Dear Colleague:

CedarCrestone is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2009-2010 HR Systems Survey: HR Technologies, Service Delivery Choices, and Metrics Survey, 12th Annual Edition through June 22, 2009. The survey may be accessed by visiting www.CedarCrestone.com/hrssv5.

Why Participate?
The survey results will help you justify new technologies, choose the best deployment option, decide which ones to do next, and provide invaluable metrics for benchmarking aspects such as expenditures and staffing. As a survey respondent, you will receive results in advance of our public release at the HR Technology conference on October 1, 2009. CedarCrestone will further mail a $5 Starbucks gift card to the first 100 respondents that complete valid entries to all questions.

Who Should Participate?
The survey collects responses from HR and IT management with knowledge of the HR technologies in use and planned, as well as those with an overview of key outsourcing and hosting decisions. CedarCrestone invites representatives from organizations in all industries with over 500 employees to participate. We also make it easy for multiple people in your organization to respond if no one person can answer all sections.

Continuing and New Research Areas For 2009
This year’s survey covers questions about the following:

  • Adoption of talent management, business intelligence, service delivery, and workforce management applications as well as SOA and Web 2.0 innovations
  • Deployment options and related expenditures (on premise, software-as-a-service, hosting, business process outsourcing, etc.)
  • Comprehensive metrics such as employee/HR staff ratios, administrative costs per employee, links between technology adoption and financial performance, and many others

Please Participate in this Industry-leading Research
The estimated time to complete the survey is 30 minutes and this year’s survey is shorter than in the past. Data collection begins today and will be available through June 22, 2009. The survey instrument is available at www.CedarCrestone.com/hrssv5.

All responses are anonymous and will be kept confidential. We will only use your information in the aggregate. Your privacy is strictly maintained.

We appreciate your contribution to the most comprehensive collection of data focused on HR technologies usage and overall HR service delivery.

Kind Regards,

Alexia Martin
Director, Research and Analytics
CedarCrestone