360 Degree Feedback vs. Deltek Talent Management

I can't imagine a scenario where it is less appropriate than any other 360 tool. It's easy to use, customizable, and inexpensive. Reports are easy to interpret. Great tool for anyone looking to implement a new 360.

Once you know how to utilize the filters, it is very handy when looking for something specific. However, it requires a bit of handholding to get to that point. Also, adjusting hours for artists is pretty quick which is useful when needing to do something right away, especially on a meeting call.

Incentivized

• EchoSpan was extremely supportive in the initial training portion and is extremely quick to offer support when required.
• Filled our request for customization and were easy to work with.
• Excellent on-line training videos

• It is very easy to know which employees have a detachment in the activities they carry out. What I like the most about Deltek is that it allows me to visualize in real time, the performance that each employee has had depending on the assignments fulfilled in the labor sector. The real-time reports are very detailed, it offers information on work time, the activities carried out, assignments fulfilled and not fulfilled, and it also performs an automated process to know how effective each of the assignments fulfilled has brought to the company.
• It has excellent integration with our workforce management software. This integration is what has allowed us to obtain these great results, since it allows us to transfer all the data collected about the work of each employee, and automates the analysis of the data collected, providing us with a detailed report on the performance and prominence of the various employees.
• The support and technical assistance Deltek provides is second to none. When I started using this software in my Marketing sector, I had several questions about the compensation system and how I could apply it to my employees. The doubts were answered in a live chat, with precise answers.

Incentivized

• EchoSpan's 360s are completely customizable, so content improvements are up to the user

• The user interface is crammed with stuff and it's sometimes hard to find where you need to be at any given time. For example, you can't just use the search bar to find all people in the system named "Maria". You need to know whether she is a "resume", a "candidate" or an "employee", or use one of the menus to search in a different window.
• It's not very Canadian-friendly. The options for cross posting are mostly American or Spanish.
• The onboarding isn't the greatest. They have lots of options for creating e-signable documents, but some of the most necessary information (like tax forms) are not able to be e-signed, so candidates were having to do some forms online and print some off and they were getting very confused and we had to scrap the whole endeavour.

Incentivized

Customer support and the cost of the product would be my number one reasons. Customer support is fantastic!

Their support and assistance was timely, the system wasn't overly complicated and it simplified the sourcing process stem to stern

HRSmart is a basic, antiquated ATS that does not meet current challenges organizations face. Reporting and analytics is basic.

Incentivized

The system is easy to use, the Echospan support is fantastic and the cost is very competitive.

Deltek provides adequate support for their products and I have had no complaints at all with their customer support and time to help fix the problems.

Incentivized

I've seen or used several of the other 360 tools. EchoSpan is better in nearly every way. It is more customizable. It can be administered completely by someone internally, so no need to request someone to set up a 360 - you can just do it yourself. Competency library is great, and you can create others if you want to. Reports are easy to interpret. Very good customer service

HRSmart would actually be my last choice of these (lynda.com isn't an ATS so it would come in ahead, but the training on lynda.com is excellent). We are actually switching over to BirdDogHR based on functionality, price, usage and ease of use. HRSmart is an ok system, but there are better and more affordable options out there.

Incentivized

• Greater feedback at all levels
• Increased awareness of challenges and opportunities
• Better communication and collaboration

• Absolutely improved our candidate managemenr capability. Before we simply had three piles of resumes on our desk for each position (yes, no, and not yet reviewed). HRSmart changed all of that.
• Our cost per hire was positively affected. We were hiring at a high volume and this soltion facilitated us doing that very efficiently.
• Our ability to share candidates across open positions turned out to be a huge plus.
• Not having to copy or scan resumes and send them via interoffice mail was HUGE in terms of efficiency gain.
• HRSmart made it easier for candidates to apply for openings and that increased our applicant flow for open/posted positions. This translates into better hires in the end.