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T3 – The HR and TA Technology I Reviewed in 2016!

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In 2017, I’ll be starting my 4th year of reviewing HR and TA technology solutions (hat tip to my friend William Tincup for getting me started on this path, and hat tip to the OG of reviewing HR and TA Tech, Steve Boese, okay, Joel Cheeseman will probably say he’s the OG, but you get the point).

I started doing this for my development. The initial plan was to do one, one-hour demo each month. Twelve hours and twelve demos per year to begin to make myself feel a little more tech savvy in the HR space. That quickly turned into doing one per week. In reality, I probably demo about one hundred pieces of new technology each year (most at conferences where I can knock out a ton at once), but I don’t write about many.

My reviews are not meant to be critical reviews. A product I might love, you might think is a piece of crap. That’s because we live in different circumstances. My reviews were meant to educate readers on what’s available out in the market across the HR and TA tech space. From there, you can decide if a demo of that solution is right for you or not.

Most people love this as a self-development idea but hate the fact that they feel if they demo, they’ll be ‘sold’ to by these companies. I don’t have this issue. I tell them upfront, I want a demo, I’m not buying, but I heard some good stuff about you and want to see. Don’t put me in your CRM, or I’ll hate you forever! It works pretty good!

Here are the products and links to the technology solutions I reviewed in 2016:

– Modern Survey 

– Smashfly

– SwitchApp

– Beamery

– Benevate

– Halogen & Jobvite partnership

– Universum

– Recruitee 

– Boon 

– ViziRecruiter & GoSizzle

– Brilent 

– Joberate

– Textio 

– Whil 

– Ratedly

– day100

– Pilot 

– Namely 

– WeVue

– SocialTalent 

– TextRecruit

– Health Fair Connections

– Handshake

– Fitbit

– InvestiPro 

– eTeki

– Slack & Growbot

– Envoy (formerly VisaNow)

– Lever 

If you would like to be reviewed for T3 in 2017, please reach out to me at timsackett@comcast.net. It’s pretty simple. We set up a demo, I ask questions, I give you some feedback, I write about you (or sometimes I don’t if I think it won’t be helpful to the readers). I think, so far, it’s worked out pretty well for both parties. I’ve gotten great development, and the tech companies get some free publicity!

2017 Isn’t Your New Beginning

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Okay, 2017 might be your new beginning, but for most people, it won’t be. January 1, 2017, is just another day. It’s not a start, it’s not an end, it’s just one more day you can either do something with or waste.

The reality is the end of year and beginning of a year isn’t an end and a beginning. We made that shit up, a long time ago.

I’m not big into New Year’s Resolutions. I’m into getting stuff done. That’s not a resolution, that’s a lifestyle. If you need the beginning of a year to remind you to get stuff done, you’re probably not going to do much anyway.

If 2016 sucked for you. Most likely 2017 will suck for you. It sucks to hear, but for most people, that’s a fairly accurate assessment of your life.

So, how do you change it?

You just do it. Like the Nike slogan says. You don’t need a special day. Or a special coach. Or a special outfit (although I always like to be dressed correct if I’m going to do some shit). You just freaking do it!

You can do it on January 1 if that makes you feel better, but guess what? I’ve got a little secret for you! You can also do that shit on January 2nd! Oh yay! Or even the 3rd, or March 4th, or July 17th, you can do any freaking day you decide.

Let’s face it. 2016 didn’t suck, you sucked. 2017 won’t be better unless you make it better. New Year’s Resolutions are for suckers. Just do stuff. Make your situation better one little baby step at a time. Maybe that first step will be today, maybe the next step won’t be until February, just keep taking those steps.

By the way, I’m losing weight and writing a book. I started yesterday.