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Training That Starts Before the Job Begins
Even in a recession, some companies are still hiring in sizable numbers. Two of them–Booz Allen Hamilton and Vestas Wind Systems–start training new employees in culture and processes well before their first day on the job.
By Garry Kranz
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hile some organizations struggle with layoffs, or at best freeze their hiring plans, others are hiring in considerable numbers, and want their new workers to be steeped in company culture, processes and community from day one—maybe even sooner.
One such organization is consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, which is set to add 5,000 jobs by the close of 2009. That’s in addition to a similar number of new workers brought on board last year. All told, Booz Allen’s workforce should top 20,000 people this year, with most of them based in the U.S.
That rapid hiring pace necessitates a new approach to training. Eighteen months ago, Booz Allen began an overhaul of its onboarding processes. It begins delivering training and developmental tools to new employees the moment they accept a job offer, rather than waiting for their first official day at work. It is a process Booz Allen executives refer to as “preboarding.”
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CGI and GXS Come Together to Illuminate Financial Supply Chain for Banks, Buyers and Suppliers
New Joint Solution Will Accelerate the ROI Buyers and Sellers Can Achieve From Supply Chain Finance Programs
GAITHERSBURG, MD--(Marketwire - July 27, 2009) - GXS, a global provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce services, today announced a partnership with CGI Group Inc., a leading provider of information technology and business process services. The two companies will integrate their services to provide an end-to-end supply chain finance (SCF) solution to financial institutions. The new offering will leverage GXS Trading Grid®, the world's largest B2B integration services platform, and will be part of CGI's global trade and SCF bank offering, Proponix360™.
The new, joint solution provides financial institutions with a complete SCF solution that incorporates online connectivity between buyers and suppliers to facilitate increased collaboration between both parties. GXS will provide the supplier portal functions needed to offer invoice financing and reverse factoring when connectivity to the supplier is not provided by a buyer collaboration platform. The software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based solution also reduces implementation timeframes for financial institutions and their corporate clients. The CGI-GXS partnership will enable rapid on-boarding of new corporate clients and accelerated program rollout to their trading partner communities.
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HR transition and retention
Abhishek Kumar Jha tracks the evolving role of HR and the different doable ways of retaining the top performers in an organization
A quick glance in the HR serviceability pattern will point at the dynamism and changes this line has gone through over the years. Interestingly, in one of the seminars, the speaker in a lighter vein pointed at the gender transitioning of Human Resources—from doing “effeminate and feminine” actions (thereby indicating the softer things) to moving into the more sartorial domain (thereby indicating business).
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