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[Peoplesoft bloke]

Unusual to hear anything at all for me - about 90% of applications result in tumbleweed....

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The accountants running the show don't care how much it costs as long as someone can give them a 3/5 year figure for it - hence cloud everything.

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Of course a lot of enterprise systems like Workday aren't available as on-premise apps....

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Yes it's vanished (the listing I saw) - it's appeared on totaljobs as £660 a day....

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Got a message from an agent in San Diego - they need a Workday UK payroll person (this is my niche) for an immediate start to do 50 hours a month. That'd be great if I was free but I have 3 month notice period and he didn't mention rates.

Meanwhile there's a gig on linkedin - 6 months 3...

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Ha ha I have applied for that on Linkedin - I strongly suspect not to hear a dicky bird back. I have worked for Focus on an inside contract before and even then it was like trying to pull teeth to get to speak to anyone or get anything done about anything....

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I keep applying for stuff but 99.9% of the time I never hear back at all.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I know this is a cliche, but although I am pleased to hear from recruiters, 90% of the time when they are messaging me it's for roles I can't do even if I wanted to.
Workday's a typical example - I only know a tiny part of it (UK Payroll and absence) and although there are skills and knowledge...

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The thing about Workday as an applicant tracking system is interesting. If it wasn't for the URL and the obvious branding, no-one would know they were applying using Workday - and because each customer defines the application process and holds the applicant data, they require the applicant to create...

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Lots of roles (not just in IT) have been combined as some genius decides they can just have one person do everything. I recently enquired about a pretty heavy duty lead role in an implementation programme only to find the job spec wasn't just about implementing the whole thing (and a whole load of...