money?    2.  In  a  lot  of  soQware  deals,  you  don’t  own  the  data.  You  actually  pay  the  vendor  to  get  your  data.              

                   3.  Buy  at  the  end  of  the  quarter,                      preferably  the  31st  of  December;                      sales  people  are  driven  by  quota’s.  

     

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Implementa;on    1.  How  long  is  it  going  to  take  before  you  can  use  the  soQware?  Lots  of  vendors  outsource  implementa;on  and  it’s  in  the  interest  of  consultants  to  make  sure  that  implementa;on  takes  a  long  ;me..          

                     2.  Make  sure  people                        (internally)  are  aware  of                        change  before  you  change.                        Let  them  know  what  you’re                        doing.  Otherwise  they’re                        going  to  hate  whatever  new                        thing  you  buy.  

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Training    1.  Realise  everybody  learns  in  a  different  way.  Assesss  for  learning  styles  and  learning  differences  to  make  training  beDer.    

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Adop;on    1.  Your  vendor  knows  everything  about  how  you  use  their  soQware.  Will  they  ever  tell  you  that?  You  should  want  to  know  it.      

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Support            1.  The  vendors  job    is  to  meet  you  where    you  are.  Support      shouldn’t  be  reac;ve,      but  proac;ve.            2.  Is  the  vendor  charging  clients  for  support?  

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Share    The  real  solu;on  off  course  to  make  vendors  build  beDer  products  and  hr  prac;oners  make  beDer  acquisi;ons  and  use  of  hr  technology  is  if  we  all  start  talking.              

                       So,  ask  your  peers  about                        their  experiences  and                          advice  and  share  your                          experiences  and  advice                          with  them.    

   

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Some  ques;ons  you  can  ask  your  peers:  

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HR  Tech  Europe  2014    The  next  opportunity  to  meet  your  peers  and  find  awesome  new  hr  technology  products  is  #HRTechEurope  in  Amsterdam.    

       For  more  informa;on,  please  visit  www.hrtecheurope.com      

I  look  forward  to  mee;ng  you  there.  

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