EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool vs Kenexa

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

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.

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Ellen Spara

Sr. Director - Talent Management

LyondellBasellChemicals, 10,001+ employees

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Kenexa

Other products in the same category as Kenexa 2x BrassRing would be Taleo and PeopleFluent. I would also look into Avature as an ATS option. I am currently on the sourcing side of the recruitment process and use Avature for tracking and candidate mining purposes. I would recommend getting any kind of demo possible since the user interfaces vary quite a bit between them. Ease of use and overall stability should be kept in mind when comparing ATS prices.

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Aaron Binkley

Research and Sourcing Coordinator

Pontoon SolutionsStaffing and Recruiting, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

6.0

Kenexa

7.5

Corporate goal setting

6.0

8.0

Subordinate goal setting

6.0

5.5

Individual goal setting

6.0

8.0

Line-of sight-visibility

6.0

8.0

Performance tracking

6.0

8.0

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

7.0

Kenexa

5.6

Performance plans

7.0

6.0

Plan weighting

7.0

5.0

Performance improvement plans

7.0

5.0

Review status tracking

7.0

6.3

Rater nomination workflow

7.0

5.0

Review reminders

7.0

4.0

Workflow restrictions

7.0

6.3

Multiple review frequency

7.0

6.0

Reporting

7.0

6.7

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

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Kenexa

7.4

New hire portal

—

7.7

Manager tracking tools

—

8.3

Compliance tracking and reporting

—

6.2

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

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Kenexa

8.5

Create succession plans/pools

—

8.0

Candidate ranking

—

9.0

Candidate search

—

9.0

Candidate development

—

8.0

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

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Kenexa

7.7

Job Requisition Management

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7.8

Company Website Posting

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7.5

Publish to Social Media

—

7.4

Job Search Site Posting

—

7.4

Customized Application Form

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8.2

Resume Management

—

8.3

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

—

8.2

Candidate Search

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7.9

Applicant Tracking

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8.2

Collaboration

—

7.3

Task Creation and Delegation

—

7.4

Email Templates

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7.8

User Permissions

—

7.7

Notifications and Alerts

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7.9

Reporting

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7.2

Pros

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

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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BrassRing did make it easy to create and post new jobs as well as unpost and close filled jobs.
Kenexa 2x BrassRing is capable of running many useful reports for keeping track of candidate flow and overall recruitment progress.

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Aaron Binkley

Research and Sourcing Coordinator

Pontoon SolutionsStaffing and Recruiting, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Easier interpretation

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Verified User

Executive in Human Resources

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Setting up integrations is extremely tedious. For instance, setting up an address feed would have required sending over 5 different spreadsheets on a daily basis (one each for every facility name, street address, zip code, state, country) and a 6th sheet to make the connection between the other 5 elements. We opted not to set up that integration as a result.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool9.6

Based on 2 answers

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

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Kenexa6.0

Based on 12 answers

To be honest, this decision would not reside with me, however, while I would recommend some changes, I think that overall Kenexa is an effective tool.

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Professional in Human Resources

10,001+ employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Kenexa7.0

Based on 3 answers

I feel like I am pretty decent with computers and systems. It was fairly easy to use it after about a week or two . But I have seen people struggle with it as well as some people not use it at all. It can be slow at times and not work at times. But Its a fine system.

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Dennard Melton

Recruiting Specialist

Farmers Insurance10,001+ employees

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Performance

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool9.0

Based on 1 answer

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

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Kenexa5.0

Based on 1 answer

Just slow for what we are doing here

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Dennard Melton

Recruiting Specialist

Farmers Insurance10,001+ employees

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Support

No score

No answers yet

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Kenexa1.8

Based on 2 answers

There Tier 1 support is not knowledgable and things that should take less than 1 day can take 3-4 weeks to get resolved.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation

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Kenexa2.6

Based on 2 answers

We purchased an out of the box solution and that worked well for us.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Reporting, conciseness and detail.

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Verified User

Executive in Human Resources

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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SF ATS was not available at the time and Taleo was thought to be too expensive. In retrospect, given the amount of customization and leveraging of other vendor technology for things like analytics I suspect any cost advantage we realized evaporated

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Self Awareness
Better hiring processes

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Verified User

Executive in Human Resources

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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We were able to use the system to handle hundreds of thousands of applicants, over 10,000 hires, hundreds of recruiters, and thousands of managers. It will get the job done, but you won't like it along the way.

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Verified User

Engineer in Human Resources

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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