SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that significantly
improve the talent within its more than 1,700 customers across the globe.
| OpenHire Recruiting Management |
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| Product Manager | Lauren Dillon |
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The premier recruiting management and applicant tracking system that can help your company hire the best employee talent, cut costs and reduce paper. More than an applicant tracking system, SilkRoad technology's recruiting management solution will help you automate and brand your entire recruiting management process with ease, allowing you to hire better people while saving you money. SilkRoad's recruiting management solution assists recruiters, hiring managers and human resource professionals with core recruiting activities that improve their organization's bottom line. With SilkRoad's recruiting management software your organization can: •Hire the best people quickly •Cast a wider net of candidates, including passive job seekers •Increase the number of qualified candidates •Reduce recruiting and staffing costs •Improve retention •Easily and efficiently manage the massive influx of resumes and data from multiple sources •Brand your recruitment efforts to reflect your culture and organization Features Career Microsite •Increase the number of qualified job applicants by providing a forum for key information on the employment experience at your organization - company culture, work environment, benefits, case studies, etc. •Easy for HR professionals to create, manage and edit content - no technical experience necessary •Branded applicant interface seamlessly integrates with your corporate website •Separate branded interfaces are available for internal intranet job postings •Candidates can browse and apply to open positions, upload their resume and other documents, and manage their profile Job Postings •Post jobs to your corporate intranet, company career page AND to hundreds of online job boards all at one time - without ever leaving OpenHire •Integrated with online job boards like Monster, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, and over 400 other specialty job boards •Recruiter can allow jobs to post internally for a fixed time before deploying to external boards •Collects candidate application information automatically and tracks the original source of each application Resume Management •Import resumes from external job board applications without leaving OpenHire or from your local computer files - at no additional charge •Supports MS Word, Adobe PDF and other file formats and fielded information is automatically extracted and associated with your database fields •Online career site profile allows OpenHire to capture candidate information like education certification, etc - all in a single searchable database •Candidates can upload any number of external files such as references, cover letters and portfolio documents Intelligent Searching and Proactive Candidate Matching •Intelligent searching allows you to find candidates within your own searchable database •Provides Hot Matches with compatibility rankings of potential job candidates based on scores and rankings of multiple criteria (ex. Keywords) •The Recruiter Job Agent e-mails "candidate match advisories" to recruiters proactively, as often as requested •The Candidate Job Agent permits candidates to register for automatic email alerts on job openings matching their qualifications, using internal or external interfaces •Create hiring stages to quickly separate qualified candidates from non-qualified candidates and move them through the hiring process Communication Tools •Streamlines and personalizes communications using batch emails, custom templates and merge fields •Supports east candidate communication and message tracking •View interviewer availability and schedule interviews with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes integration •Tracks outgoing correspondence automatically in each candidate's history •Facilitates offer and rejection letters and other correspondence Accountability and Tracking •Audit trails for candidate records •18 pre-defined reports to track candidate sourcing ROI, quality of hire, time to fill, budgeting and more •Custom reporting capabilities •Export reports in XML, XLS, HTML and CSV formats EEO/OFCCP Compliance •EEO data collected during the application process •Provides three standard reporting options allowing easy access to detailed data by date, job, applicant, geography, and stage of recruitment Integration & Setup •OpenHire is flexible enough to support your process and culture •Configurable user interface •Flexibility to define customer fields and permission-based user roles •Integrate with all the leading HRIS systems •SilkRoad implementation teams will work directly with your team to make sure the products are configured to suite your needs and process •Background check integration supported for various vendors through an XML-based data exchange process •Easy to install and maintain - OpenHire is 100% browser-based and clients are typically up and running in 4 - 6 weeks www.silkroad.com/human_resource_software/overview_recruitment.html |
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| RedCarpet Onboarding and Life Events |
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| Product Manager | Lauren Dillon |
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SilkRoad's web-based onboarding and life events software effectively manages onboarding, offboarding and every employee life cycle event in between! Providing a positive new hire onboarding and employee transition experience is essential to helping your workforce remain motivated, satisfied and productive. SilkRoad's onboarding and life events solution is a critical component to meeting that goal, contributing both to employee engagement and retention. SilkRoad's solution is the only solution on the market that allows you to better manage employee transitions like relocations, promotions, medical leave, acquisitions/mergers, and offboarding. With the onboarding and life events solution you can manage, streamline and simplify the process of any employee life cycle event. From welcoming new employees to the organization to any employee life cycle transition, RedCarpet makes change simpler. •Realize a quick return on investment within months of implementation •Reduce both hard and soft costs involved in onboarding and transitioning employees •Significantly increase day one readiness of new and transitioning employees •Improve employee retention •Increase employee morale during times of change •Reduce legal and financial risks •Speed time to productivity of new and acquired talent •Improve HR productivity and significantly alleviate the burden and costs associated with administrative tasks, paperwork and processing •Maintain amicable relationships during employee separations •Provide quick and easy visibility into all tasks associated with employee transitions Personalized new hire portals help jump start engagement and ease transitions: •Immediately connect new employees to their new company's culture and talent brand •Deliver any dynamic, event-specific content you desire tailored to the employee's specific life cycle event •Provide new hires or transitioning employees with a myriad of information that will help them get acclimated to your organization's culture, their new job, position, company or employment situation •Eliminate the need to manage paper-based orientation, retirement or other transition kits •Electronic completion of all new hire paperwork prior to the first day on the job •Electronic provision of new employee handbook with details on dress code, company hours and benefits •Information for retiring employees on how to stay involved in the company and community •A welcome, thank you letter or video from the CEO •Provide new employees access to a customized and secure new employee portal after offer acceptance and before their first day on the job •Align your portal(s) look and feel with your corporate and talent brand by using your own template •Support for electronic forms that can be completed and sent to the designated resource •WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") editors allow non-technical users to easily edit and add content and images with no HTML knowledge required Employee task management keeps new hires, employees and managers on schedule and in compliance: •Automate task workflow through an easy point and click interface •Tasks and workflow are determined automatically based on position and/or department and/or location of the new hire/transitioning employee •Add and delete tasks specific to individual employee/new hire •Create dependencies so certain tasks "kick off" future tasks •Collect data and track the status of any legal and corporate policy compliance •Automated email notifications for new and overdue tasks with a built-in rules engine •Administrators can see an easy color-coded dashboard of delinquent and completed tasks •Managers can utilize their own personalized view of their employee portal for management style tips, socialization opportunities where they can provide mentorship, and more •Task and task status, including routing information, will be able to be viewed via the Portal or via e-mail notification •Ability to lock down certain tasks across the organization so that they must be completed by all new/transitioning employees regardless of location/division/position and can only be managed by someone with appropriate permissions With SilkRoad's onboarding and life events software you can give employees the ability to complete forms electronically, saving your organization significant amounts of money and resources. Reduce the number of errors that occur and speed the time to completion with these electronic forms features: •Electronic signature functionality for new and transitioning employees allows your electronic forms to act as binding documents from a legal perspective •Pre-populated data from your applicant tracking system which helps eliminate errors •Advanced and simple search features for finding employee records and the associated data and forms •Automated I-9 e-verification, re-verification events, tasks, forms and supporting workflow •I-9 dashboard reporting for pending, completed, & in re-verification statuses SilkRoad is a designated agent of the Department of Homeland Security, providing a seamless interface to the E-Verify system. With SilkRoad's onboarding and life events solution you can realize significant cost savings, security, better searching and tracking options with electronic completion of the Form I-9. Verify employment eligibility with complete integration with the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and reduce unauthorized employment. SilkRoad is a designated agent of the Department of Homeland Security, provides a seamless interface to the E-Verify system. SilkRoad's onboarding and life events solution provides additional features to help power and support your onboarding process, making it the most user-friendly and robust solution on the market. Plus, it easily integrates with your other HR systems! •Multi-lingual support, including double-byte languages •Fully searchable content •Integration with other systems such as importing new employee data from any other recruiting management tool or HRIS and of course integrates seamlessly with SilkRoad's OpenHire •Security profiles ensure that personalized, sensitive data is only available to those who require access to that data •Dictate who can create, contribute or even view each task or record •Single sign on integrates with your organization's email and network log-in protocols so employees can use the same username and password for all systems •On-demand, online reports can be run to access data on cycle time for task completion, delinquency percentage, and much more •Get up and running quickly with our internal support and implementation teams •Web based technology means no software to install www.silkroad.com/human_resource_software/employee_onboarding/Integration-setup.html |
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| WingSpan Performance Management |
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| Product Manager | Lauren Dillon |
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Measure competencies, develop succession plans, and automate the employee review process with a full-featured employee performance and compensation management solution. SilkRoad's flexible employee performance management solution is equipped with a unique blend of functions that enable you to maximize, motivate and retain your organization's talent. Keep in mind that ALL functions of our tool come standard with our performance and compensation tool but you can turn features on and off as your company requires. With SilkRoad's automatic performance management solution, you can utilize your workforce more effectively and productively, ensuring a better alignment between the goals that drive business and the individuals responsible for them. SilkRoad's automated employee performance management solution allows your organization to: •Create a consistent streamlined performance management process to reduce administrative time and costs •Identify top performers for retention, succession planning, and leadership development •Increase productivity and revenue •Align individuals, teams, and managers with the organization's business strategies •Ensure everyone is measured against the same corporate standards and objectives •Create empowerment, accountability, and alignment of coach, team member, and employer in performance development •Draw a clear line of visibility between employee objectives, departmental goals, and corporate strategy •Easily integrate with existing workflow, forms, and processes •Increase participation in appraisals, assessments, and planning •Develop equitable, focused appraisal, and compensation decisions Features Competency Management •Competency Dictionary and Model Library are comprised of key topics, definitions, and appropriate supporting behavioral indicators (400 validated models, 2000+ competencies, and 10,000+ observable behaviors) •Tested and validated competencies divided into core, •Competency models are organized by level, industry, function, etc. leadership (by career band), and functional groupings Automated Employee Appraisals •Serve up historical data to both the individual and the manager at the time of the review so all parties can see information about goals, assessments, appraisals, development plans, and other performance metrics •Managers can leverage the Writing Assistant to consistently make comments about observable behaviors and competencies for their employees •Utilize existing rating skills or build new scales fore appraisals •Schedule reviews for different parts of the organization differently Development Planning •Create and manage personalized development plans •Each individual has their own development plan •Map competency models to individual development activities so that competency assessments directly impact development plans •Supports approval requirement process for activities that incur costs •Includes a library of over 17,000 learning activities (mentors, books, courses, tapes or other specific activities) •Import development activities from any learning management system, including SilkRoad's learning management system, any 3rd party vendor library, as well as any internal courses/seminars offered Goal Management •Built-in intelligence facilitates S.M.A.R.T. goals that can be weighted and scored •Managers can assign goals to individuals or to multiple team members in a single batch process •Allow manager to assign goals allowing team members to negotiate the goal targets or prescribe goals with exiting goal targets •Cascade goals down to individuals and groups giving everyone a clear line of sight between their own contributions and the company goals •Set and manage individual and team goals that can be negotiated while maintaining alignment with corporate objectives •Managers and executives can view aggregated goal results and progress reports Succession Planning •Succession planners can see all potential candidates and their relative readiness for specific positions •Search for potential talented candidates and add them to a succession plan •Side-by-side candidate comparison reporting •Launch development plans or prescribe development activities to individuals or pools of candidates from the succession planning screen Compensation Management •Manage the distribution of merit increases, stock incentives, bonuses, equity pools and spot awards •Based on performance reviews, goal attainment and any other requirements •Budget compliance enforced by business rules •Include the use of salary matrix info, 3rd party salary ratios, salary bands, and other compensation metrics when allocating compensation •Provide managers individual allocation guidelines based on the individual appraisal results and their place in the existing salary range Configuration, Setup & Integration •Establish automated workflows unique to any organization •Easily create forms for various needs using templates or from a Microsoft Word template provided by SilkRoad technology •Configurable user interface •Integrates with SilkRoad's Life Suite and other HR systems via consumable Web Services •100% browser-based, accessible from any computer with Internet access running Internet Explorer. •Simple, streamlined user interfaced coupled with page-by-page instructions •Every user will have the ability to see a personalized view of the EPM system, depending on their role and assigned permissions •Dashboard stats view of all ongoing processes for HR managers, administrators, and business unit managers •Integrates with HRIS, payroll and LMS systems via consumable Web Services www.silkroad.com/human_resource_software/overview_epm.html |
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| Eprise Employee Intranets |
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| Product Manager | Lauren Dillon |
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Deliver accurate, current information to all employees with intranets and self-service applications that foster a collaborative environment. Intranets and HR portals can be a viable tool for fostering a collaborative work environment, and educating employees on the knowledge of their predecessors. Yet all too often, intranets simply become cumbersome repositories of data, becoming obsolete through lack of IT resources, staff enthusiasm or both. Let us make it easy and exciting for you. SilkRoad's powerful employee intranet content management system (CMS) is easy enough for anyone to use, giving you the power and tools to build professional, interactive intranets for your business in days and at an affordable price. Your organization will have the tools required to become more effective at sharing current, accurate information with all internal stakeholders. With SilkRoad you can: •Enjoy simple and fast intranet publishing and content management •Spread your company's corporate talent brand and reinforce employee alignment with the organization's unique identity and objectives •Save time and become more effective with one central source for HR and department-specific materials •Empower employees to manage information independently, regardless of technical skills •Safeguard intellectual property, workflow requirements, and version controls •Decrease the amount of time and money spent to localize content to specific departments and geographic regions •Enjoy a high adoption rate as HR professionals and your employee talent base find value in your corporate intranet again Features Content Editing & Management •Seamless Web-browser editing experience - users can edit text right on the page, without ever leaving the look and feel of the Web site •Easily identifiable content editing icons (WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get content editing) in Lite Editor and WebEditPro support content editing with no knowledge of HTML •Manage each type of content with its own unique security, meta data, field validation and workflow requirements •Core content management functionality for version control and roll-back •Assign roles and permissions for viewing, updating and managing content •Manage localized content to achieve a global intranet Multimedia and Document Management •Full document management and archiving system capabilities (audit trail, versioning, security, permissions, etc.) •Easily view, edit and organize all of your digital image assets in a centralized, searchable location •Includes ReadyEdit application for images, and automatically enforces web designer image specifications by maintaining height and width requirements to preserve the integrity of the page design Search •Full-text searching provides powerful search capabilities beyond document titles and metadata •Creates a full index of all documents, with keywords based on structure and content of each document •Designate featured pages to be listed at the top of the search results Security •Provides proprietary user-management and authentication system, and permits use of NT, NTLM, LDAP and single-sign-on authentication •Accommodates hybrid authentication, using two or more authentication methods, useful when both external and internal users are involved •Capable of delivering content via SSL •Interfaces seamlessly with legacy systems and HRIS applications, through Eprise Web Services and COM/Java integration agents •Powercode scripting can be written with any .NET language supported by the CLR (C#, VB, Net, etc.), Javascript, Vbscript, Jscript, Java or XML to integrate with external applications, consuming web services, or building complex application logic such as a multi-level dynamic navigation system www.silkroad.com/human_resource_software/overview_intranet_cms.html |
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| HeartBeat core HR |
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| Product Manager | Lauren Dillon |
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SilkRoad's HeartBeat is an on-demand Core HR solution that allows both employees and managers to access and act on HR information that is relevant to them. Your Core HR information can be readily integrated with each of the SilkRoad suite solutions or other HR-related third party applications, such as payroll, benefits, time and attendance, recruiting, performance, training and compensation, providing a unified front-end for all users. With SilkRoad's Core HR system, you can: •Realize immediate cost savings and improved efficiencies •Automate and streamline HR business processes •Enjoy better information quality and integrity •Empower users to be effective and responsible for their data •Offer insight for more strategic value in managing enterprise human capital •Maintain compliance with EEO, Sarbanes Oxley and FSLA •Manage a central repository for all employee data •Power employees and managers with self-service features Features Hr System Of Record •Securely manage all employee personal data and job information •HR system of record for all employee types, from part time, contract, temp, full time and more •One consistent solution that can tie into all of your HR systems HR Self Service •All employees have direct access to their information, to update and maintain accurate records and view data •Visible data includes personal info, benefits, payroll data, direct reports, etc. Workforce Management •Automate workflows for better HR business process management •Workflows can integrate with other HR systems •Configurable based on your company's needs and existing processes HR Business Intelligence •Business unit and worker analytics •Create and view reports for any area where you have data such as: head count, general employee census data, time and attendance, benefits, payroll, performance, compensation and compliance •No need for a third-party reporting tool or external plug-in www.silkroad.com/human_resource_software/overview_hrms.html |
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| GreenLight Learning Management |
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| Product Manager | Jaclyn Branch |
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Centrally manage your entire learning management process with SilkRoad's full-featured learning management and learning content management solution.
Find a competitive strength in knowledge. Give your employees the power to do more with a centrally managed online learning management system. SilkRoad allows government, military, education and business sectors to develop and manage training for their global workforces. Easily manage the entire process of creating, delivering, and tracking online training programs. Course Creation with Learning Content Management •Flash-based templates •Storyboarding tools •Produce courses in multiple languages for global training initiatives •Create stand-alone courses or reusable learning objects stored in a central library •Manage workflows and approvals of collaborative course content creation •Integrated exam question bank, survey tool and glossary bank •Create training events of all types including instructor-lead courses, on-the-job assessments, virtual classroom and practical skill checks Imagen Learning Content Management •WYSIWYG Flash-based editing tool for non-technical uses •Create engaging media-rich content using text, graphics, audio, and video •Easily add smart graphic components to create process emulations and simulations in a virtual environment Training Management •Automate training prescriptions based on custom defined worker qualifications (i.e. job position, department, competency definitions, etc) •Blended learning with the ability to manage online and offline learning •Set required dates, duration dates, and re-certification dates which can trigger automatic notifications •Look-ahead reports can be used to forecast upcoming training needs for your workforce •Add requirements to qualifications that allow training administrators to add outside or non-training related requirements •Training prescriptions automatically change for each employee if they become associated with a different job or department •Drag and drop scheduling of resources such as instructors, classrooms, and equipment •Generate standard and custom reports to measure qualifications met and identify skill gaps Integration & Setup •Integration with central HR systems allows our LMS to stay up-to-date as new workers enter the system or change jobs and work statusFlexible enough to support your process and culture •Manage access rights and privileges by department, user, etc. •Import and launch SCORM and AICC compliant eLearning courses •Manage learner self registration •Configurable user interface to fit your corporate brand •Integrated with many common business systems like PeopleSoft and SAP •Easily import learner information files from HRIS systems and map to database fields Integration with HRIS systems makes it easy to add and remove learners as new hires come on board or employees leave the organization •SilkRoad implementation teams will work directly with your team to make sure the products are configured to suite your needs and process •XML integration with corporate intranets allow you to maintain training calendars and course catalogs •Easy to setup and maintain - 100% browser-based and you can be up and running quickly The SilkRoad Experience •Far more than a positive support call or implementation process, SilkRoad is an extension of your organization •Friendly, 24/7, 365-day customer care availability We promise to help you take full advantage of your investment http://www.silkroad.com/human_resource_software/overview_lms.html |
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