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• Progress Report On HR Outsourcing

  BNET - 2008-03-01

  In the last few years, a number of large employers have invested in large-scale HR outsourcing in an effort to achieve a number of important objectives. By partnering with a vendor to deliver HR processes, they seek to: lower administrative cost, make better use of technology, enhance the effectiveness of...

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• Career paths

  - 2007-02-01

  Long-time Towers Perrin consultant Kathryn Kelly has had a hard time kicking the entrepreneurial bug. After starting her career with the federal government she launched a health risk appraisal firm. Later she turned her focus to HR consulting. Most recen Long-time Towers Perrin consultant Kathryn Kelly has had a hard...

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• Onboarding Gives Employers Attractive Tool for New Talent

  BNET - 2006-07-01

  Onboarding is a process to exchange information with new hires and transfers, with the help of a Web site, to prepare them for their first day on the job. When it's done right, onboarding makes use of leading technology to enhance the new-hire experience, capture data to deliver HR services...

  Tags: Talent, Towers Perrin, Tool, Hire, Onboarding, Benefits, Human Resources

• Talent Management: The State of the Art

  BNET - 2006-03-20

  complex environment. The changing nature of the workplace and workforce - characterized by continual movements of jobs and people around the world - calls for a highly planned and rigorous approach to identifying, developing, deploying and rewarding talent. To evaluate the current state of the art in this area, Towers...

  Tags: Talent, Towers Perrin, Talent Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources

• Winning Strategies for a Global Workforce: Attracting, Retaining and Engaging Employees for Competitive Advantage

  BNET - 2006-01-25

  The Towers Perrin Workforce Study was fielded via the Web by Harris Interactive in June and July of 2005 using a standard questionnaire translated into local languages. Roughly 86,000 employees around the world completed the survey, all of whom were employed full time by midsize to large organizations. Key statistics...

  Tags: Strategy, Towers Perrin, Competitive Advantage, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing

• HR Service Delivery: Connecting People, Process and Performance

  BNET - 2006-01-23

  For eight years, Towers Perrin has conducted and published detailed research on HR service delivery strategy trends, processes and technology. Over that time, they have identified and described important trends in HR service delivery, including the advent of self-service and the exponential growth in the use of the Web. Tower...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Human Resources, Performance

• Employers Are Revisiting Their Long-Term Retiree Medical Strategies

  BNET - 2005-12-09

  Now that most employers have completed the flurry of activities involved in qualifying for the Medicare prescription drug subsidy, they're stepping back to evaluate their broader retiree medical commitments. While the majority of large employers want to provide meaningful benefits to both actives and retirees, many can no longer commit...

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• Third Quarter 2005 Results for Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Selected Countries

  BNET - 2005-11-10

  This article reviews how global capital market performance in the third quarter of 2005 affected pension plans in major retirement markets worldwide. The impact of capital markets on these pension plans is twofold: On fund assets as a direct result of investment performance and on plan liabilities (as measured under...

  Tags: Capital Market, Towers Perrin, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Pension Plan, Payroll Solutions, Benefits, Investment, Financial Services, Human Resources, Finance

• Towers Perrin Study Finds Mixed Views of HR Outsourcing; Companies See Results in Cost Effectiveness, but Frustration with Service Quality Propels Some Dissatisfaction

  - 2005-10-19

  STAMFORD, Conn. -- While HR outsourcing HRO is delivering results from a cost perspective, according to Towers Perrin's second annual study of HRO effectiveness and satisfaction, success in meeting other key objectives remains elusive. In particular, the study shows continuing frustration with service quality and a growing realization that outsourcing...

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• 2005 Stop Loss Survey Report

  BNET - 2005-10-11

  Stop loss premium rates increased an average of 15% from January 2004 to January 2005. This paper presents a survey that talk about several underlying trends that will continue to drive costs upwards. Meanwhile, some stop loss insurers are pursuing strategies to offset premium increases or even reduce premium outlays....

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