Skyward HRMS vs. Talentsoft from Cegid

For a medium sized company I believe Skyward is an acceptable and not too complicated system. I do not work with the back end so I am not aware of the reporting capabilities which would be a deciding factor for some companies. For K12 Education it seems to check all the boxes

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I think some of my problems with Talentsoft aren't so much the fault of the software as it is how my company is organized. I have to enter many different property levels so that a review gets created, I'm not certain that these fields are required by Talentsoft or by my corporate office. This software is not suited for companies where a segment of the employees do not have a company email address and/or access to a company computer

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• Skyward is superior in tracking and submitting PTO
• Skyward is accessible in the cloud so 24/7 access
• Menus and screens are fairly easy for non-technical users to navigate

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• Having the reviews in Talentsoft makes it much easier for one person to manage the entire process from start to finish.
• When an employee switches managers during the year, the delegation feature makes it very easy to have the previous manager add their input to the employees review.
• Being able to have a daily import file from our HR system into Talentsoft helps in having the information in Talentsoft be current.

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• The Captcha screen can be needlessly complex or hard to guess due to letters overlapping
• Then time off screen defaults to 0 hours when creating a new entry and the zero does not get replaced... turning 8 hours into 80 hours unintentionally

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• I would like to have access edit and update the goal section throughout the year, not just during the review period.
• The reporting function is very cumbersome and needs to have easier ways to create custom reports.
• Streamline the create a review template process.
• Email notification for employees to let their manager know when they have completed entering information in Talentsoft.

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Not part of the selection process, but the new Skyward system is fr easier, user friendly and full featured than previous systems I have used

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I think SuccessFactors is more flexible to customer needs when creating review templates and allowing access to goals year round. They also track changes for the goals. Talentsoft was selected by our corporate office before I started with the company.

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• Previously we had multiple systems for licensed and unlicensed staff, Skyward brings it all together creating a same experience for all users

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• Positive - Managers and employees have access to their reviews without having to contact HR.
• Positive - Management of the entire review process is less manual and takes less time.

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