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Breaking Down a 2023 HR Trend

By Suzann Schroepfer posted 07-12-2023
Breaking down a 2023 HR Trend: What does “Purpose-driven” work and workplace mean and how can you achieve it? According to a recent article from Forbes , a new role has emerged for HR: “ Culture Architect and Community Activist .” As Forbes outlines in this article, increasingly, people want to work for a company that gives an employee purpose and meaning, whether through their work or because of a belief in what the company stands for. What exactly does this mean? Being purpose-driven in the context of work and workplace refers to having a clear sense of meaning and direction in what you do. It means aligning your personal values, passions, ...

Ascend 2023 - ITS A WRAP!!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 06-22-2023
What a week!! There's no easy way to say it - if you weren't at Ascend 2023, you really missed out!! Oracle teams were there in force: Cloud HCM Strategy, HCM Support, E-Business Suite HCM Development, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Consulting, not to mention the ERP Cloud and EBS teams. A few of our best PeopleSoft partners were on hand to deliver some terrific tips and tricks sessions.We heard from so many Oracle Customers and Partners - success stories, stories of caution, how to sessions; and Oracle put on a fantastic Journeys Jam Workshop that was well received. The Partner Pavilion was a hopping place this year with Solution Showcase and Turbo ...

Oracle HCM Team Set to Make Waves at the Upcoming Ascend Conference

By Janice D'Aloia posted 05-17-2023
The highly anticipated Ascend conference is just around the corner, June 11-14 in Orlando, and one team that promises to steal the spotlight is the Oracle HCM team. One of the major highlights of the conference is hearing from the Oracle Strategy and Development teams! Attendees will have an opportunity to learn directly from Oracle’s experts in several different formats, which is sure to leave a lasting impact on attendees. What can you expect from Oracle HCM at Ascend? Featured session “ A Future So Bright - Latest Strategy and Exciting Innovations in Oracle Cloud HCM ”, will be delivered by Guy Waterman, VP Oracle People Analytics, HCM Technology and ...

Excellent Talent Newsletter: Talent Edge Weekly

By Janice D'Aloia posted 04-23-2023
I've been subscribed to Talent Edge Weekly for a couple of months now and am finding some great articles on topics related to HR and HCM. We sometimes pull articles from Brian Heger's informative newsletter to include in the OHUG Newswire. We thought you might be interested: Subscribe to Talent Edge Weekly Speaking of the OHUG Newswire - hopefully you've been reading it each week and find something useful there. Let us know what you think and if you're not receiving it for some reason, let us know at info@ohug.org and we'll get you fixed up! Oh, and if you would like to review articles from current and past issues of the OHUG Newswire, you can find ...

It's Not Too Late to Attend Ascend to Learn, Connect, and Relax

By Janice D'Aloia posted 04-20-2023
We're on track to see record attendance at Ascend this year June 11-14 in Orlando, FL. Ascend is brought to you by OHUG and OATUG - its kind of like the best of the OHUG conference and the old Collaborate conference all in one! Bring your whole team - there's something there for everyone. We're in Orlando this year at the Caribe Royale , an all suites hotel perfect for bringing your family. There's room for the kids in every suite! They can play in the pool while you learn and connect and you can come early or stay an extra day to take in the family fun activities in Orlando - think Universal, Disney, Lakes, and more! We're almost sold out of hotel ...

OHUG offers replays of the Spring Fling virtual Cloud HCM event

By Janice D'Aloia posted 04-12-2023
OHUG's Spring Fling event was an exciting and informative virtual gathering on March 30, 2023 for professionals interested in Oracle Cloud HCM solutions. If you were unable to attend the live event, you can still benefit from the wealth of knowledge shared by the speakers by watching the replays. This is the first time OHUG has offered an event like this and we were thrilled so many of you took advantage of it. Thank you to all of our sponsors and presenters who made OHUG's Spring Fling event possible. Your support and contributions were invaluable in making this event a success. Your insights and expertise provided valuable knowledge to everyone who attended. ...

3 assets for optimizing Oracle HCM Journeys

By Janice D'Aloia posted 11-10-2022
Re-publish of Oracle Article: 3 assets for optimizing Oracle HCM Journeys Oracle Journeys empowers you to help employees. It gives them the personalized information and tools they need to navigate unfamiliar work and life events—like transferring to a new role or adding a baby to the family. It uses personalization to give employees the information they need to make informed decisions. And its guided workflows move employees through non-routine processes one step at a time. Our customers are already using Oracle Journeys for a wide variety of tasks like employee onboarding, transfers, return to office, financial wellness activities, medical certifications, ...

Be Prepared: Background Screening, Legal Challenges – Must-Watch Presentation

By Heather Driggs posted 09-08-2022
Every hiring manager knows: when filling an open position… Speed is essential. But with hiring practices and drug testing, there are regulations galore. One misstep can land a company in a pit of legal trouble. The key to helping keep your company protected boils down to something simple: it is an absolute must to stay up on compliance trends. Knowledge is Key: Recorded Session Now Available In June, OHUG Ascend 2022 featured an educational session, “ Be Prepared: Key Hiring Compliance and Legal Challenges .” Delivered by Kelly Uebel, General Counsel at Asurint and Chair of the Professional Background Screening Association, this presentation looks at: ...

Shortage of Workers being Replaced by Fear of Job Loss?

By Janice D'Aloia posted 08-18-2022
Like most of us in the HCM field, I’ve been closely following the job market. I’ve read hundreds of articles on the challenges of retaining and hiring talent for every type of job from restaurant and retail workers all the way up to senior executives. Of course, Diversity and Inclusion have been at the heart of it all , and so many strategies and tactics abound for attracting and retaining workers such as unlimited vacation , or extra vacation , significant cash incentives such as the program just approved by Seattle for its police department , some even having no vaccine mandate which is proving to be a useful recruiting tool . Every tool in the book ...

Ascend 2022 Recap!!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 08-04-2022
Ascend 2022 was a great success! Our second year combining OATUG and OHUG content all into a single conference proved to be a wonderful combo for our members and partners. We thought you might be interested in some of the statistics: 2009 individuals attended Ascend 2022, June 12-15 in Las Vegas and online Just more than half (1,009) traveled to join us in person. The other 1,000 participated online. 493 companies and 26 countries were represented 119 Oracle employees participated 9 out of 10 in person attendees plan to attend Ascend 2023, and 3 out of 10 online participants say they'll attend in person next year 229 sessions presented ...

Want to know more about RPA (Robotic Process Automation)?

By Janice D'Aloia posted 07-20-2022
One of OHUG's newest partners, UIPath is rocking it with RPA!! Many of our members have started to dip their toes into Robotic Process Automation for their Oracle HCM systems. UIPath is offering a few awesome ways to learn more and figure out if RPA is for you: UiPath is Making Work Matter Busywork has become so rampant that most of our time is spent doing something other than the jobs we were hired to do. It’s not surprising that—in a work environment where well over half of activities involve some combination of emails, administration, and meetings—high-level thinking is at an all-time low. There’s a cure for busywork: RPA . Robotic Process ...

Many Thanks to All Ascend 2022 Attendees, Speakers, Sponsors, and Oracle!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 06-22-2022
Many Thanks to All Ascend 2022 Attendees, Speakers, Sponsors, and Oracle! Ascend 2022 was a resounding success with over 1,000 In Person attendees and over 800 joining virtually!! We truly appreciate the support of our sponsors, speakers, attendees, and Oracle! The Oracle Cloud HCM team was there in person delivering presentations every session hour of every day during the conference, and they hung out with everyone at Meet & Greet Plaza on Monday afternoon. We also hosted the Oracle Demo Grounds with a fantastic team of Solutions Engineers, knowledgeable in all of Oracle's product lines. Yvette Cameron was there giving her HCM Keynote session to a ...

Join us at Ascend 2022!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 05-18-2022
The OHUG Global Conference still exists! It is now part of Ascend 2022, June 12 - 15 in Las Vegas! We've got an incredible line up of Oracle, Customer, and Consultant delivered sessions for all four days, including Community meetups as well as some bonus sessions that will be streaming the week prior to the conference. Our hotel block is almost full, but we still have room for you, so do not delay. If you need help finding a room or finding your OHUG member discount code, send us a note at info@ohug.org . You can qualify for up to $700 off our published rates . Register here.

Oracle is All About ME!!!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 04-13-2022
Blog Post by Sarah, OHUG Board Member Oracle revealed a new bundled feature, all about ME! We knew Oracle had newly aligned focus on their customer service in most recent years. Then with the investment into HR Analytics, Oracle focused on the HR Professional. Now Oracle has taken a deeper dive, focusing on the employee experience. Oracle ME focuses on combating the great resignation and giving the employee a seamless ‘employee experience’ with innovative tools that also ‘ just look really cool ’. Oracle ME delivers tools that are interwoven through Oracle HCM Cloud, and then amp them up a few notches. Think Journeys, Helpdesk, Social and Digital Assistant, ...

Ascend 2022 Session Schedule Available!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 04-06-2022
Just what you've been waiting for: The Ascend 2022 Conference Agenda is now available for you ! Also check out the Agenda tab for special sessions including Oracle executives and other amazing presenters. If you haven't yet received authorization to attend, you can use our Justification tool to help your management understand the value of this once per year opportunity for the best education on Oracle applications. You can also earn CPE credits toward your annual HR and Finance certifications. Please note that the schedule is subject to change. See you in June!!

OHUG Global Conference is Now ASCEND!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 03-16-2022
When I look back on the last 10+ years of my career, the OHUG Global Conference is always a highlight. The pandemic sure stymied in person educational and networking experiences, especially conferences. As work slowly returns to something more familiar, so are conferences. The OHUG Global Conference is still in business - and its bigger and better than ever as we have joined with OATUG to form ASCEND . Ascend 2022 contains the HCM content you've always enjoyed along with the rest of the ERP Suite, Technology, and Analytics you saw at Collaborate . So - if you can't find the OHUG Global Conference, now you know - its inside of Ascend - just as ...

Oracle Product Teams Joining Us at Ascend 2022!

By Janice D'Aloia posted 03-09-2022
I don't know about you, but my favorite part of OHUG's conferences has been getting to rub elbows with the Oracle HCM Product Teams. I sure have missed seeing them the past couple of years! And they're all perfectly thrilled to be back with us again and can't wait to see you! The Cloud HCM team will be with us in force to present on some of the hottest topics such as Data Privacy, Journeys, Oracle Recruiting Cloud, Hybrid Workforce, Analytics, & more. You'll have a chance to hear about What's New and the ever popular Meet the Experts from the EBS HCM Product Team as well as a Roadmap session from Robbin Velayadam in the PeopleSoft product group. Yvette ...

Making a Difference in the World

By Janice D'Aloia posted 01-27-2022
Lately I'm more concerned than ever about making a difference, helping people; being thoughtful and kind. Living in our world today is tougher than ever! Work is more challenging and complicated. We're not all in an office anymore with our coworkers and there seem to be fewer of them and the list of tasks keeps getting longer. Even just doing regular things like grocery shopping or going out to eat or to the movies requires more effort. Each day, I find myself looking for connection with others in meaningful ways. I think about what I can do to make life or work just a little bit better for someone. It's the small things that matter. The small things ...

Attend Ascend 2022 for Pennies on the Dollar! (Yes, It's the OHUG Global Conference!)

By Janice D'Aloia posted 01-19-2022
If you've been wondering how to stretch your education budget dollars, here's how: SUBMIT A PRESENTATION ABSTRACT! If your session is selected, you get a HUGE discount on registration. For customer presenters, registration is only $195, and if you're a partner, it's still a great deal at $495. So here's the catch -- the call for presentations closes on January 28. All you need is an idea for sharing your expertise, experiences, successes, and even failures (because we all learn from our mistakes, right?) We just need a title, brief abstract describing what you're going to talk about, and a few learning objectives. The slide deck isn't due until May, so ...