When team members at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, Iowa began using the overhead paging system to get help with IT issues, administrators knew they needed a help desk software solution. Unfortunately, it’s not always that obvious. In the best of times, a help desk is going to be a stressful place for …
The talent management space has undergone a lot of change over the last year. From deeper integration of talent management and training software, to a huge ramp-up of social recruiting on networks like LinkedIn, big trends are visible everywhere you look for HR departments. While we predicted some of these last year, in 2015 we …
This year is shaping up to be a remarkable one for the corporate training and eLearning industry. Last year we looked at seven major trends in eLearning, including gamification, social learning, MOOCs, and talent management integration. While these trends continue to gain steam, others are now on the horizon for 2015. They include: Virtual Reality …
Construction management is supposed to boom over the next few years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that the position of construction manager is expected to grow 16% between 2012 and 2022—a far faster growth rate than the 11% national average. If you’re looking for a construction management job (or if you’re just curious about …
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Welcome to the New Year, and with it, a whole new list of things to learn and watch out for. Last year, the field service industry saw a marked increase in service as a sales tool, using the quality and speed of work to differentiate businesses from each other. In five years, field service organizations …
Creating a project plan can be a daunting task for project managers. When a project is just beginning the future is unsure and complicated. Will things go smoothly? Will the project fall completely off the rails? As projects become more complex the project plan can get more and more intimidating. Some of the most frequent …
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Published Nov. 20, 2019 by Dan Taylor When you got into the construction business, chances are you were passionate about building stuff, not math. And yet, there aren’t many industries as numbers-heavy as construction, and as a construction manager, you just have to… Continue Reading
Technology should make our lives easier. In my performance management consultancy I have the opportunity to speak with many HR professionals. Ironically I have been hearing a growing number of negative comments from HR folks who took the automation plunge only to get push back from their end users. These unhappy employees wanted to return …
CMMS and EAM stand for Computer Maintenance Management software and Enterprise Asset Management software, respectively. These programs help companies maximize asset performance, control costs, and improve operations by keeping track of vital information. Below are some reasons why companies need, and should consider getting CMMS/EAM software. Increased Productivity A great benefit of CMMS software is …
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Everyone loves free stuff. No matter what it is,—Slurpees, pancakes, or software—those four letters make you happy. However, sometimes free isn’t even worth the money you paid for it, and those four letters inevitably morph into other four–lettered words. So how do you find software that is actually functional and worthwhile to help you manage …
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