Upcoming Webinars
Sage Abra HRMS Training Webinars
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Free Sage Abra HRMS Online Training
Archiving Data - Why & How?
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: Learn how archiving data will help improve the performance of your Abra software. The session will also include archiving options to consider.
Cost: Free!
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Benefits Administration
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview:
- Enterprise-level Benefit Settings
- Interaction with Payroll
- Creating the Benefit
- Changes in Rates
Cost: Free!
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Creating Benefit Statements from Abra: The Hidden Paycheck
Free - 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
One of the keys to Employee Satisfaction is an understanding of the total compensation they recieve from you. In this session we will explore how you can use your existing ABRA modules to create effective and eye-catching Benefit Statements. Using Crystal Reports as our development tool, we will look at several examples of Benefits / Total Compensation Statements including:
- Personalizing the statements using ABRA data
- Effective Use of graphs including pie, bar and dashboards
- Importing descriptions and other text-based data into a Benefit Statement
- Use Payroll data to show employer matches (and what if Payroll is outsourced?)
- Using Attendance to show the value of time taken and PTO accrued
- Include Training reimbursements and other Train data
- Combining ABRA and non-ABRA data: Tips and Tricks
- Printing Options
Cost: Free!
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Crystal Basics
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: Learn about Sage Abra HRMS/Crystal Reports by taking part in the creation of a Crystal report online. Your instructor will demonstrate how to create a report from start to finish and attendees receive a copy of the report.
Cost: Free!
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Crystal Reports - Beyond the Basics
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: Learn about Sage Abra HRMS/Crystal Reports by taking part in the creation of an intermediate level Crystal report online. Your instructor will demonstrate how to create a report from start to finish and attendees receive a copy of the report.
Cost: Free!
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Crystal Reports - Creating a letter in Crystal Report Writer
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
This free online session will enable you to learn more about Abra HRMS/Crystal Report Writer. How to create a letter from start to finish will be demonstrated and all attendees will receive a copy of the completed letter.
Cost: Free!
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Effective use of eRecruiter
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
- Workflow enhancements to make candidate searching easier - Using Skills and Education
- Customizing content - customize log in and application completion screens
- Utilizing Correspondence for notifications to applicants and recruiters - Using email and letters directly from eRecruiter
- Managing requisitions - how to get the most out of your requisitions and cut back on paper trails
Cost: Free!
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Group Security
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overveiw: Sage Abra HRMS has an extensive, flexible, and easy-to-use security system to protect your data. Lear how to set up access rights as the Employer, Product and/or Activity level.
Cost: Free!
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Proactive methods of data security (Including Paycheck Security)
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
- Preparing to secure your data - Using your resources and adding a few new ones
- How to get back up and going the same day - Do not go a day without access to HR and Payroll
- Peace of mind that data integrity is safe in case of emergency
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra HRMS - Go paperless with Sage Abra's online solutions
Attend this webinar and learn how to integrate and automate HR Administration and eliminate paper records and track employee data electronically:
- Online HR Administration
- Online Benefit Enrollment
- Online Pay Stubs
- Online W2's
- Total Compensation Statements
- Business Activity Monitoring
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra OrgPlus
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: This seminar will discuss exporting data from Abra suite, importing photos, designing a chart template, customizing charts, publishing a chart to Microsoft word and using shortcuts to update chart data.
Features:
- Enhance user interface
- Link charts
- Link to files
- Email charts
- Import JPEG pictures
- Chart backgrounds
- Reporting
- Data file import wizard
- Org chart publishing
- Improve chart editing
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra Paycheck Security
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: This seminar will provide you, the Abra user, with information on how you can better utilize and expand the security functions with your Abra payroll. The seminar will demonstrate and discuss the following:
- Network Security
- Paycheck Security
- Direct Deposit Security
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra Payroll-Balancing & Reconciling
This online session introduces Abra Payroll processes designed to improve the overall Abra Payroll results. Abra Payroll reports, as well as balancing and reconciling procedures, will be addressed during the seminar. Common Payroll balancing issues are shared and resolutions are recommended by Sage Software's Certified Payroll Professionals.
Agenda
- Ten steps of payroll balancing
- Timesheet balancing
- Trial payroll balancing
- Additional Abra Payroll reports
- Common balancing issues and resolutions
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra Secure Query
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: This seminar will allow you, the Abra user, to explore on-demand reporting features that will allow you to quickly get information you need without spending valuable time on complex reporting.
Do you need to create customized reports but don't feel comfortable with your Crystal Report writing skills? Abra Secure Query is a desktop reporting tool that comes automatically with your Sage Abra HRMS application that enables you to quickly and easily get the information you need.
- Abra Reporting Tools
- Group Security
- Ad Hoc Reporting Security
- Creating an HR Query
- Send/Email Queries
- Exporting Queries
- Other Product Queries
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra Train
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: This seminar will provide the Abra user with an overview of features, code table setup, setting training requirements, managing classes, reporting and a question and answer session at the end.
Features Include:
- Create requirements
- Track Courses
- Certificates and programs
- Document training content for quality compliance
- Analyze training cost
- Link to Abra HR skills data
Cost: Free!
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Crystal Reports - Working with functions and Subreports
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: Learn more about Sage Abra HRMS/Crystal Reports by taking part in the creation of an intermediate level Crystal report online which utilizes numerous built-in functions and a subreport. Your instructor will demonstrate how to create a report from start to finish and attendees receive a copy of the report.
Cost: Free!
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Getting the most from a Sage support call
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
- Simple questions should have simple answers - How to get the right answer the first time
- Know your system - Getting around your PC
- Know your errors and have the information you need to assist in troubleshooting
- Save time by being prepared
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra Business Alerts
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: Abra Alerts - part of the Abra Suite Family - automatically monitors your Abra Suite database and proactively distributes information to managers and employees using your existing e-mail system. For example, Abra Alerts can automatically notify personnel of performance reviews, benefit enrollment, compliance requirements and other key events. And because it utilizes email, it can send its reports anywhere in the world.
Learn how the Abra Alerts system can not only send out informational e-mails, but can attach custom forms and documents that can be automatically filled out with information from your Abra system or any other file attachment.
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra HRMS Customization
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: This seminar will allow you, the Abra user, to discover the versatility of Sage Abra HRMS by designing custom screens to fit unique and comprehensive needs. Learn how to create fields to track any information and place it directly at your fingertips.
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra HRMS Tips & Tricks
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
Overview: This seminar will provide you, the Abra user, with information on how you can utilize and expand the functions of your Sage Abra HRMS system. The seminar will demonstrate and discuss the following:
- How to personalize your Abra Desktop
- How to make your reports run faster
- Analysis-Query-Reports: which are best
- How to add Crystal to your Abra Activity Center
- Toolkit tips
- Your Questions
Cost: Free!
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Sage Mass Updates, Security, Audit Trail and System Maintenance
This session will provide you the knowledge to become a more effective Abra user.
Topics discussed
- Review common mass updates
- How to add & modify users and security groups in Abra
- Discuss the use of the Audit Trail
- Review important aspects of Abra's day-to-day system maintenance
Cost: Free!
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Using Alerts for Security
Free- 1 Hour On-Line Seminar (Space is Limited)
- Manage Alerts to monitor for database changes to User and group Security
- Using effective queries and tables to monitor employee changes to sensitive data
- Double Checking on Payroll Processors
- Monitor for unauthorized pay changes
Cost: Free!
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Dresser Seminar Series
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Dresser Seminar Series
2009 Year End Closing with Abra Payroll
Are you ready for 2010? We have designed a comprehensive online seminar to review the steps and procedures required to process the final payroll for 2009, generate Form W-2s and implement the Year 2010 using Abra Payroll. We offer two different session series to accommodate your busy schedule.
We'll help you stay in compliance by providing the latest updates on this year's tax legislative rulings, plus requirements for filing your payroll taxes electronically. To allow you to conveniently follow the instructor's lecture, you will receive a workbook that includes samples of Abra payroll screens.
Benefits of Attending
- Take the stress out of closing year-end
- Discover the latest payroll regulations
- Ensure government compliance
- Maximize the power of your Abra Payroll
Who should attend?
Payroll professionals who are looking to successfully close Abra Payroll for the Year 2009 and prepare for 2010 payroll processing.
What you will learn
- Preparing for Year-End Closing: Determining Year-End Forms, Verifying Code Tables, Verifying Employer/Employee Setups, Recording and Depositing Tax Liabilities, Posting Taxable Benefits, Year-End Adjustments Reporting
- Defining Forms W-2, W-3, 1099R and 1099MISC
- Reporting Special Earnings and Withholding in Abra Payroll: Moving Expenses, Third Party W-2 Reporting, Car/Mileage Allowance, Dependent Care
- Pre-Final Processing 2009 Year-End: Installing Update, Trial Year-End, Pre-Close Reporting
- Balancing and reconciling Forms 941, 943, W-2, W-3 and 1099
- Final Closing Year 2009: Finalizing Q4, Year-End Close Balancing, Year-End Reconciliation, Edit and Adjustment Year-End Form, Edit W-2
- Printing and Editing Year-End Forms
- Reviewing Magnetic Media Requirements
- Reviewing Legislation for Year 2010
- Answers to the Top 10 Questions about Year-End
- Contact Information for Resources
- Creating Unemployment Electronic Filing
Series 1
- 12/4 2-4pm Series 1, Session 1
- 12/10 2-4pm Series 1, Session 2
- 12/18/09 2-3pm Series 1, Session 3 Q & A
- 1/7/10 2-3pm Series 1, Session 4 Q & A
Series 2
- 12/10 10-12pm Series 2, Session 1
- 12/11 10-12pm Series 2, Session 2
- 12/18 2-3pm Series 2, Session 3 Q & A
- 1/7/10 2-3pm Series 2, Session 4 Q & A
Cost: $500.00 for four sessions (includes: Year-End Workbook)
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Informational Webinars
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Free Webinars
Abra Resources
Maximize Your Abra System Through the Use of the Sage and Dresser Resources
Maximize your Abra system through the use of the Sage and Dresser resources.
- Get the most from a Sage Support call
- Simple questions should have simple answers - how to get the right answer the first time
- Being prepared for your tech call
- Know your system - getting around your PC and the Abra Help icon
- Navigating the Sage & Dresser Customer User Portals
- Review resources that are available to ask questions, get answers and allow you to network with Abra consultants and other Abra users
Cost: Free!
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Social Media Webinars
LinkedIn for Business Professionals
In this hands-on webinar, we focus on the popular business social network site LinkedIn and show specific steps how you and your organization can use the site as a:
- Recruiting resource
- Networking platform and
- Discussion forum with other HR and Business professionals
This webinar focuses specifically on the benefits for HR and Management professionals. We will also cover the advantages of joining the Alliance for Workforce Management LinkedIn group to better inform and educate the Abra community we support through discussions, news and more.
Cost: Free!
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Abra Payroll
Gaining Control Over Your Payroll Processes with an In-House Payroll Solution
Learn how Abra Payroll can automate your payroll processes and help you reduce costs while maintaining the highest level of accuracy and flexibility.
In this Webcast, we will explain why in-house payroll offers midsized companies the potential to significantly increase savings, as well as improve control over payroll processes.
Cost: Free!
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Paperless Payroll with the Sage Payroll PayCard
Offer your employees a cost-effective and secure way to receive their paycheck electronically, with the Sage Payroll PayCard. Find out how easy it is to enroll and start offering your employees a new payroll benefit immediately!
Cost: Free!
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Cost-Effective, Flexible Payroll Management with Sage Abra Payroll (For Current Customers)
Attend this Webcast and learn how to keep all of your HR and payroll information in one place. With seamless integration, you can add Sage Abra Payroll to your existing Sage Abra HR solution to save both time and money.
Cost: Free!
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Experience Timely, Accurate Payroll with Sage Abra
This Webcast will reveal the benefits of in-house payroll processing with seamless integration to your existing Sage Abra HR software. Join us to see what option is best for your company. With Sage Abra Payroll (in house) you will experience:
- Accurate and timely processing, cost-effective automation and complete data control
- Access to powerful reporting tools for compliance and strategic planning including Crystal Reports®, ad-hoc reporting features and over 100 standard reports and forms
- Payroll processing that's flexible enough to handle last-minute changes and printed paychecks on-demand
Cost: Free!
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How to Overcome the Time and Attendance Hurdle (For Sage Abra Payroll Customers)
In this one-hour Webcast, we'll look at some ways you can more easily and accurately capture your employees' time and attendance while simplifying your payroll processes.
Cost: Free!
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Hybrid Payroll Solutions: Cut Payroll Cost & Regain Control
Do you need more accurate, flexible and secure payroll processing? Are you frustrated with lack of payroll integration with your HR and Accounting System? Companies are beginning to realize big savings with in-house payroll and outsourced tax filling. This free webinar will show you how brining payroll in house can help cut costs and give back the control to your organization.
Cost: Free!
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Sage Payroll PayCard - Flexible Electronic Payroll
Offer your employees a cost-effective and secure way to receive their paycheck electronically, with the Sage Payroll PayCard. Find out how easy it is to enroll and start offering your employees a new payroll benefit immediately!
Cost: Free!
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Sage Payroll PayCards for Timberline Users
Many employers are quickly realizing the benefits of offering their employees electronic Payroll PayCards. Some of the many benefits include convenience, cost-savings, security and a higher retention rate. The Sage Payroll PayCard works the same as a direct deposit transaction so there is no software to install and no hardware to purchase. Find out how easy it is to enroll in the Sage Payroll PayCard by attending this Webcast.
Cost: Free!
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Abra HRMS
How to Save Time and Improve Employee Satisfaction With Sage Abra ESS
Cost: Free!
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Introduction to Sage Abra HRMS (For Prospective Customers)
Learn how Sage Abra HRMS can solve your HR and payroll challenges with integrated solutions including HR, payroll, benefits, training, recruiting, and compliance.
Cost: Free!
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Lower Business Costs and Improve Workforce Management With Sage Abra (For Sage PFW Users)
In this Webcast for Sage PFW users, we'll dive into how a human resource and payroll solution, like Sage Abra, can transform your business. Sage Abra solutions can provide strategic insight, create efficiencies, drive down costs and protect your organization from compliance risks.
Cost: Free!
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Empowering Employees With Online Self-Service Portals (For Current Sage Abra Customers)
Join us as we learn all about online employee self-service portals. In this interactive Webcast, industry veteran, Mary Anne Osborne, SPHR, will discuss strategies to improve employee communications, simplify the benefits enrollment process, and drive down costs. The Webcast will also feature a live demonstration of Sage Abra Web-based solutions.
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra: Transforming Your HR Department into a Strategic Team
In this Webcast for Sage MAS 500 users, we'll dive into how a human resource management solution (HRMS), like Sage Abra, can transform your business. An HRMS can provide strategic insight, create efficiencies, drive down costs, and protect your organization from compliance risks.
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra HRMS - Industry Specific Solutions
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Abra Workforce Management
KnowledgeSync: The Next Generation of Alerts and Workflow for Sage Abra
Sage KnowledgeSync comes pre-configured with over 40 alert events for Sage Abra; you can customize these as well as add an unlimited number of additional events of your own. No programming expertise is required, and - beyond Sage Abra -- Sage KnowledgeSync integrates with your other business applications, and will even monitor incoming email messages, web form submissions, and events in your operating system.
Cost: Free!
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Sage KnowledgeSync Workshop (for current KnowledgeSync customers)
This one hour session is designed for current ABRA KnowledgeSync users. It is a step-by-step tutorial on creating a simple alert using ABRA data and the ABRA Event pack. For more information on the EventPack, please contact us.
Cost: Free!
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Recruiting & Training
Easy Management of Applications and Resumes with Cyber Recruiter
Are you flooded with applications and resumes for your open positions?
Need a reliable system to help you quickly sort out the resumes best suited for your needs?
Come see how you can automate your recruiting processes with Cyber Recruiter, an in-house or hosted, web-based, paper-less, process-oriented, multi-role recruiting solution. Cyber Recruiter can link to your company's career website and post openings along with gathering applicant information. The system will help you through all of the recruiting processes (creating requisitions, approvals, evaluating applicants, routing, interviewing, and offer letters). Cyber Recruiter fully integrates with both Sage Abra HR and Sage Abra ESS.
Learn how software can make recruiting easier, more efficient and help you remain compliant.
Cyber Recruiter Benefits
- Empower your hiring managers to create requisitions online
- Email based automated requisition approval process
- Automatic posting to job boards and your company website
- Track correspondence with template driven applicant communication tools
- Candidate qualification screening with weighted requisition specific questions
- Flexible resume search capability using multiple criteria
- Empower users to manage content on your website while easily configuring the Cyber Recruiter layout
- Robust applicant, requisition and EEO reporting capabilities that improve business intelligence
- Ability to allow employees to update their resume information and enter employee referrals
Cost: Free!
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Talent Management
Competency Assessment Madness: Transform Your Process from Crazy to Manageable and Meaningful!
Join us to take a real but humorous look at the madness we create with ineffective approaches to competency assessment, and learn how to design a system that is more meaningful, manageable, and even a little fun.
Cost: Free!
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Halogen eAppraisal
The employee performance management (EPM) solution of choice! Halogen eAppraisal automates and simplifies time-consuming employee appraisals. It also provides everything HR and line managers need to deliver year-round employee development in a profoundly simple to use web-based solution. Sign up now!
Cost: Free!
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Halogen eCompensation - Establish a Pay-for-Performance Culture that Accurately and Fairly Rewards your Workforce
Establishing pay-for-performance has never been easier. Halogen eCompensation is an affordable web-based solution that greatly simplifies and automates the entire compensation adjustment process. Sign up now!
Cost: Free!
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Halogen eSuccession
Implementing a best practice succession planning program has never been easier. Halogen eSuccession is a succession planning tool that not only follows today's industries recognized best practices talent pool model, but is also practiced and affordable to implement and use. Sign up now!
Cost: Free!
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Halogen Getting Ready to Launch eCompensation
Get a jump on implementing compensation planning in your organization using Halogen eCompensation.
Cost: Free!
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Halogen Software Webinar: Overcoming Employee Performance Appraisal Challenges - A Best Practice Approach
This webinar will show you how Halogen eAppraisal helps you overcome challenges of managing employee performance appraisals. Through product demonstrations we'll guide you through Halogen's eAppraisal best practice approaches with some of the following:
- Appraisal Tracking: Addressing the challenges of appraisal status tracking.
- Development Planning: Keeping development plans relevant after the appraisals are done.
- Goal Alignment: Aligning individual employee goals with corporate objectives.
- Managing Change: Addressing the challenges of forms change.
- On Time Completion: Get more appraisals done - On Time.
Cost: Free!
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Halogen Version 9.1 New Features and Functionality
Get an overview of how to use the new features and functionality available in version 9.1 of the Halogen talent management suite by attending one of the following webinars:
Cost: Free!
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How Performance Management Supports HR's Strategic Role
Find out how Galderma transformed their employee performance process from an administrative HR burden into a strategic HR function. When Galderma Laboratories, a Fort Worth-based, multi-national pharmaceutical company moved to an online performance management system; they transformed their employee performance process. It went from an administrative HR burden to becoming a strategic HR function that unlocked the power of their employee performance data.
Join Robin Clayton as she discusses how her HR team has improved the growing company's employee performance management process and is now saving thousands of dollars annually. Key webinar takeaways include:
- How to transform the employee performance appraisal process into a strategic HR function by turning data into actionable intelligence.
- Understanding the increasing importance of talent management, and specific strategies to ensure employees are executing on corporate objectives on a day-to-day basis.
- How your approach to talent management can increase the role of HR as a strategist in the boardroom.
We only have 30 minutes so it's impossible to cover all five subject areas. We'll need your help. When the seminar starts you will be asked to select from the list above your top two priorities. The three priorities with the most votes will be the core topics of our session.
Cost: Free!
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Sage Abra HRMS - Talent Management Solutions (For Current Customers)
Sage Abra has add-on solutions that will help you grow, maintain, and develop your workforce. Join us for this Webcast as we explore the Sage Abra solutions that make it easy to administer all employee training programs and find and easily manage your recruitment processes.
Cost: Free!
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