Ottawa (PRWeb) February 28, 2007 -- Halogen Software Inc., the leading provider of Web-based employee performance and talent management software today announced that The Sacramento Bee has selected Halogen eAppraisal™ with the optional multi-rater feature. While celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, the leading media organization decided to bring its employee performance systems into the 21st century. The Halogen solution was selected by an internal committee to find a new solution that would meet a number of key criteria from compatibility with the existing HRIS system to the ability to support existing evaluation systems and experience with other media organizations.
The Sacramento Bee selected the Halogen solution after evaluating three vendors and the possibility of producing their own employee performance and talent management system internally. Following the assessment, it was determined an internal solution would lack many of the important features desired by the selection committee. Of the vendors evaluated, Halogen was selected on the basis of its reputation, its award-winning solution and excellent customer testimonials including one from Lee Enterprises, another respected media organization.
“Halogen provided us key best-practices features such as organizational goal management, the ability to create and customize our forms ourselves and a variety of purchasing options,” said Norine Tyson, Employee Relations Manager with The Sacramento Bee. “We were confident it met our needs across the organization.”
The Sacramento Bee is in the implementation stage with the new solution, but managers are looking forward to leaving behind the old labor-intensive system that required shifting of paper around the organization for various sign-offs. With the old system it was difficult to track the status of appraisals and hold managers accountable. Tyson noted that many appraisals were completed late, which has a negative impact on employee retention.
“Part of our selection process was calculating our anticipated ROI resulting from the new solution,” said Tyson. “We expect to recover all of the costs associated with the solution in just over a year due to the time savings alone. The solution will not just benefit HR; it will help all of our managers tremendously.”
About Halogen Software
With nearly 1000 customers worldwide, Halogen Software Inc. has established itself as the leading provider of employee performance and talent management solutions. Halogen offers powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable Web-based software that dramatically improves HR and line-manager productivity.
The company's award winning suite provides organizations with everything they need to develop and retain a high performance workforce: Halogen eAppraisal™ helps drive bottom-line success be making it quick and simple to deliver professional employee appraisals that align with organization goals. Halogen eCompensation™ automates the entire compensation adjustment process including budget distribution and approval. Halogen eSuccession™ makes it simple and affordable to get a best practices succession planning program underway -- right away. And Halogen e360™ automates and simplifies formal 360-degree feedback procedures and offers sophisticated performance reporting.
Industry specific suites are provided for Healthcare and Financial Services. Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare™, exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, helps healthcare organizations produce meaningful appraisals on time and allows them to always be in a "ready state" for accreditation surveyors from JCAHO®, OSHA, ACHA, and others. Halogen eAppraisal for Financial Services™ helps financial services organizations reduce the risk of non-compliance and ships with a comprehensive library of industry specific competencies and authoring aids.
Visit us online today: http://www.halogensoftware.com.
Media contacts
Donna Ronayne
VP, Marketing & Business Development
Halogen Software
T: 613-270-1011 x 320
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