Healthcare organizations are faced with a number of unique challenges when it comes to employee performance and talent management. First and foremost, individuals in this field are focused on delivering care to patients, and day-to-day HR tasks such as managing employees and completing reviews may have to take a back seat.

It’s hard to believe September is just around the corner and that the summer is drawing to a close. With that in mind, our own Sean Conrad has a guest post on whether organizations need to go back to school over at Jason Buss’ Talent Buzz blog. It is well worth a read, as is all of Jason’s blog which covers HR, recruiting and social media.

When implementing their new web-based employee performance management system, many of our customers wrestle with deciding which is the best way to rate competencies. As with so many things in HR, there’s no one right answer.

Last week, week we issued a press release on how Texas-based companies are relying on Halogen for talent management. What’s interesting is the sheer number of customers we’ve built up in this state – more than 100! Are companies in the lone star state more talent management savvy than others? It’s hard to say if it is the result of word of mouth or just a certain approach to HR and technology, but Texas-based [...]

I’ve been getting caught up on some of my blog reading now that I am back from vacation, and just saw this interesting post from Jason Corsello over at the The Human Capitalist on succession planning. He takes a look at how Apple has been the subject of much media interest regarding Steve Jobs’ health and the company’s succession plan.