There have been many changes in SAP HR development over the past decade, from HR administration transactions PA30\/PA40 (they will always be loved), to the beautiful Dynamic Actions and how Self Service went from ITS to Java to ABAP to UI5 \u2013 but we all knew how everything hung together. But dramatic changes in recent years has sent shockwaves through the SAP HR consultant community with the inclusion of one word \u2013 cloud.<\/p>\n
The playing field has changed. It\u2019s a bit like the day your first baby is born \u2013 nothing will ever be the same, and you have to re-learn everything again \u2013 and quick! But just like a newborn, the more you learn about it, the more you grow to love it \u2013 even the frustrating bits.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest challenges in a HR project is Change Management. It can be very testing to start a project by asking the client to modify complex processes, which may have taken years to build. For companies who have been using SAP HR on-premise for years, which provides the ability to customise what they want, when they want to \u2013 making adjustments can be an uphill task.<\/p>\n
However, when I did my first SuccessFactors training course I wasn\u2019t convinced with what was on offer, but now I\u2019m enjoying the SuccessFactors journey \u2013 not just the customer journey but also what it\u2019s giving HR consultants all over the world.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve faced many challenges presented by SAP HR Recruitment Modules, but I now relish the delight in implementing SuccessFactors Recruitment Management Module and Recruitment Marketing, which have been one of my proudest achievements in a twenty-year SAP HR career.<\/p>\n
As with all technology, there are some frustrating restrictions, but these only apply if we are unable to embrace change. I have no doubt the speed at which SAP releases updates and improvements, four releases per year, will address and eradicate any minor frustrations during implementations in the SuccessFactors Recruitment Modules.<\/p>\n
During a 15-week implementation journey, which started with the client taking us through their existing processes, through three iterations of build, to go-live \u2013 less than one month later, almost 30,000 applicants clicked that magic apply button, giving every company what they want \u2013 people who want to be part of it\u2019s brand.<\/p>\n
The implementation included \u2018Multi-post\u2019, which allows for the quick posting of vacancies to job boards, integration with the existing non-SAP HR database and mobile approvals. The project included the complete rebranding of the SuccessFactors homepage, to ensure internal users had a consistent User Experience when using the already implemented SuccessFactors LMS and the new Careers and Recruitment Management modules. It was possibly the smallest project team I have worked with on any HR implementation but with a client who embraced change and was happy to adapt or amend existing processes to fit the cloud solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There have been many changes in SAP HR development over the past decade, from HR administration transactions PA30\/PA40 (they will always be loved), to the beautiful Dynamic Actions and how Self Service went from ITS to Java to ABAP to UI5 \u2013 but we all knew how everything hung together. But dramatic changes in recent … <\/p>\n