Hi Steve, good question. I personally feel posters are generally asking about recommendations and guidance when choosing an appropriate system for their organisation. So I would suggest having a 'What to buy' guide or factsheet rather than a dedicated group, a Wiki would be worth serious consideration and I certainly know Personnel Today offer a buyers guide on HR software. At least that's how I have viewed the various enquiries which have regularly cropped up so it is worth addressing.

In reply to Clare Marie:

Thanks for this, Clare.

Yes, the PT buyers' guide is useful.

I'm leaning towards a wiki... pulling from the discussions we have already archived away.

What do others think?

In reply to Steve Bridger:

I think it's a good idea to have another forum category for it, but in my opinion member only, to stop spammers plugging their products

In reply to Luis:

*If* we created a new group we would not allow promotional posts - as is the case across this Community.

Hi Steve

As one of the people who has asked for feedback and recommendations before buying an ATS, an HRIS, and job evaluation and salary bench marking software, I think this would be a very helpful service. Before I posted my queries, I did search old threads but it would have been easier if they were all collected into one area.

If you follow up on this, it would be good to save some of the pre-existing threads which have some great feedback and also good suggestions on work-arounds if you can't afford something all-singing all-dancing - I have one in mind that Robey posted on recruitment software. It might have been in response to my query.

I have to admit I don't use the wiki section and don't know enough about wikis to comment on this.

In reply to Elizabeth Divver:

Thanks, Elizabeth.

A wiki is simply a document (or more of a 'page' or pages on this Community) which anyone with access can edit. It's a collaborative thing. There is version control and I can see who has made changes - much like with Wikipedia.

Hi I've found the comments on here about HR software very useful. I would leave it just as it is.

Still keen to hear from others :)

Yes! I am after some recommendations on a new HR system (appraisal/objective setting and tracking on-going conversations in particular).

In reply to Steve Bridger:

Hi Steve

I think this is a good idea. I've not been involved in choosing an HRIS, but if I needed to the Community would be the first place I'd look for suggestions.

People are always going to be looking for different things depending on business size, need for link to payroll, ability to transfer existing data etc, so it would be good to have a central place to find good (and bad!) feedback about the products available.

Ishbel

In reply to Ishbel:

"...it would be good to have a central place to find good (and bad!) feedback about the products available.

Yes. The only caveat is that we would need to ensure we only get peer-to-per recommendations (as we do now) and that people frame the negatives as 'disadvantages'.

Hi Steve,

I would personally like to see peer reviews on software options. It's getting harder to get a good objective review on these things as everything is linked into sponsorship etc.

If possible, it would be good to categorise them somehow, maybe by number of employees etc.

Just a thought.

Sam

As I hinted here, I'm going to explore the option of a wiki again - an attempt to pull together threads that touch on the different aspects of HR Systems.

Would anyone like to volunteer to help me with this exercise?

In reply to Steve Bridger:

Hi Steve

I would be happy to help if you let me know what you need doing (and it's not too techy!!).

I'm job hunting and working through Level 5 at the moment, as the FTC I was due to start last week fell through at the last minute. :(

Ishbel

In reply to Ishbel:

Thanks, Ishbel... I'll email you!