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About Sandi Mundt

Sandi has over 20 years of experience supporting and servicing the HR technology needs of mid-market organizations. During this time she has held leadership positions in Product Development, Product Support, Training, Sales Support, and Marketing. She brings a unique perspective of what the marketplace wants and what the end user actually needs. A graduate from the University of Nebraska, with a degree in Computer Information Systems, Sandi combines strong Midwestern values with a dash of technical aptitude to every aspect of her career. This mixture of good moral character and understanding of technology, combined with hard work and a commitment to helping Human Resource professionals has driven her success.

April 30, 2021

10 Recommendations to Prepare for Your HCM Implementation

The time has come. Be proactive, be flexible and be prepared.   You’ve spent months, potentially years, researching, evaluating and choosing the right HCM system for your organization. Your firm eventually approved the investment in this new human resource management system, and at the end of the day, you are ultimately responsible for either the […]

August 13, 2019

Post HCM Demo Follow Up

3 Stages of the HCM Demonstration – Stage 3 of 3 In the previous two stages of the HCM demonstration (HCM demo) we examined planning and preparing for HCM demonstrations and the four primary areas of the HCM evaluation process. This last stage involves what happens after vendor presentations and some general considerations to narrow the […]

April 18, 2019

The HCM Evaluation

3 Stages of the HCM Demonstration – Stage 2 of 3 In the first stage, Planning and Preparing for the Vendor Demonstration, we presented areas for your organization to take into account when embarking upon the HCM demonstration. During this stage the groundwork for productive presentation sessions were established and now you are ready to begin […]

February 28, 2019

Planning and preparing for the HCM Demonstration

3 Stages of the HCM Demonstration – Stage 1 of 3 Many of the suggestions and recommendations listed below could apply to other types of SaaS software besides HCM (Human Capital Management), but this blog series is intended for HR, IT and payroll professional looking to make a change with their HRIS, Payroll, Time and Talent […]

January 3, 2017

HR Analytics – Separating Reality from Buzz

Based on all the buzz in the media these days, you might think human resource departments everywhere are diving into big data and embracing HR analytics as a means of predicting more successful recruiting and succession planning outcomes with little or no real human involvement in the decision-making process. I would argue that is far […]

December 30, 2016

Season Greetings 2017

As another year comes to an end, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have helped us shape our business and made our success possible. We give thanks for our clients, partners, friends and family who have made our jobs easier, our lives more fulfilling and for giving us the chance to do what we […]

December 28, 2015

Happy Holiday wishes from the team at HRMS Solutions

This time of the year gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important people and things around us, to express how thankful we are for all of you who support us and a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. A big thank you […]

September 2, 2015

Standalone Talent Management Solution or Holistic HRIS/HCM?

An increasingly common question I’ve been hearing lately is should my organization solve for just one or two gaps in our HR Technology void or should we take a more comprehensive view and go with a holistic HRIS solution. The most common situations or question I am being presented is whether ‘our company should adopt a […]

August 12, 2015

Using Organic SEO to Energize Your Recruitment Efforts

Many HR professionals believe that SEO (search engine optimization) should be left to the IT and marketing departments. After all, it’s technical and it is related to marketing. Right? Unfortunately this is an inaccurate assumption that hampers talent recruitment efforts and makes it difficult to find qualified candidates. Today’s world of mass digital consumption is […]

July 1, 2015

We’ve moved!

It’s official – we’ve moved!   After 12 years in Washington, D.C., we are excited to announce our move to Boulder, CO. Our new corporate address is: 941 Grant Place Boulder, CO 80302 If you’ve mailed anything to our previous address recently, don’t worry it will be forwarded to our new address! Please feel free to […]

April 28, 2015

Salesforce for HR and the Impact to the HR Community

Salesforce for HR is a set of Human Resource tools designed to improve employee engagement and retention. Recently Salesforce introduced Salesforce for HR – the Employee Success Platform. By taking advantage of the powerful Salesforce1 platform organizations like Virgin America and Coca-Cola are transforming employee engagement with mobile tools, communities and analytics. For most people […]

January 26, 2015

Is HR Data Security Compromised by Mobile HRIS Apps

MOBILE ENABLEMENT WITHOUT INCREASING HR DATA SECURITY RISKS – SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. With so much information in the news recently about cyber security and data security breaches, I thought it would be a good idea to start off the New Year with a discussion about how HR leaders can ensure HR data security, even […]

March 18, 2014

Mobile HR – The New Urgency

Until recently, many companies viewed mobile HR capabilities as a “nice to have” as part of their HRIS system. They anticipated using mobile capabilities at some point, but it certainly wasn’t a high priority item, nor was it a deal killer when they evaluated a new HRIS, Payroll or Talent Management solution. That thinking has […]

January 16, 2014

Using Dashboards to Visualize HR Health

It’s all in the numbers as they say, and the numbers can be quite telling from an HR perspective, allowing VP’s and Directors of HR to quickly gauge what I call the “HR Health” of their organization. Many of today’s HR solutions offer you the ability to create dashboards that contain your most important workforce […]

June 27, 2013

Putting the H back in Hiring

In the depths of the recession, there was an average of six unemployed people for every open job in the United States. Slowly, that average has whittled down to three people per open job — still high, but definitely demonstrating a welcome shift in hiring. From a recruiting standpoint, what actions should you be taking […]